573 Resto Shaman - 12/14HM

[x86brandon]

Player information:
- Age & Location: Brandon, 31, South-West Michigan
- Usual Play Times (Server Time): 6P - 1A most days, weekends
- Number of Testicles: 2
- Can you attend raids on these days:
-- Monday: Yes
-- Tuesday: Yes
-- Wednesday: Yes
-- Thursday: Yes
-- Sunday: Yes
- Do any others have access to your account? No
- Do you use a blizzard authenticator? If no, why? Yes
- How long have you played WoW: Far, far too long, going on 8 years.
- Endgame experience (What bosses have you killed):

Pretty much everything heroic while relevant with breaks in and out of Cata. Currently 12/14 HM SoO with a few 8+ minute Paragons attempts.

Character Information:
- Name, & Class: Datakan - Resto Shaman
- Race & why did you choose it: Pandarean, because of the double foot.
- Link to Battle.net Armory: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/a ... kan/simple
- Can you describe the ruckus? Blah
- Professions and why did you choose them:

Alchemy for making flasks and the benefit of higher stats. Inscription for money and added stats.

- Spec, Dual spec. How often do you play other specs?

Resto / Ele.. I play Ele as needed.

- Explain your choice of gear for main & offspecs:

2 PC Tier for the Absorb, the rest is typical spirit gear. Focusing on hitting the 9k+ haste breakpoint and pushing as far into crit as I can.

- What glyphs do you use for each spec and why: Typically TC, Riptide and HST although I change it from time to time / fight to fight.

- If you are applying as a DPS, what is your normal rotation? N/A

- If you are applying as a healer, what spells do you use & when/why?

Try to keep riptide up as much as possible, same with Earth Shield. Typically I drop rain where there are concentrations of people, unleashing before every drop. I fill with Chain Heal/GHW/HW as needed. Surge when I need a quick pick up.

- Highest PvP Rank on this character (vanilla & arena titles): Over 2k

- Prior guild(s) & your reasons for leaving: Talked to Nik about it

Other Information:
- A Screenshot of your character's UI: http://i.imgur.com/DRYBbJ6.jpg
- WWS/Wowmeter/Worldoflogs reports (not optional):

http://raidbots.com/epeenbot/us/eonar/datalan/
http://raidbots.com/epeenbot/us/cho'gall/datalan/
http://raidbots.com/epeenbot/us/thrall/datalan/
http://worldoflogs.com/guilds/1240/

- Alts & their name/level: Shrubee, Illidan, 90
- Out of game contact information (AIM/MSN/etc): x86brandon on AIM
- How did you find us? Is there anyone you know in Simple Math?: Nik, Paranoia
- Why Simple Math? Is there anything else you'd like to tell us? Nik wouldn't leave me the hell alone. I joined out of guilt.
- What kind of computer do you use? CPU/Memory/Video Card? Typical FPS during a 25-man raid?

i7 2700k, 16 GB RAM, GTX 660 Ti, FPS north of 60.

- What kind of internet connection do you have? Run an internet speed test against New York at speedtest.net Link the results below.

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3170199020

- Finally, we ask that you draw us a picture using MS Paint. (This is not optional).

Don't have MS Paint, so I'll leave this here. http://ladygeekgirl.files.wordpress.com ... b_gay1.jpg

[Rude]

- Why Simple Math? Is there anything else you'd like to tell us? Nik wouldn't leave me the hell alone. I joined out of guilt.

- Can you describe the ruckus? Blah

[Nachthymnen]

- Spec, Dual spec. How often do you play other specs?

Resto / Ele.. I play Ele as needed.

Are you comfortable playing Ele on bosses we need to cut healers? While we don't require you to actively play both specs, having the flexibility of a healer than can switch to DPS for progress is a huge.

Overall, I'm pleased with your app. Our resident Resto Shaman should be on some time tomorrow to look over everything.

[grouch]

- Why Simple Math? Is there anything else you'd like to tell us? Nik wouldn't leave me the hell alone. I joined out of guilt.

straight out of recruitment tactics 101.

Don't have MS Paint, so I'll leave this here. http://ladygeekgirl.files.wordpress.com ... b_gay1.jpg

any chance you could draw us a picture using something else? obviously the most important part of the application.

tuxpaint <-- favorite
paintbrush
gimp

already being in the guild is a bonus too are you available to speak on mumble tonight sometime around 6:30 (eastern time)?

[Mist]

Can you please go into depth with your stat priorities? Why do you value crit over mastery, etc. What reasons did you decide to go with Haste> Crit> Mastery.

[x86brandon]

Are you comfortable playing Ele on bosses we need to cut healers? While we don't require you to actively play both specs, having the flexibility of a healer than can switch to DPS for progress is a huge.

Overall, I'm pleased with your app. Our resident Resto Shaman should be on some time tomorrow to look over everything.

For the most part, I am comfortable with Ele. Although on fights where there is a DPS check and such, I generally have a preference towards sitting since I don't have a full ele set. I never like being the liability.

any chance you could draw us a picture using something else? obviously the most important part of the application.

For you, anything. http://i.imgur.com/uWWXfa1.jpg

already being in the guild is a bonus too are you available to speak on mumble tonight sometime around 6:30 (eastern time)?

Yes, for you, I can.

Can you please go into depth with your stat priorities? Why do you value crit over mastery, etc. What reasons did you decide to go with Haste> Crit> Mastery.

Sure. As far as crit over mastery. Crit provides a mix of throughput and regeneration. Mastery provides more conditional throughput. In most comps, there are at least a few sources of absorbs so I have found any substantial amount of mastery to be largely wasted as raid health is generally stable. There was some discussion on the shaman forums about Mastery over 50% being irrelevant although most have written it off as a point of diminishing return, not irrelevant. Although at my gear level, I have more than enough mastery passively.

As far as the haste breakpoint, I am shooting for the 8916 haste breakpoint with some wiggle room since there has been some proof that latency can affect the additional tick on HST. With Rushing Streams, this tick is all the more valuable. At some point, I might make the push to another breakpoint if I get some different pieces of gear.

With the crit I have, spirit is largely irrelevant. I can stack more spirit for the benefit of the raid if needed, but my last healing cores haven't really needed much beyond the 14-15k that I bring.