Schubaal
07-25-2009, 06:52 PM
Gerund's Application
Character Information
Character Name: Gerund
Character Class: Priest
Character Race: Troll
Talent Spec: 57/14/0
How many pieces of 226/232+ level items do you have?: 11 disc, 9 shadow
Profession 1: Inscription
Profession 2: Herbalism
Armory Link: Gerund
Interface: http://www.shadowsrising.com/other/gerund_ui.jpg
Person Information
Gender: M
Age: 21
Timezone: EST
TG raids 5 days a week when the content demands it, 6:30-11:30 EST Sunday to Thursday. Would you be able to maintain an 80% attendance rate?: Yes
Do you know anyone in TG who would vouch for your skill as a player? If so, who?: Deviatorx/Wael/Faiyn
What is you previous guild history and explain any reasons why you left them. (long answer):
Unrelenting - Was a good thing going into Ulduar, bunch of great people, but as we've progressed into hard modes it's become obvious that the GM and several of the officers don't have a clue about what they're doing. Many of the good players and officers have left the guild, and I've benched myself from raiding with them to avoid watching the officers stand in death rays on Yogg Saron, fail to get out of the brain room before induce madness, and overall fail repeatedly, always with some excuse about how it wasn't their fault and the game somehow screwed them out of it. Basically I'm sick of people flaunting their Rival and Challenger Arena titles and then expecting me to be surprised when they screw up repeatedly on PvE fights. I don't do arena, but at least I don't grab an 1800 rating and tell others how awesome I am at the game while standing in fire.
Have you ever been a raid leader, class leader, officer, or website administrator with another guild? (long answer):
No, Unrelenting GM gave priest class leader to a priest who stands in death rays because she has tits. No, really.
Why do you want to join TG over another guild on this server? (long answer):
I'm in to progression because the sense of accomplishment lends to fun, and gear is always secondary to that. I don't feel any other Horde guild on Arthas is as committed to progression as TG is.
Please describe in detail your previous raid experience, pre-BC, BC, and current content. Include information if you participated in pre-nerf kills, legitimate attunements (such as Hand of A’dal), etc. (long answer):
Started playing in BC, clearing T4 content and some T5 content on my hunter. WotLK I started with the hunter, clearing all content except OS+3 before retiring for 2 months. Leveled this character (and a DK) to 80 in April, and to this point I'm 13/14 in 10-man Ulduar with FL, XT, and Assembly hard modes (in addition to 10-man Yogg on the hunter, who has one piece of Ulduar gear) and 12/14 in 25-man.
Explain in detail the way you DPS/Heal/Tank, rotations, gear selection, gemming, etc. Convince us that you have thorough and extensive knowledge of your class. Links to WWS or similar performance recording tools are helpful. (long answer):
Disc is primarily a single-target healer, though PWS and, to some extent, PoH are powerful raid healing tools, and Flash Heal as necessary. As far as tank healing goes, keep PWS up, bounce PoM every cooldown, use FH extensively, and Penance for burst or big heals. PWS-GH is also useful as an alternative big heal if Penance is on cooldown. Most important for disc single-target is keeping Grace 3-stacked on the primary target.
Disc itemization/gemming depends on the role - for raid healing, spell power is easily the most important stat to gem for, but like holy paladins, Int is the stack-stat for disc priests to greatly increase sustainability. Roughly 35-40% crit is where a disc priest wants to be, and 11% haste from gear is the hard cap (fully raid buffed) to get the GCD down to 1 second.
Stat priority (single-target): Int = SP > haste > crit; MP5 > spirit for regen, but it comes down to which piece of gear is better overall far more than whether one has spirit or MP5
Describe your gaming system. Your computer needs to be good enough to not cause problems raiding. Frame lag, ping, connection problems, not using a microphone + Ventrilo or crashing is not acceptable. (long answer):
2.8 GHz dual-core, GeForce 8800;
~25-30 fps in 25-man raids, 250-300ms ping;
I do have Vent and a headset
Why are you worth being one of the 25 people in a raid? Please list anything else you'd like to mention about yourself that we might have missed. (long answer):
I believe strongly in progression, as it's what makes the game fun for me. I do whatever I can to improve my playing and show up on time and prepared, including knowing, when possible, exactly what to expect from a given encounter before attempting it.
