Player information:
- Age & Location: 22, USA
- Number of Testicles: 3 ⅕
- Do you use a blizzard authenticator? If not, why? Yes I do
- How long have you played WoW: Since oct ‘06
- Endgame experience (What bosses have you killed):
Cata: 3 heroic bosses in a casual group – Morchok, ultraxion and the ooze guy
MoP: Minor progression with heorics in 25 ToT
Full 14/14 heroic clear in 25 SoO
Anything else has been either a teir after the raid released or just random PuG groups. Before MoP I normally PvP’d
Character Information:
- Name, & Class: Xiun, Mage
- Link to Battle.net Armory: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/w ... iun/simple
- Race & why you chose it:
Troll – Berserking is by far the best for mages, and using it with AT just makes it even more powerful. Beast slaying is also an added bonus for thok/ ToT bosses (when that mattered). Willing to swap if other races surpass troll in the X-pack
- Professions and why you choose them:
Ench/eng. Eng for the utility as well as the synapse springs (which can be abused w/ AT). Rocket boosts/glider also can be helpful in maneuvering. Enchanting for the static int bonus and to make enchants for my toons/guildies and not have to break bank.
- Spec, Dual spec. How often do you play other specs?
Arcane, OS frost. I frequently will play frost (I do a lot of CMs as well as pvp as frost). I play frost on malkorok and H garrosh if in kite group, H siege if on belt.
- Explain your choice of gear for main & offspecs (include stat priorities and breakpoints):
Arcane: Hit 15% > Mastery > Haste > Crit
Frost: Hit 15% > Haste to 50% raid buffed> Mastery > haste > crit.
I can switch between the two sets easily b/c of similar gear priority. Normally I will use my arcane setup when I play frost, but during progression fights I reforged/gemmed to better suit a frost setup.
- Explain your normal rotation and spell/ability priorities:
Frost: Frostbolt as a fillar, FFB as soon as it procs. Keep invocation as high an uptime as possible. Refresh LB at 2 or less sec, NT at 1 sec. If FoF procs, hold the proc until FFB procs for 2 set bonus, then use it after using FFB. Use FoF if it’s about to run out OR if a second FoF procs, then use a single charge and hold onto the FoF charge. Orb on CD.
Arcane: Highest priority is made to keep mana above 85% while attempting to not have it stay capped for long.
Arcane blast to 4 stacks. If a missile procs, save it to use at 4 stacks. If a second missile procs, use it immediately. At 4 stacks use all missile procs, weave missile procs and arcane blast until mana dips too low. The amount this happens depends on trinket procs and RNG of missiles. Once mana is too low, drop with an arcane barrage.
During AoE fights don’t sit at 4 stacks as long unless there is a target that needs to be burned down. Try to barrage cleave as often as possible.
Keep up and stand in rune of power, refresh LB at 2 or less seconds, refresh NT at 1 or less seconds.
For AoE fights abuse flamestrike and nether tempest.
For AT usage for both I check for PBoI trinket before using AT, then use my CD’s (IV/AP zerking) with AT.
For arcane I make sure I have 4 stacks of arcane blast before hitting AT. Once in AT I use missle procs, then spam arcane blast. Before AT ends I launch a barrage, then go into a semi-normal rotation (I make a priority to stay at 4 stacks as long as possible while cds and trinkets are up)
For frost, I do the normal rotation, using all procs before AT ends.
- Prior guild(s) & your reasons for leaving:
<Hype> was my SoO raiding guild. It fell apart due to player burnout, roster issue etc and I left to play w/ friends on another server.
My current guild is <the Hush> which is a casual/social guild. They don’t do much/high end raiding, simply there for friends.
Other Information:
- A Screenshot of your character's UI: http://i.imgur.com/1CpAtdj.jpg
- Logs from warcraftlogs or worldoflogs:
These are my most recent logs - http://www.worldoflogs.com/guilds/329279/
This is with a guild that is rebuilding/new to SoO, so there is a bit of wonky stuff in there, I apologize. Sha of pride looks pretty bad due to needing to run across the room about 4 times every rotation lol.
- Why Simple Math? How did you find us? Is there anyone you know in Simple Math?
I learned about SM first from Deance/Dance. I’ve heard good things about the guild. I’m also looking to push myself into higher end raiding. I want to improve and push myself as far as I can as a player, and I feel that Simple Math would be a great place to do so.
- What kind of computer do you use? CPU/Memory/Video Card? Typical FPS during a 25-man raid?
8 GB ram, AMD 3.8 GHz, Radeon graphics. Normally 25-40 FPS. This is at ultra settings, so if lag issues occur turning down unnecessary graphics (like shadows and view distance) improves the FPS so my raid performance doesn’t suffer
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