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what do you think about "twinks"?
meat_bag0
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What is a twink? a twink is someone who maxes out a low lvl charcter to its maximum potential to use only in battles and duels so they have an advantage. (or so i have heard) lol
I was just wonderin what you guys/girls thought about these "twinks" just as some entertainment.
I was just wonderin what you guys/girls thought about these "twinks" just as some entertainment.
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actually, your definition of "twink" is incorrect.
A Twink is a relativly low level character that get geared up in top-level gear, ie stuff that "normal" characters would never have, because it is an Alt of some level 70 that has thousands of gold and doesn't mind sending 2-300 of that to his alt.
So the level 20 guys is fully geared in blue armor, each piece costing on AH 10-30 gold. Normal chars rarely have that kind of gold.
I honestly do not mind that much. Yes, it is "unfair" in the sense that a normal guy will not have the same gear, but is it so important? The guy has got the money somewhere and there isn't really much you can do to avoid him using that money. At least level-limited items make sure you do not see level 40s in super tier 4 epics....
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Actually Twinks in WOW are not that bad (and yes I have a few).. Go play a game like Anarchy Online and come back to me and talk about 'Twinks'.
When a level 20 character can SOLO a instance like say the Van Cleef Dungeon (havent played in a while if that is how you say it) then you have a problem.. Making a level 20 in AO that could solo a instance Dungeon was not really that hard, in WOW it is impossible.
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It CAN be frustrating for sure. I think the most brutal forms of it is lvl 19 rogues with fiery enchants - when that procs - BOOM dead. But I never get too worked up in Battlegrounds. I play em for fun. And sure, losing sucks, but if you know how to play your character and do the best you can, there you go! Plus I've seen plenty of crappy twinks get owned, and thats always more satisfying.
The problem with twinks is two-fold. Firstly, they make the battlegrounds COMPLEATLY unfair to anyone who isent a twink. Twinks in general are capable of dealing and taking up to 10 times the ammount of damage that a non-twink could. And secondly, prices for level 19, 29, ect. gear sky rockets. As an example, the other day I saw a level 19 sword on the AH for 25 gold, and a level 20 sword for 70 silver. Its rediculess.
Now, most people say, if you dont like losing to twinks in the bg, why not twink out your character? Because, normal people are trying to level their toon up. Why would we wanna spend like, hundreds of gold to buy the best level 19 gear when in an hour we will be level 20?
Twinks ruin battlegrounds for non-twinks, and create insane prices for low level gear.
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Personally I don't twink my characters, and normally do pretty well in battlegrounds. Twinks are definitely killable, especially when faced with a combination of a skilled opponent and/or concentrated fire.
It just seems sad to me - the fact that people feel they need to acquire unfair advantages in order to compete.
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Twinks 49-59. No skill whatsoever, it's not even "zomg I killed that noob so fast" at this point it is just "wow I suck so much; i'm going to get dual crusader just to keep up with people who actually have some skill".
Fear not!
Blizzard recently announced that they will be adding a Battlegrounds "Matching" System to group twinks with twinks and normal players with other normal players, to make the Battlegrounds more fair for new players, but not limit older players in their ability to twink. It won't be perfect, of course, but it should significantly improve your chances of enjoying your Battlegrounds matches.
Link to the report from Curse-Gaming.
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People could put on trash gear and join the Battlegrounds and then swap their gear in the battlegrounds.
Hope blizzard already thought of that.
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i) Queue times for battlegrounds will increase. What if there are 4 twinks and 8 normal characters waiting to play WSG? No game can start. People will complain lots.
ii) Someone will take the time to figure out the scoring algorithm Blizzard is using and word will pass quickly round to other players. You will start seeing characters optimised to be as powerful as possible without being officially labelled as "twinks".
Remember - just because Blizzard says something is going to happen doesn't mean it actually will.
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1) queue times? what queue times? with the battlegroups set up, i have not been in a queue for more than couple seconds.. so it might improve to a few seconds... few minutes? still, it is a honest price to pay for a as fair setup as you can get, i think
2) might be. But again, this is a complete pessimistic view of the thing, weren't you supposed to be the optimistic dude here? have some faith and let's check this out when it actually get released instead of spelling doom and gloom before it is even implemented.
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1) Queue times depend alot on level range, battle group and playing time. I've been playing 30-39 AB recently and 10 minute waits are not unusual mid-afternoon on a weekday. Removing twinks may make these queue times significantly longer.
2) I was speaking about things like heroic classes etc which were promised at release. Blizzards marketing department tends to run a little ahead of the development folks.
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Though I no longer play the game, I do hope this comes reality. Twinks completely ruin low level bgs for new players.
I think Twinks are a nice way to pass the time between raids! I played a lvl 60 hunter for a year but never had fun like when i play my lvl 19 twink hunter in pvp! It's fun and simple, require a bit of patience to get all the best gears and enchants but then its only fun! The players that think it's unfair are those that are doing pvp along their lvling. All Twink pvpers would accord to say that those people are just complaining of beiing raped and owned by us twink!!
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