Wiyld
Nov 30, 2007, @ 03:25 PM
Wiyld - Druid
Hello Heroes, and thank you in advance for reading this and considering me. Thank you also for the opportunity to accompany you to ZA Thursday night. I'm aware that Ninazu has already posted some excellent background of the two of us, and as such this might seem somewhat redundant. Even so, I'm going to go ahead and repeat the story, if for no other reason then protocol. ( and I can't let her write a better app then me, I mean cmon ya know )
Here is my basic App, for those just looking for the w's, and not so interested in my novel, here is the basic info.
Balance specced: 43/0/18 - If i find that I am in fact going to be spending a considerable amount of time raiding, it will be adjusted to be somewhat more raid friendly. If you want more details please feel free to ask me anything. At the moment Ninazu and I are enjoying our 2v2 arena team and so I have specced for it somewhat. ( if you want a challenge try to make a balance/feral druid team work >.< )
My reps are all where they should be, I've even managed to work myself through the SSC/EYE attunement's, missing only the mag kill.
I am an alchemist - herbalist, specializing in transmuting. Ive discovered all but 1 flask, and all but 2 or 3 transmutes, consumables are a non issue. My hunter is a skinner- dragonscale leather worker, should that ever be needed.
I can cook pretty much anything, first aid is maxxed.
GEAR - http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Dalaran&n=Wiyld
Balance #'s
Dmg:980
Crit: 23.5% - 26% depending on encounter
Hit: 9% - 13% depending on encounter
MP5: 135
HP: 8100
Mana: 9020
PVP #'s - I list these because there are a few situations where caster tanks are useful, and because I know even raiders like to pwn face now and then
Dmg: 945
Crit: 18.26%
MP5:136
Resiliance: 389 - i swap pieces in to be uncritable when tanking Kiggler for example
Armor: 15,405
HP: 10,100 - never know when you might need to be hard to kill
Healing #'s - specced balance, resto will of course effect these
Healing: 1600
Spirit: 352
MP5: 190
Mana: 9200
My healing set is nearly completed, lacking mostly in the area of enchanting, I will be getting my final couple done soon. I have run ZA as resto, more then once, as was required but of course my focus has been my balance gearing.
Feral - in the rare event that for some reason a feral might be needed I have both a cat and bear set. The bear set is incomplete and not worth mentioning. My cat set is sufficient to run kara with, 2500 AP and 19% crit. Again this is with zero feral talents.
My availability is embarrassingly open....i work a somewhat varied schedule but the majority of it should not interfere with raid time, and I don't sleep, really...I don't.
Me: I'm 25, married to the bare druid apping under me. I'm a manager at a local Gamestop, I'm originally from Michigan but live in the Cleveland area now. The only sports I seriously follow is collage Football, THE Ohio State FTW. I love listening to Metal, and my favorite beer is Yingling.
Now, for those of you with the time, and patience to read my 6am ramblings, feel free to continue.
I began my WoW journey at 10:10 am May 9, 2005 and have been active since that time. Some of you might know me from my first toon, my hunter Aalynon. I currently have 160 days logged on her and 71 on my druid. Wiyld began his life months before BC as a battleground twink, as a form of anonymous relaxation. Unfortunately for my gold reserves I found myself unable to stop leveling, and thus retwinking every 10 levels.
I started my guild career in <Nesingwary Safari>, an all hunter guild. While the concept is ridiculous it actually worked for a very long time, and we produced some of this servers best hunters. Upon reaching 60 the need for a real guild became apparent and after joining a couple of shall we say, leveling guilds, I joined Ninazu in <Knight Watch>. KW became my first WoW family, to the point that we actually had barbeque's at members homes who lived near us. From the first molten giant pull to the first time we witnessed Rag drop his hammer, we worked together as a team. However as we moved on into BWL the guild began to feel the strain of being too relaxed. We had bloated to massive numbers of somewhat active members and we hit a brick wall on Vael. After about 3 months of working on him, the guild finally could take no more and the majority of the leadership transferred off the server. Shortly before that, I was approached about a position in <Eminence>, a guild you are all probably very familiar with. My very first raid with Eminence was an attempt on Sartura in AQ40. Imagine the shock of going from wipes on Vael to an AQ40 encounter, truly a baptism of fire. Nevertheless, I was recruited and worked with <Eminence> to achieve a position in the top guilds of Dalaran. Cthun, and beyond into Naxx, through to Thadius, and I loved every minute of it.
