Estarriol

Never! Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you!

Thank you! I've enjoyed the past few days and I'm looking forward to all the upcoming excitement.

Read the CoC and fully agree. Glad to see a place where friendship outside of raiding is highly encouraged.

I'm so excited I could explode! I can't wait to raid with you all next week. Thanks for giving me a chance.

You're absolutely right, though. It was an oversight on my part and I'll make sure to toss up some barriers during dances that occur mid-Titan Gas in the future. Other than Overwhelming, most of his damage on me is pure melee, so I decided to try out the primarily SBlk mitigation. I can't say I'm entirely happy with it, but with Blade Lord being on normal last night, I also can't say it was a reasonable test. My incoming damage was low enough that SBlk was only catching 60k ish per usage, but bubbles were about 90k ish and when I used those, I'd still be losing 20-30k per usage due to expiration. The pure SBlk mitigation would likely be better for heroic, in the end. Better rotation of my CDs with my active mitigation was making damage intake pretty pathetic. It's hard to say. Scientific method dictates a change of only one variable per experiment, but we had a couple of pugs in the group as well as the DK changed to his undergeared, inexperienced holy paladin. Additionally, we were having issues with people breaking CDs or forgetting to renew, so I typically had several more adds than I am used to. However, I felt as though I was holding myself up well, in large part due to better rotation of those CDs. The variance in my decision to use SBlk versus SBar was largely due to what was going on in the fight at the time. If I (for one reason or another) had gotten a huge burst of vengeance and would therefore get a massive SBar, I'd prioritize that. When Mel'Jarak was casting something rather than meleeing me, I'd use SBar as it would handle his cast (assuming I'd be hit by it). The other reason for SBar usage is for when my two charges of SBlk were on CD. Sure, it's only a few seconds, but if I'm sitting at 90-100/120 rage, I feel that using 60 of it on a nice, beefy shield to cover those 2-3 seconds is well worth it. With the number of adds in that fight, getting rage is absolutely trivial due to the number of procs of revenge. Overall, though, I like to use SBlk for that fight to keep damage even and with the predictions from my SBar/SBlk addon, it mitigates a comparable amount of damage, especially now that I've regemmed and gotten almost another 15% crit block chance (so tasty). I didn't hear feedback so much from the healers, as one of them was new, but they did argue a bit over who would be healing which tank. Apparently I'm boring to heal because I take too little damage. I think that's something of a triumph. The on-the-fly choice between SBar and SBlk based upon the predictions of my addon did feel different. I felt that it was giving me better coverage overall. Making a single choice for the entirety of a fight seems inefficient to me. There are parts of fights where SBlk would be useless (Rain of Blades) whereas for the rest of the fight, it's very strong. The same could be said of SBar. Mostly good, but some situations in a fight where for that specific 10s, SBlk will outperform it. (Ex, during (normal, haven't seen heroic myself yet) Empress, during the add phase, at first SBlk is very strong against the adds, but as the fixate on others or die, SBar begins to out-perform SBlk, but if the fixating adds come back, SBlk goes back to being stronger.)

Alright, here's the link to tonight's logs: http://worldoflogs.c...69yu2ch1bm0zb9/ A note on Stone Guard: The raid leader decided to have us stack and burn, ignoring crystals.

Interesting. The person who runs the logs assured me they were on. I'll run the logs myself tonight and post the new link once I have it set up. Apologies for the misinformation.

Absolutely. I'm avaiable to transfer over any time.

Hope you'll be gentle with the logs from tonight. Raiding was about as clean as a two dollar hooker. On another note, girl scout cookies. No amount of wiping can damper free girl scout cookies.

I thoroughly enjoyed talking with you and the others as well. Definitely the most fun I've had in an interview. I want to make pretzels again now. @.@

I'm leaving this here: I wish my theme music was as epic as this.

Thanks for the opportunity to apply either way it turns out. I've learned quite a bit and had some fun along the way.

Hello, Merri. It is a pleasure to meet you!

