07-13-2006, 08:56 PM
Quote:That would be horrible. On the one side, twinks are an anathema to people leveling up their characters. I see that point, and some kind of honor or gear matching system would be nice, but won't be implemented until at least the expansion. However, seen from the other side, twink vs twink matches are great games. The benefit of twinks is that everyone knows what the best gear and enchantments are for that level and those things are easily obtainable by everyone whether you are a hardcore raider or not. So, everyone in a twink vs twink game goes in on a level playing field and the only thing deciding whether you win or lose is your team's collective skill and coordination. I like that.
The gear gap between twinked and decently equipped non-twinked is also a lot smaller than endgame PVP. A levelling character in 10-19 and 20-29 can easily get a blue quest reward weapon, buy green level-appropriate gear from the AH and be close to twink stats (barring Crusader etc). Levelling characters are still effective against the very best equipment at thier level. In addition to that twinks rarely enter as groups - I've never seen a whole team of them, presumably because twinks are made for fun not to farm honour/rep.