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Rápier Mage Application [Accepted]

 
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:12 am    Post subject: Rápier Mage Application [Accepted] Reply with quote

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Character Details
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Character Name: Rápier

Class: Mage

Level: 85


http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/kazzak/R%C3%A1pier/simple

Oh also I have to add, I have 3/4 tier 12 just 220 vp off last piece(this wednesday coming), for 4 set, and i didnt swap them out 4 as the t11 set bonus are so strong. Also since guild disbanded i was the one in order for the staff so currently i have 22/25 embers.


Professions

Alchemy: 525/525
Inscription: 525/525
Fishing: 525/525
Cooking: 525/525
First Aid: 525/525
Archaeology: 525/525

Alchemy and inscription both give damage bonus - i will never choose mining for eg for obvious reason. In raids I use 90 int 90 stam food + int flasks.


Desribe what you think you would bring to our guild if accepted.

When we decided to move to horde to better ourselves (merger) I spent about 120 euros on fellow guild members, Members who simply couldn't afford a move at such a short notice. Also another 100 on a new website for a year. When Firelands was on its way I assembled many truegolds and other mats flasks cauldrons, in preparations for a smooth first few weeks to supply us with whatever we need. Following from this as soon as the first two bosses were down myself and Smish(hunter) Farmed FL trash for days, just the two of us. We geared many people during this with 3 staffs, 4 trinkets, 2 rings 1 neck 1 dagger 2 axes. ( we both did farm some solo also, but with two they go down far faster and much better survival rate.) Aside from this im a guy whos raid attendance is high , I will stay for hours after time even to get a boss down. When I learn an encounter I dont fail as a rule. While not wanting to bash other applicants I can say that I will be last to step off the battlefield. Smile






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Character History
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Previous Guilds & reasons for leaving

Last guild i was in was Resurrection. This guild was made after a failed merger with another guild when we as alliance moved to horde in search of better raiding , A type of raiding which was impossible on alliance given the recruitment pool. In resurrection we have downed 6/7 ragy on 20% best try , however we are suffering some healer issues such that we had tried to 4 man heal raggy a few times and even majordomo yet still the dps was on target. One healer joins one leaves etc. This problem simply could not be fixed on this realm. Before Resurrection and the failed merger, we were raiding as Damnation.

Tier 8 http://www.wowprogress.com/pve/eu/steamwheedle-cartel/rating.tier8
Tier 9 http://www.wowprogress.com/pve/eu/steamwheedle-cartel/rating.tier9_25
Tier 10 http://www.wowprogress.com/pve/eu/steamwheedle-cartel/rating.tier10_25 (lost healer after our halion kill and then dominos affect began, where we lost a top rogue then tank etc etc)
Halion kill http://www.wowprogress.com/pve/eu/steamwheedle-cartel/rating.rs_25

This is how this guild was doing during these times.

Before this i was on ravencrest raiding with amnesia ranked about 220 who disbanded due to officer disagreements i believe. Before this i was in Kid Galahad which raided from ssc- tbc into wrath, and split as the GM was in a band that were going places. I still have an old link to that really bad quality vid of archimonde. Im the moon mark Smile http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NRCjrQC8HE

Before this i was officer in 'Eternal' raiding Gruul ZG kara Maggy and into SSC

Going back further into Vanilla i was Raiding only MC UBRS.


When did you start this character and how long have you /played it?

I started in Vanila and played 394 days.


What encounters and raids have you experienced in Cataclysm?

BOT BWD TOTFW 13/13 Normal, 5/13 Heroic
Firelands 6/7 normal

What previous raid experience do you have on this char?

Vanilla
Molten core, UBRS

TBC
KARA, ZA, Grull, Magtheridon, SSC TK Hyjal BT Sunwell, (did not clear sunwell prenerf)

WOTLK
Naxx 10 + 25, Sarth 3D 10 and 25 3d, Malygos 10 + 25.
Ulduar 10 and 25
Deaths Demise
Herald of the titans
ToCG 10 and 25 Insanity
Halion 10 + 25 heroic
ICC 10 - 12/12 Heroic. ICC 25 - 11/12 Heroic . (guild split)


What do you think YOUR responsibilities are in a raid?

Make healers life easy avoid shit , mage ward , high awareness, slow adds for tank pick up and of course not die, dead dps does no dps. when I was officer the main people im looking for are people who dont die, if we hit an enrage timer, its a win.

How would you feel if you were asked to respec by the guild or by your class leader to either help guild or improve your dps/healing/tanking?

I respec daily almost, i have spent 9253 gold on respecs to date. They are a thing of necessity. I always bring two specs with me to a raid. Each talent in talent tree can benefit bosses differently especially on heroic modes.


What is your Spell Rotation ?