You've never had a friend like me! /dance

I think you sold me with that perpendicular angle, there! Still don't know why the leaps aren't showing up, as they're a massive part of Bladelord for me, but it's under the bridge now. I get what you're saying about the strength gems and you bring up some nice points about them. The difference in parry is absolutely negligible and the strength gives more versatility in what I'm able to do. As far as the Will thing... oh. >.> Right, shorthand. That exists! I get what you're going for now. Given what you're saying and the insight you've provided, I can definitely see how the planning on my CDs there can be greatly improved. Having a SBlk up when he starts hitting me again is nice, but Demo Shout and blocking is better. Plus, now with the ~7% increase in my mastery, it will be even sweeter. Overall, you've given me some really awesome insight and I'm looking forward to applying it tonight and in the future. And the scene was pretty much the most amusing thing I've read. Take that 32 extra absorb, dragon, TAKE IT.

I have been using Shield Maid to track the approximate size of my SBar. It also gives an approximation of how much damage a SBlk may mitigate per usage. Overall I'd rate it decent as it lacks any intelligence in fights such as Bladelord and Spirit Binder. This line confuses me, speficially the last bit in quotes. Execute doesn't have a variable amount of rage it takes anymore. It's 30 rage. However, I can tell you where that 95 rage went. It was wasted in order to taunt the boss with a full rage bar or from charging back to the boss at full or nearly full rage for the same reason. I hadn't realized that so much of my bubbles were being wasted, but I had known that some were. At least a portion of the wasted SBars are due to the odd timing of the second Overwhelming assault that I take. I've seen the boss wait (approximately) 10 seconds after the Unseen Strike or do it almost immediately. At least some portion of my wasted SBars are an attempt to ensure that I have some sort of shield on myself. Naturally I also use the large CDs you noted as well. It took me a while to figure out what you meant by this as well, as the only time I'm able to cast Incite at all is during Deadly Calm. Then, in a flash of light is came to me: Incite is cast whenever I use Devastate while Deadly Calm is active. If I used Devastate more than once during Deadly Calm (and I like to refresh Incite with the last stack of Deadly Calm, if it's viable), there's my two extra casts. Will the cast show up if it doesn't hit anything? I Heroic Leap out for every Blade Tempest and charge back in. I also use Heroic Leap during the initial part of phase 2 to get a boost to get through the tornadoes faster. I don't use it in the secondary part, as my raid leader always had me using the slipstreams on the side at 11% on the boss to get to the other end swiftly. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by Titan Gas phases. The fight was on heroic and I had a SBlk on myself coming out of the dance. Those hits were an attempt to wipe. I used to continue the dance even after a wipe was called, but I got chewed out for that habit and started standing in the dance in order to wipe faster when a wipe is called. I have been going with the gemming/reforging strategy I saw highly recommended. Reforge for mastery, trying to keep DR on Dodge and Parry in line as best I can, and gem for stam for the EH. I've been wanting to remove the meta for some time, but as we were working on H Will, I felt it was still beneficial and left it. Now that that particular fight is over, I'll be switching to the standard stam/armor meta (though the stam/2% reduced magic damage is tempting, thoughts?). I still feel that I don't have quite the EH that I would want if I went in for full mastery gems, but I'm doubting that assumption now. Even with the hardest single hits I take (2nd stack of Overwhelming), with a CD in place, I'm not really taking much damage at one time, whereas the fights in which I'm taking large or frequent melees would be much easier with a hard mastery gem scheme. Given your advice, I'll switch the parry gem out for the strength. The other thing that confuses me here is that you talk about the contribution the strength will have on SBar. According to Ghostcrawler: Thus, regemming for strength would contribute roughly 16 AP (per gem). I agree with this whole-heartedly. I've gained some very useful insights and now have several pages of notes to consider. Thank you very much for your time! (And thanks to all of those who welcomed me.)

