You sound like you're a full-time fucking loser(no other occupation) and someone i've probably farmed while just F2P. Twinking literally isn't worth it right now except for the most committed no-lifers, and even then, there are better games to waste your time on with better rewards to do so. The ilvl 28 gear just isn't worth the time investment, and so twinking isn't as well. I'm sorry this is news to you and that you're going to struggle to divest yourself from something you've over-invested emotionally in. In fact, you sound exactly like a newb who is carried by just the extra stats given by twink gear. You probably get killed by levellers on the regular without twink gear.
Dumbshits like you are bad for the health of any game.
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I've killed people as F2P without enchants/etc in BFA and punched way above my gear level doing so for a considerable amount of time. Its not required, but its a noticable difference. The same is probably true of all the BIS socket gear. You telling me if i run around in fireflash ilvl 28 i'm going to be fine? I doubt it. Even if it doesn't have a socket, its going to add up. There are already grandfathered pieces which convey advantages that only a few people have. Not having socketed pieces, and worse, ones itemized properly, adds up.
At the end of the day, its a huge deterrent(the barrier to entry is just too high) for anyone who wants to twink. When trying to attract new people to twinking, you are talking about people who are likely considering quitting WoW entirely, who don't want to remain subbed to the game to farm the gear and are telling them that BIS, or a rough approximation, is going to take basically forever(month(s)) for a single character. I've brought plenty of people to this community and i can't recommend anyone try it out due to the ridiculous time commitment and just how boring it is to try and get the gear you need. I've already run around in BIS f2P gear(no sockets) and you can definitely feel it compared to those with socketed gear.