(I double pot always)
Arcane - blow all cds burn till 25% ish evoc and i go into second rotation conserve, this conserve rotation varies due to boss. Where i can avail of mage ward It will be AB x 3, AM/ ABar to clear or AB x4 if i dont fall below 94% , then AM /Abar to clear.
Fire - The perffect start is Pyro landing on boss jsut as tank pulls, mi up, lb, ( if no pyro then scorch once) fb , keep lb up and pyro if proc. scorch when move.


Also Post a UI Screen Shot

http://tinypic.com/r/jq3m39/7

My keybindings are not like others Everythign i need is bound to mouse buttons, 5 buttons, But I use shift + control as modifiers. So shift+ mouse 4, Ctrl + mouse 2, etc.



And Post atleast a 3 min WWS or WMO Report on Test Dummie(Dps only)

http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/rt-fg5j5pfr12md2ayj/analyze/dd/source/?s=705&e=1095





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Technical Information
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Do you have oRA3 Deadly Boss Mods and OMEN ?

Yes

PLease list any other add ons you use to help you raid.

I also have decursive, Grid and combustion h, CT_mod

Do you have a microphone & Ventrilo installed?

Yes

Describe your skills in spoken english:

Native english speaker

What's your connection & computer hardware?

I always build my systems myself
Intel Core i-700-2.67gh
Asus GeForce GTX 560 810MHz
4GB ram
Windows 7

Connection is low contention ratio which means traffic doesnt ever affect my ping
latency 29
world 34






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General Information
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Age

33

Country

Ireland

Why did you choose to apply to this guild in particular?

We spent about six hours searching through many many guilds and talking to people becuase we believe, that finding a new guild is important becuase once we find a home we generally stay for good if everything works out at the start. This effort is a small price to pay to find such a guild. Second to this, I personally want to be challenged. In normals i'm not, Its not pleasent wiping 8 times in a row then u see a person getting hit by the same thign over and over and over, It sucks the fun out of the game. So I think its a realisation that we all must find the level where we all slot in nicely among our peers of not only maturity but also skill.

Players you know / How did you come across us?

I dont know anyone in your guild, I seen your wow progress and chated with 'styz'

Alts and Level (if any):

Prot warrior lvl 85 geared for firelands alt runs. Holy priest lvl 85 almost geared for firelands alt runs. Also I belive that having raid ready alts allows you to gain more insight into new encounters.

Are you or any of your alts currently guilded?

No, I and my three friends from the previous guild , Smísh (hunter) sikkbass (warrior) torm (ele shammy) have just moved here two days ago.

Did you read our Rules & Policies?

Yes

What days can you play and what hours during those days.

Im available to raid all your raid times even on saturdays with alts.

Previous online gaming experience (if any):

CSS, LFD 1 & 2




Thanks for reading


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Celoza



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This should be instantly accepted as he is irish.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

links to wowprogress are broken
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Maguz



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

from what i saw everything seems fine. spec/glyphs are good. enchants are well done too (you have 50hit on feet, mastery would be better but as we must be hit capped np there, since i have hit enchant too hehe =p )

I would just recomend to reforge some of the crit from Bell of Enraging Resonance to hit and then change the green gems you have (hit+mastery) and purple gems (int + hit) to some more usefull gems as pure int or int + mastery.

Other than that everything seems fine. GL

Magúz
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Links have been fixed and that bell trinket is for my fire spec, I just relogged out in arcane trinkets. all should be better now.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thumps up for attitude!
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wanna ask few things about ur arcane rotation; 1- r u using flame orb in ur rotation? and if u r using it, when do u use it? 2- which kind of mage armor r u using? if u r switching them during the boss fight; which one u r using it at burn phase? 3- r u using any macro for arcane explosion to clear ur mage ward and mana shield? if so pls explain 4- r u using mana shield during boss fights? 5- which spells r u using when u r on the move in the middle of the fight ? 6- why didn't u give 2 points to improved arcane explotion ?
Best of luck with ur application
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Flame orb yes its why i specced a point into fire power. I should have mentioned some more about this...

I spec Fire and Arcane which ever benefits the progression fight. The specific fights may even demand different versions of each spec. For example http://www.wowhead.com/talent#ohIMMRhRMRRof0bZc
This here is the best dps spec for arcane given that there are no adds or no boss mechanic to interupt( ie specing into 'Invocation' over 'Prismatic Cloak') or 2 points into improved blink over 'Prismatic Cloak' for extra movement when neccessary. In my current spec , which you can see on armoury, I have choosen to lose 1 point in 'Fire Power' just to gain that little boost after a blink, as sometimes it helps wonderfully to rejoin a healing area or safe zone or dps some add etc etc. The dps loss from this choice is utterly tiny however again where we would be working on a boss where he enrages, I would put both points back into 'Fire Power' which would benefit Flame Orb, Finally I may have to use Improved Arcane Explosion' for some adds if im arcane and got to aoe down some adds, to reduce the threat to myself since I would be in melee range, this of course depends on threat tables of mobs, tank threat on mobs etc. As arcane I use Mage Armour

My fire spec is also shown. This spec is for aoe benfits, with points in both 'Improved Flamestrike' and 'Pyromaniac'. For single target these points would land in - 1 (extra) in arcane concentration and 2 in improved fireblast , or maybe in mana free scorching, again this is all encounter based, and Knowing all this allows me to make a judgement into what im exactly going to spec into, And what i do spec into is directly related to what boss the guild is currently progressing on. As fire i use molten armour.

