Application for Reyinx, 60 Warrior

[Reyinx]

Hello HotC. This is an application for Reyinx, Lvl60 warrior. I know HotC is not actively seeking warriors at the moment, but I want to apply anyway, as I read that good apps will always be considered regardless of need.

For the entirety of my WoW experience, I have been a member of the Samurai Lackies. I am leaving the Lackies due to the unofficial gradual dissolution of the guild, which has largely resulted from complete apathy of the founding members/officers. Watching the guild you grew up in die slowly as your friends leave one by one is a very depressing experience.

I think HotC would be a perfect place for Reyinx to land (no, I have not applied elsewhere). You have a great reputation for recruiting members that take the game seriously and know how to play and cooperate, but also know how to keep it fun. My 2-hour experience farming MC with you a couple weeks ago -- albeit brief -- confirmed this, and I think my attitude about the game very much fits with your philosophy.

Ok, so here's the app:

Name: Reyinx
Class: Warrior
Level: 60 (with > 15 days play time at 60)
Race: Night Elf
Attunement: MC/BWL/Onyxia

Build
I am currently a pure fury/arms build: 37 fury, 14 arms, 0 defense. I built Reyinx this way a while back for solo-farming purposes for various materials and my epic mount (which i now have), and found that it's also quite an effective build for boss killing, not to mention an incredibly fun way to play a warrior. I've been honing my fury skills for some time now on ZG bosses (i'm usually able to dish out about 8 executes in the last 10 seconds of the fight). My talent choices are far from haphazard. I do a LOT of research, reading, and testing (as other warriors who know me will vouch for, I hope), and I can give people quite a longwinded rationale for every single talent in my tree.

I also know how to tank. I was a defensive build for a long time before switching to fury, and I picked up a lot of tricks. Part of what I love about this game, particularly as a warrior, is knowing that there are ALWAYS new things to learn. I love picking up new techniques from other tanks more seasoned than I, and I'm always happy to share my own strategies with others and discuss the pros and cons of various combos and playstyles.

Professions
300 first aid (and always equipped with several stacks of heavy runecloth bandages), 300 herbalism, 300 alchemy. Chosen so that I wouldn't have to rely on others for my healing/mongoose/rage potions. I have the standard alchemy recipes, plus Elixir of Brute Force (+18 STR / +18 STA), which I'm happy to dish out for people, though there seem to be some stacking issues with other spells/pots, and I don't think blizzard has fixed it yet...

Gear
I'm not going to bore you by going through every single piece of equipment I own. I have 5 valor pieces and I'm about to get a lionheart helm (which I'm very excited about), so in berserker stance with the usual buffs, I have upwards of 20% crit chance and basically limitless rage. As far as defensive gear, I top out around 390 (400 if/when i respec to def). Therefore even in my current fury build, I can MT 5-10 man runs without a problem and on occasion I've successfully filled in as OT on trash mobs in MC, though obviously there'd be no need for a fury warrior to do this with HotC. The only area in which I'd say I'm sorely lacking is FR gear, but of course if I start running MC regularly, I'll make a concerted effort to improve this. HP with fury gear is 4500 ubuffed; with def gear, just shy of 5000.

Extras
CTRaid, of course, and most of the other CT mods. I've installed teamspeak but never really had occasion to use it, but I'm happy to start using it if necessary (same goes for ventrillo).

About Myself
My real name is Evan. I live in NYC and I'm currently doing marketing for a mobile gaming startup, though I'm not sure how long I'll be there, since I'm in the process of starting a web company. Due to my job, girlfriend, and the business I'm starting, I don't play WoW every day, but I have no problem keeping a regular weekly WoW schedule. When I commit to something I show up on time, and if I have to cancel, I always do so with plenty of notice. I treat others with respect and expect the same in return, and I have an optimistic attitude and a sense of humor about pretty much everything.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. Sorry if it was too long. I look forward to getting to know some of you and hopefully playing with you on a regular basis as part of your guild and one of your friends.

[MVB]

Reyinx, please make an effort to contact myself and Gadiladre in-game. I will be on spottily this weekend, perhaps on Friday night, and will not be here at all next week, so Gadiladre is a good place to start. Currently he's the guild OT and backup MT, as well as a good person and officer.

Due to the presence of a fair # of warriors in our guild, it may not be an instant recruitment process, but your application was prefaced over my constant barrage of pst's with a lot of high praise, and I am interested in giving you every opportunity to prove yourself a deserving applicant, and you have begun this with your application here.

Feel free to PM me on forums, and we can begin to correspond while I am out of town on business, and please also contact Gadiladre in-game. Do what you can to involve yourself w/ hotc members on runs, and feel free to join /hotchat and /hotctank ... though these channels are not always super-busy when not raiding.

Good luck on your application process, and thank you for the time you placed into your app.

[Supa]

Reynix makes Supa look like a n00b.

You know with a name like that he's got to be hard.

Now if i can ever respect a non-dorf tank as much as my own race, well...

[Winsome]

I will vouch for Reyinx. He is an outstanding Tank. I remember him well from his protection days.

Now that he is a crazed-fury warrior, you have to be more careful with him. Once, I made a joke about him eating quiche, and he executed/critted my non-combat pet for 16,000 damage.

I would be happy to take guildies on runs with Reyinx. I've worked with him quite a bit. Recently, he's been offtanking for Zul Gurub pickup runs. I seem to recall the last time we did Venoxis being shocked that he had executed all of the adds before we could even get Venoxis down to 75% mana. It was brutal.

[Supa]

loyality, stability.

[Reyinx]

aww thanks for the support you guys!!

it should also be noted that I can kill snakes, rats and other critters with a SINGLE BLOW. :lala: (that's the closest emoticon i could find to flexing)

[Niefankazz]

I was, like Winsome, a member of Unity with Reyinx. I will fully vouch for him as a player and a person.

Man we had some tough MC runs that never happened and some tougher Ony runs that ended with several wipes.

After I left Unity/Spartans Reyinx was one of the first people to psst me, and just say "whats up man" I then went into a detailed story about needing a schedule and bring my game to higher content wihtout sitting in BRM LFM.

I bring up this story because he was one of the few people that told me goodluck and hoped the best for me.

We stayed in contact over the last few months through random pssts, and I am very happy he is here applying.

You know what this calls for right? Thats right another 10 man Scholo Vectus run.

[JonRa]

Lets make Vectus drop those pants like a cheap whore!! Oh, and Reyinx tanked for us last night in Silithus, to get some people up to speed on the Calling. Very casual. He made all the pulls, and charged those times when a pull wasn't necessary. Although I stole aggro a few times (hey, its me), on the whole I had no doubts that he would keep that bug out of our faces. A+ for effort.

[MVB]

Reyinx has been gaming very actively with us lately, and I have been impressed with his work. I believe I'll be willing to consent to his application in the very near future. PST me next time you see me in-game Reyinx.

[Reyinx]

thanks mike...i'll pst you tonight or this weekend. looking forward to joining you guys!!

oh, and supa, i just noticed your giant eye icon. what is wrong with you dude??

[MVB]

Reyinx, congratulations on your patience, and in getting into Heroes of the Command.

Application closed, member status granted.