Enough about the hunter, she's still around, but not the focus of this post. While in <Eminence> my intention of leveling and playing a balance druid was not at all well received, at that point we were farming AQ40 with little difficulty until the Twin Emps. If you'll remember the only existing Balance set was the T2.5 set, so of course I expressed a desire to begin taking my Druid to AQ40. This was not to happen, BC released, and we all know the <Eminence> story. Wiyld took a break, as I returned my focus to my hunter for the race to 70 and it was some months again before I found myself returning to him more and more often. At first the excuse was that I wanted to make money from leveling. Then it became apparent that I was hooked again. Starting the hunter at 60 wearing half tier 2 half tier 3 made the first 5 levels a joke, with the game play not written with the intention of players being that well geared. Wiyld however was still a raw 60, and the leveling process was as challenging as it was fun. I was hopelessly addicted again, I will always have my hunter, I will always keep her in good shape, leveled with each expansion, but my true focus IS my druid and my drive to prove myself.
Pre BC the balance specc was a joke, other then a few ultra situationally buffed pvp videos the specc remained the laughing stock of the game, taken less seriously then ret paladins. I was received with equally bland enthusiasm and quickly dismissed. However I had done my homework and looked ahead to the possible changes to the build for BC and was excited by them. the more I wss told that I could not make a balance build work, the more I wanted to prove that theory wrong. After spending some time unguilded, and lost, I was invited to join <Acumen>. The guild promised nothing but brimmed with potential, a collection equally lost vetrans who had decided to get serious again. Unfortunately for <Acumen>, over time the individual membership began to have differing views of just how serious we should be. Some of our strongest leaders found themselves unable to commit the time required to fulfill the difficult job of running a raiding guild. Ninazu and I were both promoted to officer positions and asked to be druid class leaders and over time became two of the most frequent raid leaders. We began to assume all the responsibilities of a guild leader, planning and running guild events, trying to work around membership scheduling and the like. We dealt with recruitment and guild management, even to the point of dealing directly with inappropriate behavior in the guild and member conflicts. Eventually it became apparent to both myself and Ninazu that we didn't want this job, neither of us is interested in running a guild, we both appreciate the work involved and are all to happy focusing our energies on our roles as raiders. Finally I will say that I owe Acumen a great deal of thanks, for giving me an honest chance, and really the benefit of the doubt. Here they had recruited an experienced hunter and now they had a nub moonkin, a lot of guilds would not have accepted that so eagerly.
That brings me to the present. I know the first thought in a lot of recruiters minds when seeing an application, especially from a player so far behind in content as I am, is that I'm here for the loot, for the easy gain. I'm not sure who said it first but while in <Eminence> some of us took to using a phrase that I still believe; 'Loot will Happen'. Playing the game is whats important, and enjoying it. Different people define 'fun' in WoW differently. To really enjoy end game raiding, you have to just enjoy the process, the experience of the whole thing, win lose or wipe. The loot will come as the progress comes and is not my primary focus. I'm not going to tell you that I don't spend my share of time paging through Atlasloot, dressing rooming all the crazy uber epix. That's part of the fun, however I see the gear as a trophy commiserating the accomplishment, as opposed to the gear itself being the accomplishment. To me seeing a player wearing a full suit of amazing gear is proof of the blood sweat and hotpockets that went into achieving the milestone set forth by Blizzard.
So why HOTC? I've been around a long time, I've seen you guys around equally as long. Off the top of my head I can think of maybe two other guilds with similar staying power. You guys are committed to making it work regardless of who or what comes your way. If I've learned anything in my nearly 3 years of WoW, it's that most fun is to be had when the guild is stable, and functioning smoothly. The absolute hardest thing to do in this game is to maintain a guild. It requires constant attention, and a really patient leader who wont burn out months into the project. HOTC have proven they have that in spades. Besides that, while I usually find myself online most nights, I can't afford to raid 6 days a week. Your schedule is both novel and clearly effective. Finally, HOTC is successful. Again I'm not approaching this from the 'I can piggy back on these guys for epix' standpoint, but instead you have a system that works, and I would like to be a part of that. It's comforting to know that my efforts will be for a good cause, not spent on something that is going to be discarded in a month.
I'll wrap this up, I know most of you are probably thinking that I'm insane at this point but thats cool, I wonder myself sometimes. I'll leave it at this, I'm up for the challenge if you guys are willing to give me the chance, and to guide me. I could argue the benefit of moonkin vs. other caster dps, I could advertise my 2% tank dmg mitigation, or my 5% crit aura, or the innervates and battle rezz's. Ultimatly the value of a raider, or member, to a guild is their willingness to cooperate, adapt and learn. Just look at the Chinese guild that killed Illidan in tier three. They used what they had and made it happen, and I'll bet they had fun doing it. Thanks for your time.
