Overview
1. Character Name / Level / Class / Specs(main/off):
Tingli - 80 Shaman
Main Spec - Elemental
Off Spec - Resto (Currently Enhancement, I was just playing around with it)
2. Why are you applying to Elysium?
I'm looking for a fun and dedicated 25man raiding guild. Just by reading your rules, message to applicants, guild structure, and seeing WoW forum posts, I can tell this is a very organized guild who doesn't tolerate 'drama'. I want a fun, relaxed guild that isn't super uptight all the time with people screaming at you constantly (to people in general), and limited swearing. I've been in my share of 'crazy' guilds were they drop the F-Bomb constantly, and I'd rather not deal with that, and Elysiums 'PG-13' attitude is good. I feel this could be a very fun guild to meet a lot of cool people and make lasting friends.
3. Have you completely read the post titled A Message For Applicants?
Yes. Application process, Evaluation, Raid times, etc...
4. Have you completely read The Rule?
Yes. Respect is key!
5. Have you completely read the post about our Guild Organization?
Yes. Reserve, Elite, Vanguard.
6.
Elysium currently raids 25-man instances from 8pm to 12am server time
(US Central Time Zone) every Tuesday and Thursday. Would you be able to
attend those nights 80% of the time or more, and do you forsee any
changes in your availability in the future, such as a new work schedule
or school, that would reduce the number of raids you can attend or
require you to leave raids before they are over?
Yes, I would be able to attend a minimum of 80%, 100% will be more likely. All my school classes are online / stay home during day watching son. Raiding late will not be an issue.
History
7.
Please list all Burning Legion raiding guilds you have been a member of
on any character. This includes guilds that no longer raid or exist and
characters you may have transferred, sold or deleted. Optionally, you
may include guilds you have raided with on other servers.
Burning Legion - Yoshara (only 10mans)
Illidan - Nerderherder Nation / Horde
Illidan - Gurbrage (TBC) / Horde
Muradin - Carpe Diem (TBC) / Ally
8. Please describe why you left your last raiding guild.
I'm the Guild Leader of Yoshara, but its just myself and about 6/7 real-life friends. Two of them have quit, another is about to quit, and one is very unreliable to show up twice a week. So two of the remaining three are looking for 25man guilds.
As for Nerdherder Nation, my real-life friend is the guild leader (Vyrtigo), and I started playing horde to play with about 8 real-life friends there, well all but one or two quit or joined different guilds, so I'm in the process of moving all my horde to Burning Legion and making them Alliance. I haven't raided with them in awhile since the start of Ulduar.
9. Do you know any current Elysium members? If so, what is your relationship to them?
No, can't say I know any Elysium members.
Raiding
10. Please provide us with an account of your experience with raiding in WoW.
Vanilla - I hit 60 right before the expansion came out, only experienced Zul'Grub.
TBC - Karazhan -> Brutullas/Sunwell
WoLK - Naxxaramas, OS, EoE, Half of Ulduar, ToC, Onyixa, ICC up to Surafang (so far). I haven't attempted ToC/Ulduar Herioc modes yet.
11. Please describe the things you enjoy about raiding.
Experiencing new content is always fun (I've played Warcraft 1-3 and WoW), so the story is always entertaining and fun to explore, especially good to know when the come out with Warcraft 4 (hopeful!). Also, I enjoy meeting a group of people that become rather close knit due to being around each other quite often.
12. Please describe the things you don't enjoy about raiding.
Waiting for people to show up on time and people who think they know everything in a very arrogant way. If you know it that's great, but I don't like when they flaunt that they are 'all knowing' continuously. Also, people who still don't know fights repeatedly. I understand the first few times getting the feel of it all (I often have to see the fight once or twice, even though I 'read' about it), but 10 times through and still not understanding is frustrating.
13.
To allow for better raid composition or to help distribute loot where
it will be most useful, how would your react to being asked to sit out
raids while remaining available to fill-in if a spot opens up mid-raid?
That would not be a problem for me. I could do heriocs on alts for frost emblems while sitting.
14. What spec/roles are your favorite and least favorite for your character? (tank/heal/dps, holy vs disc, frost vs arcane, etc)
For my Shaman, Elemental is my favorite spec with Enhancement being my least favorite spec. I like elemental because I enjoy being a caster (my mage just hit 80) and it was my first caster class. I also enjoy healing (my priest), but I haven't raid healed except 10man ToC on my shaman. I find it enjoyable also, but give the slight edge to Elemental.
Enhancement isn't awful, but I have my rogue, which I greatly prefer over the Enhancement build.
15.
How do you plan to provide your own flasks for nights we are raiding?
This can sometimes be as many as twelve flasks per week.
Since I have so many 80s, I just farm primordials and sell them for cash (I've stopped doing this now, trying to craft gear); however, my Druid will be 450 alchemy soon, so I create flasks or buy from the AH.
Technical
16. Do you have a working headset microphone configured to work with Ventrilo using a "push-to-talk" button?
Yes, I use one of my mouse buttons to talk.
17. Do you frequently experience high latency, disconnects, client crashes, choppy frame rates?
No, I have cable internet, its pretty reliable. Computer I built year and half ago, still pretty top-end.
18. What addons do you currently use? Please provide a screenshot of your current UI.
- Bartender3
- Omen
- DBM
- Quartz
- Healbot
- XPerl
- Decursive
- Atlasloot Enhanced
- Titanpanel
- Visual Heal
- Recount
(For my Shaman)
I'm about to redo my UI and switch from XPerl to Grid and rearrange my stuff. Also, omen isn't shown unless in group. I 'plan' on adding some macro buttons using 1-6, then shift 1-6, I just haven't done it yet. I have a Merc Stealth keyboard, so I have 1-11 on a dpad thing on side, but I dislike using the 7-11 so want to do this change.
19. If possible please provide a link to a recent raid report (WoW Meter online, World of Logs, etc)
N/A
Personal
20. How old are you?
25 years old.
21. Do you speak English fluently?
Yes, though I am from the Arkansas. :)
22. Anything else you feel we should know about you?
I'm a full time student/stay at home dad currently. I have a 9month old son named Locke (Final Fantasy 3 anyway ^^) and have been married for 5 years. I love playing video games, RPGs, Strategy, FPS, Sports. Also, love watching sports and I'm a fantasy football nut.
On previous applications I see a question about alts so i will post mine here.
Burning Legion
- Qinayi 80 Human Rogue
- Hagatori 80 Human Death Knight
- Narusègawa 80 Blood Elf Priest (Faction changing to horde within the next two weeks)
- Grèènpea 72 Night Elf Hunter
- Söphia 68 NIght Elf Druid
Auchindoun (ALL HORDE)
- Cèleste 80 Blood Elf Paladin
- Jièun 80 Blood Elf Mage
- Rylèigh 74 Undead Warrior
- Kèfka 71 Tauren Druid
- Minghui 70 Blood Elf Warlock
I plan on transferring and faction changing my 80 horde characters to Burning Legion, and 'probably' my warrior and warlock once I hit 80 with them. I'm pretty versed in all the classes, my Rogue was my main in Vanilla WoW and early TBC, Priest was main late TBC, and Paladin early WoLK (due to being my first 80 horde, so I was 'forced' to raid with her by real-life friends). I'm comfortable raiding with any class though.