Chimpanzee
Legend
In cataclysm it has been announced that there will be guild talents and crafted BoA items only used by guild members. Guilds get points to put towards these through "guild levels" which are gained by members of the guild leveling, winning rated BGs/Arenas, or defeating bosses in instances with 75% of the raid/group being in the guild. Shown in the video below.
[video=youtube;jNeMIfyGfmo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNeMIfyGfmo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNeMIfyGfmo[/video]
The video suggests that you get these points mainly through raid bosses in instancing, and my main not being a raider and me not having the time to raid will leave my twink "crippled" by these changes in cataclysm, I do not want to PvP at 80 either and also twink guilds will be at a huge disadvantage by not having the guild levels, talents or level to have the right skill level to craft these BoAs. Even if you are in a raiding guild however, or I join one, it is unlikely that the guild leader will want to invest guild points to help twinks, through talents and gear.
A solution I have thought of is to make a "hybrid" twink guild where level 80s (or 85s) can join, but can only access higher ranks if they have active twinks in the guild, and then grind guild points and levels and spend them solely on talents and BoA gear benefitting the twinks in the guild, however I feel that for this to work there will need to be an active twink community on one server.
I feel that blizzard have once again made life hard for twinking (or at least for twinks to be perfectly geared/specced) and made it harder for people who do not have mains in good guilds to get good twinks. Sorry for such a long rant but just putting it out there, feel free to comment with any ideas/your opinions on this problemo.
[video=youtube;jNeMIfyGfmo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNeMIfyGfmo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNeMIfyGfmo[/video]
The video suggests that you get these points mainly through raid bosses in instancing, and my main not being a raider and me not having the time to raid will leave my twink "crippled" by these changes in cataclysm, I do not want to PvP at 80 either and also twink guilds will be at a huge disadvantage by not having the guild levels, talents or level to have the right skill level to craft these BoAs. Even if you are in a raiding guild however, or I join one, it is unlikely that the guild leader will want to invest guild points to help twinks, through talents and gear.
A solution I have thought of is to make a "hybrid" twink guild where level 80s (or 85s) can join, but can only access higher ranks if they have active twinks in the guild, and then grind guild points and levels and spend them solely on talents and BoA gear benefitting the twinks in the guild, however I feel that for this to work there will need to be an active twink community on one server.
I feel that blizzard have once again made life hard for twinking (or at least for twinks to be perfectly geared/specced) and made it harder for people who do not have mains in good guilds to get good twinks. Sorry for such a long rant but just putting it out there, feel free to comment with any ideas/your opinions on this problemo.