- CrazylazerChicken
Hello Heroes, and thank you in advance for reading this and considering me. Thank you also for the opportunity to accompany you to ZA Thursday night. I'm aware that Ninazu has already posted some excellent background of the two of us, and as such this might seem somewhat redundant. Even so, I'm going to go ahead and repeat the story, if for no other reason then protocol. ( and I can't let her write a better app then me, I mean cmon ya know )
Here is my basic App, for those just looking for the w's, and not so interested in my novel, here is the basic info.
Balance specced: 43/0/18 - If i find that I am in fact going to be spending a considerable amount of time raiding, it will be adjusted to be somewhat more raid friendly. If you want more details please feel free to ask me anything. At the moment Ninazu and I are enjoying our 2v2 arena team and so I have specced for it somewhat. ( if you want a challenge try to make a balance/feral druid team work >.< )
My reps are all where they should be, I've even managed to work myself through the SSC/EYE attunement's, missing only the mag kill.
I am an alchemist - herbalist, specializing in transmuting. Ive discovered all but 1 flask, and all but 2 or 3 transmutes, consumables are a non issue. My hunter is a skinner- dragonscale leather worker, should that ever be needed.
I can cook pretty much anything, first aid is maxxed.
GEAR - http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Dalaran&n=Wiyld
Balance #'s
Dmg:980
Crit: 23.5% - 26% depending on encounter
Hit: 9% - 13% depending on encounter
MP5: 135
HP: 8100
Mana: 9020
PVP #'s - I list these because there are a few situations where caster tanks are useful, and because I know even raiders like to pwn face now and then
Dmg: 945
Crit: 18.26%
MP5:136
Resiliance: 389 - i swap pieces in to be uncritable when tanking Kiggler for example
Armor: 15,405
HP: 10,100 - never know when you might need to be hard to kill
Healing #'s - specced balance, resto will of course effect these
Healing: 1600
Spirit: 352
MP5: 190
Mana: 9200
My healing set is nearly completed, lacking mostly in the area of enchanting, I will be getting my final couple done soon. I have run ZA as resto, more then once, as was required but of course my focus has been my balance gearing.
Feral - in the rare event that for some reason a feral might be needed I have both a cat and bear set. The bear set is incomplete and not worth mentioning. My cat set is sufficient to run kara with, 2500 AP and 19% crit. Again this is with zero feral talents.
My availability is embarrassingly open....i work a somewhat varied schedule but the majority of it should not interfere with raid time, and I don't sleep, really...I don't.
Me: I'm 25, married to the bare druid apping under me. I'm a manager at a local Gamestop, I'm originally from Michigan but live in the Cleveland area now. The only sports I seriously follow is collage Football, THE Ohio State FTW. I love listening to Metal, and my favorite beer is Yingling.
Now, for those of you with the time, and patience to read my 6am ramblings, feel free to continue.
I began my WoW journey at 10:10 am May 9, 2005 and have been active since that time. Some of you might know me from my first toon, my hunter Aalynon. I currently have 160 days logged on her and 71 on my druid. Wiyld began his life months before BC as a battleground twink, as a form of anonymous relaxation. Unfortunately for my gold reserves I found myself unable to stop leveling, and thus retwinking every 10 levels.
I started my guild career in <Nesingwary Safari>, an all hunter guild. While the concept is ridiculous it actually worked for a very long time, and we produced some of this servers best hunters. Upon reaching 60 the need for a real guild became apparent and after joining a couple of shall we say, leveling guilds, I joined Ninazu in <Knight Watch>. KW became my first WoW family, to the point that we actually had barbeque's at members homes who lived near us. From the first molten giant pull to the first time we witnessed Rag drop his hammer, we worked together as a team. However as we moved on into BWL the guild began to feel the strain of being too relaxed. We had bloated to massive numbers of somewhat active members and we hit a brick wall on Vael. After about 3 months of working on him, the guild finally could take no more and the majority of the leadership transferred off the server. Shortly before that, I was approached about a position in <Eminence>, a guild you are all probably very familiar with. My very first raid with Eminence was an attempt on Sartura in AQ40. Imagine the shock of going from wipes on Vael to an AQ40 encounter, truly a baptism of fire. Nevertheless, I was recruited and worked with <Eminence> to achieve a position in the top guilds of Dalaran. Cthun, and beyond into Naxx, through to Thadius, and I loved every minute of it.
