Siakust's Recruitment Application - Paladin 00/61/10

[Siakust]

Siakust's Application

Character Information
Character Name: Siakust
Character Class: Paladin
Character Race: Blood Elf
Talent Spec: 00/61/10
How many pieces of 226/232+ level items do you have?: 6 at 226 and 9 over 219
Profession 1: Mining
Profession 2: Jewelcrafting
Armory Link: Siakust
Interface: http://www.myphoto.com/stripedb0y/8097

Person Information
Gender: m
Age: 37
Timezone: eastern
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?: sapling

What is you previous guild history and explain any reasons why you left them. (long answer):
A c e D-onyxia progressing in 25man ulduar till the GL took all the gold and high value item and caused alot of people to leave. Circle noir-Onyxia progrestion in 25man ulduar and full clear on 10man ulduar then the GL got handed over to the wrong person and they gkicked everyone. then cuddly panda-onyxia 10man ulduar full clear every week working on hard mode bosses.

Have you ever been a raid leader, class leader, officer, or website administrator with another guild? (long answer):
Raid leader i have lead serveral 10man ulduar raids and several 10/25man naxx raids

Why do you want to join TG over another guild on this server? (long answer):
i did my research and found that TG is the best guild on the server and i would like to be a part of the best. i want to progress in 25man raids and would love the chance to join.

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):
i was legitimately attuned to Kara, and completted kara and ZA before the big nerf. in WotLK killed all the bosses in ulduar before the started to nerf them and emalon in VOA.

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):
i manly use seal of Corruption when i am getting healed and seal of wisdom for most of the 5mans because i dont get healed that much to maintane my mana. i always have a judgement up depending on if i need mana or health more will decide which one to use then i will almost always have consecration down to maintane aggro over more then one add. or i will not use it if it will brake a cc or damage an add that we dont want to damage. then i will always have hammer of the righteous and shield of righteousness when they are not on cooldown when the boss dropes below 20% i will thow hammer of wrath in the rotation if the mobs are undead or demons i will also put holy wrath in the mix. Avenging wrath will be used if i am not on cool down from my devine protection. i will use my devine proteciton and figurine - monarch crab when i get low or am about to get hit hard from the boss to help the healers out i will always save my lay on hands for emergencys. as for gear i mantain my 541 or alittle hire def. then i look for armor value, then stamina, then dodge, then strength, then block and perry.

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):
in dal my fps is about 30 and my lat is 198ms with almost all my video settings maxed. i have vent and microphone and is usaly on another compute and rarly crash usaly only crashes are wow problems went several people are have the same issue.

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 do my research on boss fights willing to do my part and help in anyway i can. i am willing to learn and progress. i always come to raids prepared and ready to go.

Can you handle criticism?: i have been in the military along time and can take criticism i know no one is perfict and everyone can learn something new
How can we contact you?: PST Siakust in game or email nelson_cory@hotmail.com

[Contrive]

I like how divine intervention is bound to "1".

[Holo]

do we have a clicker?

[Siakust]

I do some clicking but most of my primary attacks are key bound to my nostromo n52 keypad and i keep them on the top row so i can keep track of what is on cool down.

[Velline]

Gear: Why are you gemming for strength? Only time I would gem for strength be in threat gear and since we don't have threat issues its unneeded, better to throw on a piece or 2 with Hit on it to solve any threat issues. With ardent defender should ignore socket bonus's minus what you need for meta/def cap and gem all stam to make the most of the talent.

Spec: Even with change to seal of corruption reckoning is still a horrible talent providing little threat increase and can cause parry gib. No Judgements of just is silly, thunderclap on mobs is good, divinity is a weak talent for tanking as it doesn't add any true EH, and with divine plea 24/7 we don't have mana issues so 2/2 spiritual attunement isn't needed (1/2 is enough) and benediction talents should be used elsewhere.

Glyphs: Glyph of spiritual attunement and consecration are horrible for tanking, we don't have mana issues and consecration messes up the 9/6/9 rotation along with no having improved judgements. Get divine plea for 3% less damage for sure then seal of corruption or hammer/etc


I suggest you do some reading at elitist jerks or maintankadin as you have much to learn.

[Siakust]

Thanks for the advice i appreciate it i changed up my gems and glyphs. i also changed up my spec a little and going to do more reading tomorrow and try out the new spec. My old realm was very low population and no one there would really help or give any advice if they had any.

[Holo]

velline probably the best and most dedicated protadin around. would listen to everything he has to say about tanking as a pally.

[Contrive]

I like this app because he seems dedicated to adjust himself to play better based on the advice of experienced players (e.g. Velline) but are we really in need of another tank?

I see your dual spec is ret. What is your ret gear like?

[Siakust]

unfortunately i will not lie to you my ret gear is pretty weak. it seems that every time i did a guild run we always had a new ret pally or dk that needed the gear more then me as the main tank in the guild. I was not going to take it over them even though i had more epgp then they did as an off set. I am not all about having the best gear over someone else. I want everyone to have there share of loot. Other wise it makes it no fun and i like to have fun and enjoy the game and do the best i can.:happy:

[Siakust]

I just updated wow-heroes.com with my ret set so you can see i have a foundation but it need some work. i am saving up badges for the t8.5 peaces and other badge items and i will have them gemmed and enchanted. I am also sure i am going to have to redo my talent points because i have not changed them from the last patch so i will do my research on that.

[Sealclubber]

Declining your app at this time due to your lack of experience, it raises alarm bells when I see an app who hasn't completed the majority of 10 man ulduar hard modes and hasn't even completed a normal mode 25 man ulduar.