| Character Name |
Alsonia
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| Class |
Paladin
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| Level |
80 |
| Race |
Blood Elf |
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Age/Geographic Location
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18, Eastern US Coast (Virginia to be specific) |
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Favorite Cereal
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Fruity Pebbles, clearly the superior choice. |
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Are you currently guilded? If so, with whom?
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I am currently unguilded, I was left stranded after Cynical disbanded
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Why are you looking to leave?
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What other guilds have you been in?
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Diablo on Stormscale on my Shaman in Ulduar days and Torment on Thrall on Alsonia during the first wing. |
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Why do you want to join Surreality?
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I want to join a guild with intelligent level headed players that enjoy the game and can progress in current content. |
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What do you have to offer the guild? What are your expectations for us?
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I can offer theorycrafting, my ability as a player and my DPS. What more can a Ret Paladin offer really? I have a tanking off spec but it is hardly worth enough to work in Heroic. I expect to be pushed to my characters potential both on DPS and my ability as a player. |
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Do you know any of our members? Who?
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Zinjin, talked to him briefly before I applied. |
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What is your current talent distribution? How, or why, did you choose it? (Explain dubious talent choices. An acceptable answer to this question is not "because I was told to by a guild member in "x." Just like High School Math, show your work.)
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My talent specs often alter based on guild needs, I can run all 3 specs properly and use each ability to it's potential. In the Aura Mastery spec 11/5/55 I take Divine Intellect since it is the best talent for practical DPS as Int gives me Spell Crit and more mana reducing the amount of Divine Pleas I have to use. Aura mastery is self explanatory.
In the Divine Guardian spec (5/11/55) I take Guardian's Favor to reduce my BoP CD to be able to theoretically use t more than once. I also take Stoicism because naturally it's a more viable 3 points for DPS and survivability than 3% dodge. This spec while is only useful if you have downtime and the ability to bubble.
I usually run 5/7/59 spec just because if you lack a Druid or Warrior tank the AP Debuff on the boss will be up much more often than if a Prot Paladin did since a Ret basically crits every other hit. I pick up Divine Purpose for the 4% spell reduced hit and the ability to unstun someone with Hand of Freedom, this makes me less of a liability when random selected spells go to hit me. I once again pick up Guardian's Favor in the Prot Tree for the same reason as this. |
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What is your preferred raid role? If this role isn't available, are you willing to respec?
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While my preferred Role is Tanking, I'm much effective at DPS... thus why I'm applying as DPS. But if I'm needed to tank anything non heroic, I'm fully willing and capable to. |
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If you're applying as a DPS class, can you explain the basics of your rotation/priority system, and why you use it?
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Basically my priority rotation after receiving the 264 Libram is
Judgement > Divine Storm > Crusader Strike > Hammer of Wrath > Exorcism (On Undead or Demons) > Consecrate > Exorcism > Holy Wrath
The premise of this rotation is to first get Judgment off of CD as fast as possible as it is our highest DPS ability and restores 25% of our base mana. Divine Storm is second due to the 2P T10 set bonus and getting this on CD as fast as possible to get another proc is a substantial DPS increase. Crusader Strike is third since, naturally the 264 Libram's proc is off purely Crusader Strike, keep this up is paramount. Hammer of Wrath is the next highest damage ability since it always crits basically (Only usable in execute range)
Exorcism is next in priority on Undead and Demons because it will always crit and that alone does more damage that consecrate. Consecrate is next, then a normal exorcism. Holy Wrath is essentially filler and shouldn't be used unless there is no other choice.
I use Wings at different times depending on the fight and Bloodlust times.
Divine Plea is after Crusader Strike in Priority and is only used once I reach 40% mana. |
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Surreality logs can be found at http://www.worldoflogs.com/guilds/4972/. You will be held to the standard of being able to put out numbers reasonably close to ours. Do you feel that this is something you're capable of doing? Do you have any applicable logs of your performance?
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http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/c5poei5lo9hvr1jj/sum/damageDone/?s=5583&e=5773 (I was actually ranked on this fight then a couple Pallies in Echelon knocked me off)
http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/c5poei5lo9hvr1jj/sum/damageDone/?s=6045&e=6251
(Bad raid comp and got spored, no Blust on a wings since it was a random Blust) |
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No one has their ideal gear, and getting that gear we want is part of the reason for raiding. Can you point out any problems you see in your own gearing at the moment, and explain your plans to address those issues?
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I am currently over hit cap considerably by 99 points to be exact, this is partially because I have yet to see Festergut drop the Plate DPS Gloves on 25 man. I also lack the leather pieces of gear from non heroic because of loot rules in previous guild.
So basically, I have a Sacntified Token so I can get 4/5 (Chest, Helm, Pants, Shoulders) and I can hope for Festergut's Gloves and hopefully pick up the leather off set pieces I can get now.
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Describe your previous raid experience. What is your favorite boss fight? Why?
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I have had most of my raid experience on my Shaman thus far.
I experienced in BC
Kara, Mag's and SSC
In WotLK
I cleared Naxx 10 and 25
I cleared EoE 10 and 25 before Ulduar (Nothing special but eh)
OS 10 3D pre Ulduar
OS 25 2D Pre Ulduar
Ulduar 10 and 25 full clear
In Ulduar HMs I was Firefighter shy of the 310 in 10m
Never saw Algalon until ToC
On Alsonia
5/5 in ToC10 and ToGC10 (49 Attempt shot, never went back)
5/5 in ToC25 and 3/5 in ToGC25
In ICC
I am 12/12 in 10m across all characters 4/12 ICC10 Heroic, saw first 3 in First wing and Festergut.
11/12 in ICC25 Progression (Saw up to P2 LK, understand Defile entirely and understand P3)
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What add-ons do you use? What add-on can't you live without? Why? Can you include a screenshot of your raiding ui?
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I use
Pitbull
CLCret
Bartender
SBF Buff Frames
Omen
DBM and Deus Vox Encounters (I often switch between)
If I had to choose one addon I couldn't live without as a Paladin, it would definitely be CLCret because it takes a lot of the focus away from my bars and allows me to pay more attention to my surroundings. While i can play without it, it's considerably easier to do with it. |
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How many times a week are you willing to raid? When are you available?
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I am available after Noon and I'm available as late as you need me, whichever day you need me as I am on my summer break with no job. |
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How do you spend your time in-game outside of raid time?
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Currently, I'm powerleveling JC and BS so that I can maximize my DPS as much as I possibly can. Other than that, I enjoy tanking heroics just because it's something to do. I also enjoy running BGs with friends as Protribution. |
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Tell us about a time you wiped your group or raid.
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I was controlling the Abomination my first time on Putricide and not understanding the mechanics of it entirely I forgot to slow the Gas Cloud (Orange Ooze) and it hit a ranged and wiped the raid.
Needless to say I never did it again. |
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Best. AFK. Ever.
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My best AFK ever?
Chinese came in the middle of an Iron Council attempt, needless to say 2 minutes later when I came back... I was still alive. |
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Anything else?
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What do you want? I'm a diligent player, but if you do view Alsonia's armory, pardon my professions... they're considerably better than they were yesterday, JC was 1 and Mining was 1.
I'm powerleveling JC and farming the mats to power level BS soon. |