Enough about the hunter, she's still around, but not the focus of this post. While in <Eminence> my intention of leveling and playing a balance druid was not at all well received, at that point we were farming AQ40 with little difficulty until the Twin Emps. If you'll remember the only existing Balance set was the T2.5 set, so of course I expressed a desire to begin taking my Druid to AQ40. This was not to happen, BC released, and we all know the <Eminence> story. Wiyld took a break, as I returned my focus to my hunter for the race to 70 and it was some months again before I found myself returning to him more and more often. At first the excuse was that I wanted to make money from leveling. Then it became apparent that I was hooked again. Starting the hunter at 60 wearing half tier 2 half tier 3 made the first 5 levels a joke, with the game play not written with the intention of players being that well geared. Wiyld however was still a raw 60, and the leveling process was as challenging as it was fun. I was hopelessly addicted again, I will always have my hunter, I will always keep her in good shape, leveled with each expansion, but my true focus IS my druid and my drive to prove myself.
Pre BC the balance specc was a joke, other then a few ultra situationally buffed pvp videos the specc remained the laughing stock of the game, taken less seriously then ret paladins. I was received with equally bland enthusiasm and quickly dismissed. However I had done my homework and looked ahead to the possible changes to the build for BC and was excited by them. the more I wss told that I could not make a balance build work, the more I wanted to prove that theory wrong. After spending some time unguilded, and lost, I was invited to join <Acumen>. The guild promised nothing but brimmed with potential, a collection equally lost vetrans who had decided to get serious again. Unfortunately for <Acumen>, over time the individual membership began to have differing views of just how serious we should be. Some of our strongest leaders found themselves unable to commit the time required to fulfill the difficult job of running a raiding guild. Ninazu and I were both promoted to officer positions and asked to be druid class leaders and over time became two of the most frequent raid leaders. We began to assume all the responsibilities of a guild leader, planning and running guild events, trying to work around membership scheduling and the like. We dealt with recruitment and guild management, even to the point of dealing directly with inappropriate behavior in the guild and member conflicts. Eventually it became apparent to both myself and Ninazu that we didn't want this job, neither of us is interested in running a guild, we both appreciate the work involved and are all to happy focusing our energies on our roles as raiders. Finally I will say that I owe Acumen a great deal of thanks, for giving me an honest chance, and really the benefit of the doubt. Here they had recruited an experienced hunter and now they had a nub moonkin, a lot of guilds would not have accepted that so eagerly.
That brings me to the present. I know the first thought in a lot of recruiters minds when seeing an application, especially from a player so far behind in content as I am, is that I'm here for the loot, for the easy gain. I'm not sure who said it first but while in <Eminence> some of us took to using a phrase that I still believe; 'Loot will Happen'. Playing the game is whats important, and enjoying it. Different people define 'fun' in WoW differently. To really enjoy end game raiding, you have to just enjoy the process, the experience of the whole thing, win lose or wipe. The loot will come as the progress comes and is not my primary focus. I'm not going to tell you that I don't spend my share of time paging through Atlasloot, dressing rooming all the crazy uber epix. That's part of the fun, however I see the gear as a trophy commiserating the accomplishment, as opposed to the gear itself being the accomplishment. To me seeing a player wearing a full suit of amazing gear is proof of the blood sweat and hotpockets that went into achieving the milestone set forth by Blizzard.
So why HOTC? I've been around a long time, I've seen you guys around equally as long. Off the top of my head I can think of maybe two other guilds with similar staying power. You guys are committed to making it work regardless of who or what comes your way. If I've learned anything in my nearly 3 years of WoW, it's that most fun is to be had when the guild is stable, and functioning smoothly. The absolute hardest thing to do in this game is to maintain a guild. It requires constant attention, and a really patient leader who wont burn out months into the project. HOTC have proven they have that in spades. Besides that, while I usually find myself online most nights, I can't afford to raid 6 days a week. Your schedule is both novel and clearly effective. Finally, HOTC is successful. Again I'm not approaching this from the 'I can piggy back on these guys for epix' standpoint, but instead you have a system that works, and I would like to be a part of that. It's comforting to know that my efforts will be for a good cause, not spent on something that is going to be discarded in a month.
I'll wrap this up, I know most of you are probably thinking that I'm insane at this point but thats cool, I wonder myself sometimes. I'll leave it at this, I'm up for the challenge if you guys are willing to give me the chance, and to guide me. I could argue the benefit of moonkin vs. other caster dps, I could advertise my 2% tank dmg mitigation, or my 5% crit aura, or the innervates and battle rezz's. Ultimatly the value of a raider, or member, to a guild is their willingness to cooperate, adapt and learn. Just look at the Chinese guild that killed Illidan in tier three. They used what they had and made it happen, and I'll bet they had fun doing it. Thanks for your time.
- CrazylazerChicken