I'm not entirely certain I understand what you're asking here. Assuming you're asking me if I will feel the need or desire to go back to them in the future should they ask, my answer is a definite no. I've set plans with them on alts and other games (such as League of Legends) so that we may retain our friendship, but I would not be leaving them if I had any intention of going back. I feel about them the same way that I've felt about every guild I've left- grateful for their friendship and the time learning in the guild, but excited to be moving forward. I have met some incredible people in my guilds and I continue to do LFRs and dungeons with them, but I will not go back to a guild I've left as my loyalties have shifted to a new guild and to go back would be regressing, in my eyes. Additionally, it would be unfair of me to cause the turmoil my leaving is causing only to come back and cause even more for my new guild and for the old guild having to find a place for me. However, I feel this is secondary to the fact that my goals the goals of my current guild no longer align. I want to progress, they want to raid twice a week and be happy with whatever is the result. Finally, I don't want to switch guilds again. I'm looking for a home, not a hotel. I view it as an interesting opportunity for introspection. The other apps I've read have all been today, in point of fact I found out about this guild sometime this morning. I read quite a few things I took note of and will certainly be keeping my eye on this coming Thursday when I raid again, although those raids will be on normal in the wake of my pending departure. Absolutely. I'm not saying warriors have no self-heals, but there are certainly situations where having a WoG-like ability or a Deathstrike-like ability would certainly be very nice indeed. As for the set bonuses, they're clearly trying to make warriors use Demoralizing Shout more and more. With Incite now being dependent upon it and the 50% increase in rage gen from the 4 set, Demoralizing Shout looks like it will be a massive CD now and with a very short CD... tasty. I'm thrilled about that. I find it interesting that they're bringing back the increase in rage gen that they stripped from Avatar, but I'm liking how they brought it back. I think it will also add another dimension to the consideration between the immediate benefit of SBar vs. Sblk. Given that Block lasts a static 6 seconds, with 2 charges being usable within 15s, I'm not sure that this would be a great boost to one's ability to block, unless one is running into rage starvation issues. However, it would be a massive boost to Barrier, giving a much larger boost to the uptime of the absorbs in high damage situations. The two set bonus is something I would like to see in action. Right now, it looks like it may be worthwhile to change out one of my glyphs (I'm thinking Incite, as I will no longer get free HCs with it) for Glyph of Victory Rush, depending on whether or not the procced VR will benefit from the glyph. I'll be very excited if it does and from the wording of the four set, I'm thinking it will. A 30% self-heal approximately 1 out of every ten Revenge/SS is something I look forward to seeing. It would be interesting in application as I'm thinking it will allow me more leeway as to when I'm able to safely use Vigilance. Taking 30% of someone else's damage when I'm able to heal myself for 30% of my own health would certainly reduce the danger of using it in high damage situations. Even if it does not benefit from the glyph, I'm certainly not turning my nose up at the increased heals.

I found it recently and decided it needed to be everywhere. I'm going to make it a star.

Thank you! I very much like the quote in your signature and its implications as well as its connections to Alexander the Great.

Also, I've watched that gif in your signature about five times and it makes me giggle every time.

I pursue transmog with full-bore enthusiasm! I view it as a way of seeing and experiencing the content I was not around for. I can't ever seem to find just the right shoulders, though. -.- I have my bank and my void storage filled to the brim with various half-baked transmog sets. The set I currently have on in the armory is by far my favorite set, but it too suffers from the bane of ill-matching shoulders. I'm not too certain about the axe either, I normally use Rising Tide for my axe in that set, but since Mr. Elegon was so very nice to give me such a pretty axe, I'm not sure I have the heart to transmog over it. Then again, the Rising Tide doesn't show enchants and occasionally the weapon enchants clash with my mog. Ah, well, I love my transmog, perfection or no.

After reading through some of the other posts, I'm looking forward to Hip's feedback on my logs as well. His depth and number crunching is exciting. Even if you choose another tank, from what I've seen, his elucidation will help me become a better tank. I am leaving my GM because my ambition and desires do not match those of the guild. Most of the other members of the raid group want a very laid-back 2 days per week schedule and whatever they down, they down. Thus, my desire to be a top tank is not in line with theirs. I leave Fatal with the blessing of my GM and my friends. I am currently 21 years old. My attendance will not be impacted by exams. I do my studying during the day and I do not cram, as I have found it ineffective. The same goes for projects and papers. My original pick of my class was somewhat hap-hazard. A GM of my very first casual raiding guild lamented her lack of tanks and I hopped up and down for the opportunity to help her (I'm pretty enthusiatic to try new things). I originally wanted to play a paladin, but at the time was trying to avoid having all of my toons be the same race and already had a blood elf mage. Thus, I chose orc warrior. I feel the better question here would be why I stayed with a warrior. I have raided and tanked with both paladins and DKs since then, but I have stayed with warriors because I feel their various CDs, both personal and raid-oriented, and their movement is a huge advantage. I feel my three flags are a massive plus in every aspect of tanking, the ability to move anywhere I want very quickly helps with positioning and avoidance, and the on-the-fly choice between SBar and Sblk is an exciting one as there is no one, clear better choice for all situations. I feel that warriors excel in simply not taking damage, as long as the given warrior is always on top of their rotation. That is what I love about my class, it doesn't allow for complacency. I do not have an ass-saving Lay on Hands, Purgatory, Ardent Defender, bubble, or anything of the sort. I must simply make sure I don't get to the point of needing those. Warriors, for me, are very lively, engaging tanks. The weakest point of my class are the lack of self-heals. It is sometimes frustrating to be so dependent on outside sources to stay alive outside of my mitigation. I don't have the option of healing myself when I'm low, other than Second Wind, and I don't have the option of using self-heals to prevent myself from getting low as ER and IV are on a decently long CD or a fairly small heal, respectively. I do not, here, count my absorb as a heal as it cannot bring my health up. Additionally, Last Stand is a nice 20% heal with the 20% increase in max health, but it, too suffers from the long CD. The same can be said of Rallying, but with the added disadvantage of taking a major raid CD away. Thank you all for taking the time to greet me. It is a pleasure getting the opportunity to meet you all. I'll do my best to impress!

