Hello, Iron Edge!
I am applying for the main raid.
Character: Supersander
Server: Ravencrest
Armory: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/Ravencrest/Supersander/advancedClass/Spec: Druid (DPS)
Member Type: raider
Personal Info:Name: Laurens
Age: 28
Country: The Netherlands
I am a Dutch civil engineering student, currently working on my master thesis. I should be finishing up in June.
I know that my character is undergeared (av. 953 Ilvl), but I ask you to take this application in consideration anyway. I've put alot of effort into this application to try and convince you of my ability as a Balance Druid.
Class/Spec:I am quite fond of the balance druid. I believe the toolkit that this class brings to a raid is amazing. Spells like Mass Engagement, Typhoon and Innervate make it a solid addition to any team. Besides this, the rotation is quite fun to play and the damage output of a good balance druid is very solid on any fight or M+. I absolutely love that there are multiple viable builds to go into different fights. Soul of the Forrest vs. Incarnation: Chosen of Elune (Heavy AOE vs. Single/duo target), Shooting stars vs. Blessing of the Ancients (Any AOE vs. single target). The only thing I dislike is with the Oneth's Intuition legendary I don’t have to think about my level 100 talent, where Stellar Drift is now mandatory in any situation.
My gearing philosophy is quite straight forward. Basically Mastery> Haste> Intellect> Critical Strike> Versatility. This goes for single target aswel as AOE. This is because my mastery increases my starfall's (main aoe ability) and my starsurge's (main single target ability) damage. Haste is quit important because it lets me build up my astral power faster, which in turn means more astral power to spend into starfall/starsurge. Intellect is quite straight forward and the other 2 (crit/vers) are trivial for my spec.
Single target rotation:
1. Maintain Moonfire and Sunfire.
2. Starsurge.
3. New/Half/Full Moon.
4. Solar Wrath if Solar Empowerment is up
5. Lunar Strike if Lunar Empowerment is up.
6. Solar Wrath if no Empowerment is up.
2+ target rotation:
1. Maintain Moonfire and Sunfire.
2. Starfall.
3. New/Half/Full Moon.
4 and 5 are only possible through Oneth's Intuition.
4. Solar Wrath if Solar Empowerment is up.
5. Lunar Strike if Lunar Empowerment is up.
6. Solar Wrath if no Empowerment is up.
Opener:
1. Pot at 3 seconds before pull and Solar Wrath twice.
2. New Moon.
3. Moonfire and Sunfire.
4. Half Moon.
5. Full Moon.
6. Incarnation: Chosen of Elune.
7. Start normal single target rotation.
Alts:N.A. I've been away for a while. I've only had time to play this toon. The first thing that comes close to an alt, is my holy priest that I played during EN. 890 Ilvl.
Professions:My professions are Herbalism and Alchemy (both max level). I used to level my professions to get the profession bonus. But since that has been taken out of the game, I only use them to not have to buy flasks/pots on the AH anymore. Quite a lame reason, but professions are not that important imo.
Raiding Experience:Assume for this list that “cleared” means cleared the content when that specific patch was live.
Example: clearing Ulduar during the ICC patch does not count as “cleared”.
Vanilla: Cleared everything (including MC, BWL, AQ20, ZG) up to the Twin Emperors in AQ40.
BC: Didn’t play.
Wrath: Cleared heroic ICC + Obsidian sanctum.
Cataclysm: cleared the first tier normal and Dragon Soul Heroic on the second nerf (out of 5 nerfs).
MoP: Cleared everything on Heroic.
WoD: Cleared Highmaul mythic, BRF normal, HFC mythic.
Legion: cleared EN mythic and first 2 bosses of ToV. Then quit the game due to final phase of my master.
