To Twink, or not to Twink

Learn the ins and outs of twinking in World of Warcraft for PvP. Discover the purpose, considerations, and strategies for creating a powerful twink character.

Your battlegroup and what you plan to twink for will determine if you twink or not. The purpose of a twink is purely for PvP, with only questing, professions, and gold making up to the twinking level. Some twinks can even do a few quests or dungeons for better gear, but really you can't go over 75% of your XP bar or else you may be pushing it.

NOTE: It's supposed to be in patch 3.2 that twinks can pay for XP gains to stop. This will be huge because you can hit dungeons over and over for gear.

One factor in twinking is the amount of play at that level. If the wait times are long and sometimes of day are completely void of players, then it may be the wrong level or battlegroup to twink in.

Another is your progress in the game and on the server you choose to make a twink. Trust me, twinking with your second character may cause you to rethink twinking for a need for a source of professions or just to have another level 80 toon if your main doesn't work out. If you spend a lot of time on your twink with success you could find that its style of play better suits what your main may be.

Also keep in mind what options are open to you at the given level. Gear and the battlegrounds may play in role in what level you choose to twink at. Keep in mind that the higher up in levels you go, the more expensive the gear at the auction house and the less you can count on there being more twinks for your faction.

It was twinking without an 80 that burnt up a lot of money, not to mention time from my main. For this I require you have an 80 before building twinks.