The Art of the Level 19 WSG Twink

Me and my group of friends are always on the lookout for a new and improved way to have fun in World of Warcraft. A couple weeks ago we were trying out a new group and we decided to join a Warsong Gulch game for fun. We got the floor wiped with us. There seemed to be a large population of rogues in the game and they all had three times the hit points as our warrior. Still we had fun learning how to flag capture at low levels and gang up on level 19 druids with 1800hp.

After our little foray we decided to make a group of 19 alts who would do nothing but play Warsong Gulch games. We figured it would be good practice for the upcoming Arena and most of my friends have been playing long enough that we have very good gold reserves. Deciding to avoid the most common weakness in such groups we had two members of our group make a priest and a druid. The priest is a little bit harder to twink then a leather wearing class but its still possible.

We loaded up on every blue we could get from low level dungeons and the auction house. Then we enchanted the hell out of everything. Because our group had a large number of rogues duel wielding cruel barbs we were thinking about naming our little guild the Cruel Barb Corp but later decided to take a page from Douglas Adams and called ourselves Do Not Panic. Apparently you can't use apostrophes in guild names.

After everything was completed on our characters we grouped up and entered our first game. Then ran into a stalemate. Apparently despite all our twinkage there is an upper limit on the gear of a level 19 and we had hit it along with half the other people playing. It was kind of liberating in a way since everything was extremely balanced. Strategy and coordination seemed to play a bigger part in the game instead of just getting behind the guy with all the epics. We finally managed to win using a 3 defense -4 midground -3 attack plan.

Rotating out rogues in the attack seemed to help with always making sure the flag runner had sprint up. We lost our flag a couple of times but managed to get the fifth flag capture for victory. It was one of the most rewarding pvp experiences I've ever had in a MMORPG. It just goes to show how much a difference a fair matching system is going to make when its implemented into World of Warcraft pvp. Note of warning that playing an untwinked level 19 without good teammates is suicide and I wouldn't recommend it.

Here's an idea of what the Rogues were using in the 19 BG

Head: 150 Engineering Goggles with 100hp item enchant
Shoulders: Serpent's Shoulders from Lady Anacondra (WC)
Chest: Blackened Defias Chestpiece from VanCleef (DM) with 100hp enchant
Pants: Leggings of the Fang from Commander Cobra (WC) with 100hp item enchant
Shoes: Boots of the Lynx from the AH with minor runspeed enchant
Bracer: Forest Leather Wristguards from the AH with +9sta enchant
Gloves: Level19 Gloves of the Monkey with +7agi enchant
Back: Sentry Cloak from AH with +70AC enchant
Belt: Deviate Hide Belt from Leatherworker
Ring1: Bloodstone Ring
Ring2: Seal of Wrynn from Quest
Weapon1: Assassin’s Blade or Cruel Barb with +15agi or +5 Weapon Dmg enchant
Weapon2: Cruel Barb with +15agi enchant