I dunno. I'm not convinced. I've seen several posts which allude to the relative strength of players. However, as I recall, the person making the post had a forlornly adverse setup. like, not even QL 200 implants at 150, and no particularly helpful gear to boot.
I agree 100% that people who twink hard need to see some results, I'm absolutely 100% convinced of that... I mean, I'm trying to do one of the hardest twinks in game right now (I'm doing it for the reason that my toon is underpowered and need to SQUEEEEEZE every last bit of potential out of it) to be competitive.
Yes, twinks need to be rewarded.. A great example of this is a particular matchup:
170 twinked to the tits keeper vs 170 twinked to the tits soldier.
twinked to the tits keeper has a 0% chance of winning this 1 on 1, BUT, any keeper should know this, and I accept it as a consequence of 2 things, 1. the prof specific weakness, and 2. I'm facing a damn good twink.
The beauty of this is for the soldier, his efforts have resulted in a garaunteed win. And thats benefit for him to twink hard. (whats my benefit?)
The question is, about all this is though, should the benefit of twinking be the reward of getting higher *level* perks, or, should the platform remain the same with the only reward being the inherent defence and offence available to you as having a twinked toon?
I mean, we can't just discount that fact that a twinked toon vs an untwinked too will be just a stupid blowout... because usually it is. BUT, and this is the huge one, SHOULD a twinked toon have access to a different "platform" than a crappy setup toon?...
I guess the other way to work this is with special attacks, like backstab, which operates on the same principle. I don't see why it couldn't work for a variety of special attacks.
IMO, keeper should gain a 2he special (wrath is useless), called swordsmans guile, which is a special attack like backstab, instantaneous, moderate dmg and low def check with a 30% chance to stun for 2 seconds.
Bleh, sorry, I'm getting off topic. This type of special could open up quite early though, like BS is available around 60-80 isn't it?
Anyway, I'm not 100% convinced about Hacre's suggestion still, but bump for thread anyhow.