In my endeavors to find a new home for myself, I run into the issue of striving to stand above my progress and to go further to place myself above the faceless masses of those seeking as I seek. Despite how I might appear at first glance, I tend to be a person entirely my own. I am tenacious, determined, intelligent, and even in some ways chivalrous. From my post in the WoW recruitment forums: "[...] I wish to constantly improve myself. My desire is to always reach new pinnacles of ability. I put a significant amount of time and effort into not only knowing my class and fights, but also know skills as a tank in general. I seek to output the highest damage I can while taking the least that I can. I love to optimize. I always want to know where or how I can move a boss to make the fight easier for the DPS or healers or any other way that I may do better." I am a timely individual and I take my commitments very seriously. Short of grievous injury to myself or a loved one, I make raids on time and prepared to down content. While I am a student, I am able to tailor my schedule to my needs. Most of my major classes are only offered in the morning, preventing any possibility of conflict. I am a very active person. I want to have friendships with all of those I raid with and seek to participate in activities with them outside of normal raiding. I feel that I raid better with people I have taken the time and effort to get to know and befriend than those who have remained strangers to me. As I said, I want a home. I am not looking for a transitory guild, but one that I may enjoy the struggles of progressing with for the forseeable future. As far as my experience with raiding, I have been actively raiding for almost two years. I do not, unfortunately, have any experience with 25m raiding. Notwithstanding, I learn quickly. In point of fact, I am studying aerospace engineering. I consider the opportunity to learn and adapt a joy and it is a challenge that I relish. My original raiding guild was a small guild on a small server, Leviathan of The Scryers. I was with them for about 14 months. In that time we cleared all of t11 on normal and Halfus on heroic when it was current, 1/7 H while Firelands was current, and cleared all of normal DS and (if memory serves) 2 or 3 heroic modes in DS before I was recruited into Kill Stuff Dont Die on the same server, who were 6/8 H at the time. The second night of being with them, I helped them down Spine and we went on to clear Deathwing a few weeks later. All members got their mounts and we continued on to get our server first H Ragnaros and got most members their mounts. The challenge and the triumph of that server first is a large part of why that mount remains my favorite. From there, KSDD progressed into MoP; however, the guild soon fell apart as a rift formed between the guild leader, the raid leader, and the officers. I followed the raid leader back to his server and his own guild, Fatal Americans, which is the guild I am now in. With loot, I find myself caring less and less about it. The particular gear I am wearing does not determine my skill and is thus secondary or tertiary to my personal knowledge and ability. I seek to push myself beyond my limits, to be a tank without peers, and to stand united with my guild. I do not want to settle for mediocrity in myself and view stagnation of my growth as the worst thing that could happen to me. To be challenged is to find ecstasy in my life and tanking is just my sort of challenge. With these closing thoughts, I shall leave you the links to my logs and my armory. Best of luck in your search. Logs: http://worldoflogs.com/guilds/246131/ Armory: http://us.battle.net...starriol/simple A small post script of things I forgot to mention: My ping is generally around 20ms for home and world. FPS around 40-50 in open-air raids. I could drop a few more settings to be comfortable. I have Mumble and I am comfortable using it. As for challenge modes, I haven't been abel to stir up interest in my dear Fatal Americans for them, but I've found a few people through the forums and my recruitment post and I hope that I will be swimming in gold medals soon.