My rotation in fire does indeed use Flame Orb but since its on a 2 min cd I normaly dont mention it, but I do use it. The when is at the start unless the boss is going to be moved, if he is going to be moved i will use it when he is in position only, and from then on i will use it when its off cd. Other than this i will use it wisely to help proc an impact, for example on rhyolith.

As arcane the only time i would switch armour is if the boss is low and i have full mana, Then i will pop molten armour. Otherwise i dont switch.

As fire I would switch sometimes on rhyolith or beth as sometimes flamestriking, blastwave eats mana so it helps to keep mana up , but this completly depends on my mana state, as in fire mana is much more easy to control.

"r u using any macro for arcane explosion to clear ur mage ward and mana shield" Im afraid I dont understand this question.
I dont clear mage ward or mana shield If i use them.

I do use mana shield sometimes but rarely, when mana gem will pop me back to 100% i will sometimes use mana shield before if there will be inc damage, like on majordomo pull, mage ward mana shield, and i will be maxed sp from incanters absorption.

As arcane Abar on the move, and i will time it so that Abar will be ready for move, if not then fireblast.

I dont use 2 points in arcane explosion, becuase so far in my last guild i never needed to, on ten mans in our setup fire best served us on rhyolith and beth, so honestly i never needed it , 2 points in that talent is for a fight with adds , not single target, so what spec you see it's just what fight we work on. I was ranked 44th on wol as fire on ryholith about 3 weeks ago, and we're only ten man, but on 25 i got no idea of how the adds health are so it will be a test, fire may prove weak as it needs ramp up time , if your dps is strong and adds dyin fast, then arcane may be better, and hence i would put go arcane and put two points back into this. So all fight dependant.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Celoza wrote:
This should be instantly accepted as he is irish.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

it is obvious that a mage should be in fire spec at rhyolith and I believe u really understand the fire mage mechanics. Here is some suggestions for arcane spec; use ur flame orb in ur conserve part of ur rotation, so u will have a great chance of getting AM; and u wont waste the procs + u can get clearcasting and by arcane potency u can higher ur dps in ur conserve part. And for your info Flame Orb has 1mn cd not 2 mn. As u mentioned always switch to molten armor on burn phase of ur rotation then switch to mage armor in conserve phase of ur dps. As range dps u r recieving continuous dmg u need to make sure ur mage ward and mana shield is up like all the time because of Incanter's Absorption, this will increase ur sp. I have asked if u r using any sort of macro for arcane explosion because of this reason; for example u r in Ragnaros fight and u r ofc in arcane spec, after the boss hits the hammer and its gether up and kill the small adds asap while hole raid stacked, u need to be sure that u dont have mage ward or mana shield not to knock all adds around.(by the way thats where u need the 2 points of Improved Arcane Explosion; not to die imedialetly by aggro since if u r fast and managed to blinked there while u r having the arcane blast buff stacks; u will deal nice dmg and may aggro adds without 2 points of Improved Arcane Explosion) here is a simple macro that u can replace ur arcane explosion button /cast Arcane Explosion
#showtooltip
/cancelaura mana shield
/cancelaura mage ward

While on move do not use fire blast as arcane mage; it is way too much expensive; use AB and ice lance.
Best of luck with ur application.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

as for the molten armor change during the burn phase i have nothing to say, since it's a good way to try and push a little bit more dps. although many mages just dont do it cause if you have mage armor you can last the burn phase till you are with ~30% mana and thus while evocating (which gives you 60% mana) and with mage armor up you'll reach the 100% mana.

as for the mana shield isnt a good idea to have him up for incanters absorption tbh, since you'll lose a lot of mana per mana shield and the last thing you want is to waste unecessary mana.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

As u know maguz; arcane spec is very gear dependant and the player needs to calculate him/herself when to switch to mage armor during burn phase but what I have tested with my crap geared mage is at least we need molten armor during Arcane Power's 15 secs. And about mana shield; again acording to mage's gear u can choose not to pop it during burn phase but teorically during converse part of ur dps rotation (which I believe is the real difference between a great arcane mage and a average one is the dps output during this converse part; as all arcane mages knows how to pop all cds and spam AB in burn phase) increasing ur sp is very important. The mana cost is bareable; as a mage can manage it by clearing the arcane blast buff stacks.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

He got already accepted, go to mage forum if you want to continue the dicussion ;p.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

go away you corrupted priest ;-p
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