Can't say I disagree entirely with this, but doing this to someone else's
character might make the ame less enjoyable for them in the long run.
Still, a Runed falchion!

Kitasi, drooling at just the thought of a runed falchion

Yes it does make life easier in many cases..
I twinked the hell out of my newbie druid (I should have waited because of
the short corpse decay rate..dying and having a server go down would mean
losing all the good stuff if I was unable to get back in time - fortunately
it didn't happen). He is now lvl 22 and better equipped than some 50th level

druids I meet. BI medallion, crown of leaves, foreman tunic, gatorskin legs,

runed falch, charred shield, plat armbands, etc etc etc.

At low level, having an observer staff or runed falchion DRASTICALLY
improved my survivability with mobs up to a point. This to me enhanced my
playing experience. =) All the mana items gave me an edge, and I enjoyed it.

I've been a newbie so many times that it gets tiresome worrying about every
fight. I also don't kite, so the equipment really helps there as well. =P

The reason I twinked is I have camped all this stuff before and did not look

forward to doing it again. I won't mind doing it if someone in my group
needs one; my already having the item and not needing it lessens the
frustration of watching placeholder after placeholder spawn and die, and
through all this knowing that I'm usually not going to get my turn to loot
any time soon. Course this depends on the camp.

As far as looting goes on my primary (bard)- I have a group of friends that
I hang out with nightly. We are a good mix of people and we determine loot
order based on who needs what. I almost always place myself at the end of
the list for items because most items I want are melee-based, and my warrior

friend really could make better use of them than myself. My primary (bard)
is so decked out (full mithril, dual ykeshas, etc) that the only gear he has

to look forward to is Imbrued Plate which looks urine colored if ya ask me.
If we loot an item no primaries need, we move on to secondaries, and the
rest is lottoed to do with as you please. I normally will give loots i
receive from lottos to friends, my guildmates, or any newbies I happen
across who could use it. I rarely ever trade or sell anything.

My secondary only loots random mobs if he is soloing. Non-twinked people who

group with me love it because I don't need nor want any loots.

I don't see any problem with twinking unless you are playing your primary,
and you are trying to short another player's needy primary on loot just to
twink your secondary. For example, a friend of mine was camping a Ghoul
Lord, and the group's Cleric INSISTED he get the next Ykesha or he would
ditch. The cleric KNEW my friend (a bard) was in the order to receive a
Ykesha, but refused to let him have it first or he would leave. Normally
they would say "then just leave", but at 6AM high level clerics are not
always on hand to fill the gap.

As far as not experiencing the thrill of getting that new item for the first

time..I got news for ya, at high levels you will probably have been
everywhere and camped pretty much everything. Get it over with while you can

- just be fair and don't place your secondary char's looting "rights" over
someone else's primary. =)

Sartori D'Elsiraad of Quellious <The Companions>
Bard of Kelethin of the 48th Chorus
Veeshan