A way to battle the whole 'twink' or 'pure' as those who are guilty of this like to call themselves, would be to change the way gear is dropped based on the group leaders level.

You could calculate the mean of the group members, or maybe go with the highest level in the group.

Examples:

If I am lvl 10, and I group with a lvl 100, I get level 55 gear. 100+10/2

Another way would be to calculate the difference in levels, and then cut back the tier of drops based on that.

Examples:

At lvl 10 you get purples, at lvl 15 you get rainbos. If I am grouped with someone 10 levels above my level, I go back a tier, so instead of rainbo drops, I get purples. I am grouped with someone 20 levels above my level, I only get yellow drops instead of purples.

There could be some way to account for various levels, so if I am level 15, and I am grouped with a lvl 25, and there is also a lvl 35 in the group, all of our drops are the same. If the level 25 goes to 26, the lvl 15 now is 11 levels less, so they only get purple drops.

This may not seem fair, but that will only be to those people who abuse the system as it is.

This is not, I repeat NOT abusing the system, the system is as it is, and nothing more. Just to fight "twinks" with it isnt good, maybe consider looking to your own pvp build instead of hammering on the twinks. Twinks are a way of pvping, its totally fair and honest, we're proven it, and to steal it from the twinks again isnt good.

1. It seems to punish more people that don't abuse the system than the minority that do.

2. It seems needlessly complicated, which makes it hard for the casual player and a non-issue for a dedicated farmer. If I wanted to twink, I'd get two 1s, a 15 and then a 45, which would yield me drops in the range of 15. I'd then twink at 15 instead of 10.

My views on twinking are pretty well known (not against it, but I think it's too easy to do), so while I'm open minded to an anti-twink loot mechanism, I don't like an idea that penalizes casual players or is needlessly complicated. You also have to bear in mind that there is a significant group of players who also like to farm loot without any intention of twinking at all...they either like to hoard it or they like giving it away. Your idea may make this game less fun.

Pures, or Twinks, whatever you wish to call them, do not actually "abuse" the system from what I know, and they do not have a unfair advantage in PvP at all: unless you consider superior equipment to be an unfair advantage, when its just a fact of DR PvP.

Please, just drop this issue.