Can you handle criticism?: If I couldn't, then I wouldn't be applying to the best Horde guild on Arthas
How can we contact you?: AIM: Schubaal, e-mail: schubaal@gmail.com, or in game (Gerund, Gromak, Merillius)
Character Information
Character Name: Gerund
Character Class: Priest
Character Race: Troll
Talent Spec: 57/14/0
How many pieces of 226/232+ level items do you have?: 11 disc, 9 shadow
Profession 1: Inscription
Profession 2: Herbalism
Armory Link: Gerund
Interface: http://www.shadowsrising.com/other/gerund_ui.jpg
Person Information
Gender: M
Age: 21
Timezone: EST
TG raids 5 days a week when the content demands it, 6:30-11:30 EST Sunday to Thursday. Would you be able to maintain an 80% attendance rate?: Yes
Do you know anyone in TG who would vouch for your skill as a player? If so, who?: Deviatorx/Wael/Faiyn
What is you previous guild history and explain any reasons why you left them. (long answer):
Unrelenting - Was a good thing going into Ulduar, bunch of great people, but as we've progressed into hard modes it's become obvious that the GM and several of the officers don't have a clue about what they're doing. Many of the good players and officers have left the guild, and I've benched myself from raiding with them to avoid watching the officers stand in death rays on Yogg Saron, fail to get out of the brain room before induce madness, and overall fail repeatedly, always with some excuse about how it wasn't their fault and the game somehow screwed them out of it. Basically I'm sick of people flaunting their Rival and Challenger Arena titles and then expecting me to be surprised when they screw up repeatedly on PvE fights. I don't do arena, but at least I don't grab an 1800 rating and tell others how awesome I am at the game while standing in fire.
Have you ever been a raid leader, class leader, officer, or website administrator with another guild? (long answer):
No, Unrelenting GM gave priest class leader to a priest who stands in death rays because she has tits. No, really.
Why do you want to join TG over another guild on this server? (long answer):
I'm in to progression because the sense of accomplishment lends to fun, and gear is always secondary to that. I don't feel any other Horde guild on Arthas is as committed to progression as TG is.
Please describe in detail your previous raid experience, pre-BC, BC, and current content. Include information if you participated in pre-nerf kills, legitimate attunements (such as Hand of A’dal), etc. (long answer):
Started playing in BC, clearing T4 content and some T5 content on my hunter. WotLK I started with the hunter, clearing all content except OS+3 before retiring for 2 months. Leveled this character (and a DK) to 80 in April, and to this point I'm 13/14 in 10-man Ulduar with FL, XT, and Assembly hard modes (in addition to 10-man Yogg on the hunter, who has one piece of Ulduar gear) and 12/14 in 25-man.
Explain in detail the way you DPS/Heal/Tank, rotations, gear selection, gemming, etc. Convince us that you have thorough and extensive knowledge of your class. Links to WWS or similar performance recording tools are helpful. (long answer):
Disc is primarily a single-target healer, though PWS and, to some extent, PoH are powerful raid healing tools, and Flash Heal as necessary. As far as tank healing goes, keep PWS up, bounce PoM every cooldown, use FH extensively, and Penance for burst or big heals. PWS-GH is also useful as an alternative big heal if Penance is on cooldown. Most important for disc single-target is keeping Grace 3-stacked on the primary target.
Disc itemization/gemming depends on the role - for raid healing, spell power is easily the most important stat to gem for, but like holy paladins, Int is the stack-stat for disc priests to greatly increase sustainability. Roughly 35-40% crit is where a disc priest wants to be, and 11% haste from gear is the hard cap (fully raid buffed) to get the GCD down to 1 second.
Stat priority (single-target): Int = SP > haste > crit; MP5 > spirit for regen, but it comes down to which piece of gear is better overall far more than whether one has spirit or MP5
Describe your gaming system. Your computer needs to be good enough to not cause problems raiding. Frame lag, ping, connection problems, not using a microphone + Ventrilo or crashing is not acceptable. (long answer):
2.8 GHz dual-core, GeForce 8800;
~25-30 fps in 25-man raids, 250-300ms ping;
I do have Vent and a headset
Why are you worth being one of the 25 people in a raid? Please list anything else you'd like to mention about yourself that we might have missed. (long answer):
I believe strongly in progression, as it's what makes the game fun for me. I do whatever I can to improve my playing and show up on time and prepared, including knowing, when possible, exactly what to expect from a given encounter before attempting it.
Can you handle criticism?: If I couldn't, then I wouldn't be applying to the best Horde guild on Arthas
How can we contact you?: AIM: Schubaal, e-mail: schubaal@gmail.com, or in game (Gerund, Gromak, Merillius)