Twinks ruin leveling. SERIOUSLY

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errrr… turn warmode off :smiley:

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So what you’re saying is, no one feels the same way you do. Because if they did they would comment as well.

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looking at it from a new players perspective

hmm

i was getting smoked by twinks i thought holy sh|te that looks like fun made twink… fought back

BE A MAN TWINK!

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I think it’s more complex.

Twinking was a way of putting in effort to gain a legitimate advantage. Anyone could do it, but a player who decided to gained an advantage.

You can call it a power trip, if you want, but I’d argue that it’s far more about the idea of minmaxing. The idea that, if you eek out these few points here, and those few points there, you’re going to be better than your opponent.

The result, of course, is that you’re going to obliterate them. That much is true, and it can seem like a “power trip”. I feel, however, that it’s a lot more about making the most powerful character you can, for the sake of having made that character that powerful. The “power trip” your seeing is more the result of their efforts than the actual intention.

I’ve made twinks in the past, but I can’t speak for everyone. For me, it was about that absolute moment of having every piece of gear. It was about getting the best possible gear for the level. It was exhausting every resource to become the best possible character for that level I could. The intention didn’t even really consider other people.

Yeah, I took it into BGs, and yeah I laid waste to people. I didn’t do it so that I could ruin people’s day, though. I didn’t do it so that I could lord it over other people.

I did it for myself, much as one might format, rewrite, and edit an essay over and over to make it the best essay they could. It isn’t necessarily about destroying other people’s essays, it’s about making something to the highest level you can. The end result might be that you’re going to out-compete other people who didn’t try, or who are just passing through, but that wasn’t the goal itself.

As an aside, it absolutely does not take 3-5 days played to hit cap. It took 2-4 days played before they nerfed it in 8.1. They nerfed it by 25-30%, so at most it should take 1.5-3 days played.

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We all of us started without a single copper at some point and I like many others worked our butts off to level a character to max to be able to then take a lower alt to BG’s with gear. We didn’t do anything that any other person couldn’t do themselves.
I watched whiners take away everything I worked for once and now noob upstarts with a “ME” attitude come try to ruin it again. Get out of BG’s, level a toon and get better gear and enchants. I’m sick to death of you people screwing this game into the ground.

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The irony.

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While this is true, you might not remember but that was only added sometime in wrath (that bgs gave xp at all and split twinks into a seperate bracket) . back in my day (and arguably it took more skill? to twink back then) you couldn’t get ANY xp from BG’s i personally don’t mind it. I have a twink, i play a game maybe once or twice a week with some buddies when we have time then go back to doing nothing since nothing in bfa is exciting for me to do except farm mounts and achievments.

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Twinks on Tinder are awesome…o your talking about WoW aren’t you?

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I can understand the frustration, but it’s not like that in every level bracket. I think someone already said that, but it bears repeating.

I love BGs. Sometimes, while leveling, I want to kill other players instead of mobs for my XP, and there have been times when I went into a BG and got utterly smashed by obviously twinked out opponents. It happens, but it doesn’t happen in every battleground.

I am also of the opinion they should be kept in their own brackets, but I’m not going to lose sleep over it. I mean, the same situation exists at endgame. Those who spend the time and obsessive effort on getting higher level gear, gear pieces with PvP-optimal traits, trinkets that are BiS for PvP…they are going to roll the players who didn’t. That’s just how PvP is in this game. Sometimes, it can get frustrating, and I do sympathize.

But it’s savage in WoW. That’s what’s so great about it. It’s not about two perfectly-balanced players in an organized sporting event. It’s luck-of-the-draw queues, and the gates open, and the players enter a free-for-all of mayhem. Sometimes, you get a group that has no idea how to play the BG or what the goals are, and that is honestly more frustrating than getting 2-shot by some ridiculous DPS and wondering how in the heck that just happened.

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You’re gonna have a rude awakening when you hit 120, because people do the same thing at max level. You are always going to have to deal with people that put in more effort than your average player in any kind of competitive scene. If you don’t think someone is sitting at 120, with an ilvl that’s over 9000, waiting to dominate your face, then you’re crazy. This doesn’t end, so you need to man up, buy some gear, stop PvPing, or find a new game.

Honestly, you might find GW2 to be a better fit. All stats in that game are set, and in PvP, you just choose a set of stats to use.

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Why do I get the feeling someone is using multiple Avatars in this thread?
Also get the feeling the OP is the type of player beating on a dps while a healer freecasts on that dps.
Then complains because that dps was twinked or OP. LOL

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Most honest post in this whole thread.

Personally, I would get bored obliterating people over and over.

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That is not the problem though. I expect to get smashed when my priest first hits 120. With that said, one will eventually be competitive and gear up.

This is not the case with thinks, most players come and go. Where at max level you get an opportunity for revenge by working on gear.

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The irony in your post, where shall I begin?

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Totally misread the title. I’m disappointed. :rainbow:

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You will also eventually level out of the bracket.

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At 120? Go reread my post please.

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No, you’re just choosing to PvP to level. If you PvP, you assume the consequences of it. Getting owned by more dedicated players isn’t a bad thing. Sure it annoys you, but you don’t have to solely level from BGs. Go quest or PvE. Playing humans opens up a whole can of worms you can’t handle.

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Step 1: Stop leveling through PvP? Random queue PvP in this game is garbage anyways. You can’t have enough of an impact as a solo to warrant risking getting stuck on a team full of typical wow players. It’s not worth the hastle, considering I feel like my time was utterly wasted if I lose the match.

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So because someone turns off experience, to spend time on getting optimal gear and enchants to stomp on someone passing by makes them more dedicated.

Okay ty for clarifying that.

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