Because that isn’t true. Just yesterday, I inspected a 19 twink who had nearly 50% more health than this character had at 19 with enchanted heirlooms and all.
People will compare one enchanted heirloom to one popular BiS piece in a vacuum and suggest that they’re similar. They conveniently ‘forget’ that:
- Small stat differences per slot culminate into a large difference where every slot is factored
- Most players would not enchant non-heirloom slots, of which there are many (why would they? The gear will be replaced in a matter of hours, not days)
- Most players lack heirloom rings
- Heirloom trinkets are horrendous
- Most players lack versatility at lower levels and wear crit in abundance (a stunted stat in PvP)
- As another poster said, the gap widens in later brackets where ridiculous pieces with three gem slots each become usable
- Twinks use gliders. GLIDERS!
I can’t say that a separation had to happen because of these points, though. The gear differences needed to be managed for pre-cap BG’s to be somewhat enjoyable but there are ways to go about it that would have kept everyone together… but something had to give. Maybe things will be different when they rescale brackets for the level squish.