I got owned.

[strandvaskeren]

One of my guild mates did all of his pvping on his alt at level 69. He bought all of his level 70 pvp gear before he went out and dinged. He said it was easier for him at the 69 bracket. I might have to try that next time. Last time, I got impatient and ding'd my hunter early. Regret that now.

I did the same on one of my chars, grinded everything in the 60-69 bracket, and by everything I mean all of it, rings, trinkets, bracers, the lot..

Lvl 70 BG's are filled with people that don't like pvp but wants the pvp epics anyway. They don't give a shit about winning or losing, they just want to max out honor/hour. AFK leechers and people whining if the BG takes more than 10 minutes.

In the 60-69 bracket people come to fight and it makes the battles so much more enjoyable. Honor and gear is secondary because we can't wear it anyway, so it's all about working together and crushing the enemy. As a 69 in green/blue gear, you won't meet people with way superior gear. When you begin pvp'ing as a green/blue geared 70, you will be crushed by the epic geared. The queue's for the 60-69 bracket is longer, but the quality of the battles are so much better and way more fun.

You get 5-10% less honor as a 69, but you get 100% more pvp fun..