I typed a big wall of text in reply to the BoA haters, but I'll just summarize instead:
1. BoA shoulders are equivalent or only slightly better than the previously best instance/BoE gear.
2. BoA weapons in some cases are better (BAR, caster mace), but the enchant restrictions mean they will never be the best for all classes/specs.
3. FotM BoA "twinks" simply raise the bar for real twinks in PUG games.
4. BoA shoulders do not take less time to obtain than equivalent instance shoulders. None of the previous twink shoulders are more than 3 bosses into any instance.
5. The same goes for most instance weapons. In a lot of cases, the best/next-best weapons are BoE and can just be bought.
6. The "rare" gear that many twinks strive to obtain will always have it's niche and has not been replaced by BoAs.
7. Allowing levelers to get contrantly up-to-date shoulders and weapons has not "killed" leveling/PVE. 10% more xp for kills is minimal. Hell I rarely level a toon without rested xp anyways.
8. Lastly, whether you like it or not, BoA gear has increased activity for lower level PVP (twinks and levelers).
I have been twinking since the release of BC and, yes, I do have BoA gear on most of my twinks. The thing is that many of you have been around for a long time (longer than me I understand) and you just don't want things to change. Do you just want the brackets to stagnate as older players quit or do you want blizz to implement changes that promote more activity in lower level pvp? (of course barring the recent changes that has driven many players away from twinking, but that just shows how bad they were).
/sigh.....still kind of a wall of text, sorry.