Previous Guilds:These reasons are not in order of importance. My first reason is that I am preparing for Battle for Azeroth. I want to play horde for the next expansion. My second reason is, is that I am now a social in my current guild and their recruitment is closed (for ranged dps). Honestly, this is quite a friendly guild, with an amazing guild leader. I will be sad to not play with these guys anymore, since I have been in this guild since just before the start of the HFC patch. But I find the 2 reasons above to be enough to leave.
Availability:I will be leaving for Singapore on the 6th of April for research purposes for my master thesis. I will be back the 16th of April. After that I will be available during raid nights, with a near 100% attendance. Besides these times, I will be available sporadicly through the week.
Communication:Yes Yes and Yes.
Computer / Connection:I'm playing wow on the preset "10" graphics without any problems. Solid 100 fps (capped). My internet connection is very stable. I can't remember the last time that I disconnected from a game. My ping is somewhere in the range of 12-15. I do not lag.
Addons/UI:https://imgur.com/a/3wVDO Screenshot of my UI.
Weak Aura's: To track my cooldowns (including my non-dps cooldowns), buffs and debuffs.
Deadly boss mods: Kinda speaks for itself, I guess.
I have all my abilities keybound. The important ones that aren't shown are:
Moonkin Form: Mouse button 1 (when out of Moonkin Form).
Remove Corruption: Mouse button 3.
Innervate: C.
Honestly, my bars are kind of a mess but I track all my cooldowns and abililities through weak auras. Even cooldowns like Dash and Wild Charge. I never look at my bars anyway.
Other Games:I hardly have time for other games, but when I do I play either Overwatch or Player Unknown's Battlegrounds with friends.
Why Iron Edge?I found your guild on wow progress, scrolling through the Kazzak guild list. I am specifically looking for a guild that raids 2 nights a week excluding Sundays. There are not many guilds that have this structure. I believe that I could fit into your guild, because I am a patient and friendly person. I am also always up for events like group pvp or M+ runs. Besides this, your guild has good progression compared to the amount of time you spend raiding, which indicates decent players and/or decent raidleading. Scrolling through your site, I see that you have a tight-knight core. This is what my previous guild had aswel and I liked it a great deal.
What can I offer Iron Edge?I am a patient and friendly player, always willing to help out. Especially when it comes to showing new players the ways of WoW. Besides this I am always the person sign up for the odd jobs during progress raids (example: the conveyer belt on the Siege master Blackfuse fight). Variety and knowing every aspect of a fight makes this game fun for me.
Where did I hear about Iron Edge?See above.
Last Words?My gearing philosophy is quite straight forward. Basically Mastery> Haste> Intellect> Critical Strike> Versatility. This would be my preferred path, but since I just recently started playing again, I took what I could get. This is why my gear (some set pieces and trinkets) are poorly optimized. I’m still missing 1 key legendary, which is the Impeccable Fel Essence, increasing my damage on single target fights.
For the upcoming expansion I haven’t decided what to play yet. This has partly to do with my attitude towards teamplay. I am always willing to play the spec that’s missing from a raid team (to a certain extend). For the next expansion my choice of spec can be discussed with the raider leader. I’ve divided all specs over 4 tiers. Tier 1 and 2 are specs I see myself playing as main spec for next expansion, leaning slightly towards tier 1. I would still be happy playing a tier 2 spec. Tier 3 is a spec I would not main, however I would be ok with as an OS (estimate 1 in 10 fights). Tier 4 are specs I definitely do not want to play, not even as OS.
Tier 1
Frost (Mage)
Fire
Frost (Death Knight)
Brewmaster
Balance
Protection (Paladin)
Marksmanship
Beastmastery
Affliction
Tier 2
Elemental
Subtlety
Assasination
Shadow
Arms
Fury
Mistweaver
Demonology
Tier 3
Restoration (Shaman)
Outlaw
Discipline
Holy (Priest)
Arcane
Protection (Warrior)
Windwalker
Restoration (Druid)
Tier 4
Enhancement
Havoc
Vengeance
Holy (Paladin)
Retribution
Survival
Destruction
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