[Locklove]

Maybe its because i'm on my work computer but For the life of me I cannot get the correct font or even change color

ie whats comes out every time I try to adjust it.

Discuss your talents and tell us how long you have been this particular spec:
- Talents are mainly focused on single target damage, with add cc control if needed. Had this spec long enough to top some dps charts

Ventrilo and do you have a mic:
-yes

Do you have an authenticator?
- Yes

Typical Weekly Playtime:
-Im off work tues/weds. my work hours are 6pm-2am CST. I have my own nice small cubicle and usually log on 12am cst when I have down time and BG my arse off ti kill time or mess with the auction house

Time Zone:
CST

Previous Guilds:
-Brothers Grimm pure social ( coworkers guild)
-The Epic Few, Casual guild, unorganized toooo casual for my likeing
-With Feeling, my current guild and I love this guild. I am unfortunatley a back up role in this guild and am looking to expand to a core spot.
I am soley backup due to my raid available days.
-realm for these guilds Drenden Alliance


Previous Raiding Experience:
-Wotlk baby here. Had a 5 year Vet get me to play the game. everything wotlk except ICC I did do ICC for fun as an 85. I stopped playing 1 month b4 ICC came out.

Why are you applying to us:
Was shouting in trade chat ilvl 356 warlock 9/12 cata LF tues/weds guild and was advised by a player from your guild to apply here.

Link us your Armory:
http://us.battle.net...likelove/simple

World of Logs Report:
-N/a Wouldnt waste my time applying and coming to your guild to pull 5k dps and waste money on a faction change.

Do you know anyone in guild? If so please list your pals.
- nope

Tell us a bit about yourself:
- I mentioned b4 My friend got me into this game. Im familiar with pc/console gameing. But wow takes you on a whole diff level of skill requirment.
Thats why I play/love the game. Im a quick learner and rarely repeat mistakes.
I do my homework on every enchant/boss fight/ heroic w/e there trained and untrained.
I love a good laugh as much as the next person and I have a magnetic personality, My raid persona is im DPS I stfu and listen and do what im told and kill shit.
Im 23 yrs old IT tech support team lead for an internet company.
I love BBQ
This APP may not be the best one I put up. I am in a rush atm, MY DPS/overall damage(which is more important to me, a 23k dps spike doesnt mean anything if someone has 15k dps and 2 mill damage done more than you) WILL NOT dissapoint.

Ill be faction changing tonight so maybe you can give me a trial run and see how I handle.

[Unholyfury]

Me like :3

[Sobeyet]

My usual caveat to faction changes / transfers is that there's no guarantee that we'll be a good fit, so I wouldn't necessarily make the leap on a whim - your time/money is valuable and so is ours. And based on the strength of the app I'm ambivalent; but if you're planning on coming over to Horde anyway I have no problem running something with you.

*One recommendation for you and any future apps, there's no rush for putting in applications; take your time and put effort into it. Better to wait and make the best first impression you can. There's no such thing as too much information; Wrath and I are nerds and will read it all.

Some general comments:

• Why Aftermath over Nether Protection? The stun is unreliable and 30% damage reduction can be huge on certain fights (Chimaeron feud comes to mind)
• No glyph of Life Tap? The extra GCDs you gain through a medium-length encounter has to be a larger boost to DPS than the other majors you're using
• Your reforging is off. You're at 1165 haste, you could reforge to get 1499 haste so you get an extra tick of BoA. Generally speaking you want to prioritize Haste > Crit > Mastery out of the secondary stats (After hit cap obviously). If you end up going goblin it changes the numbers around a bit; you can find the exact numbers on EJ.
• What's with the Nightmare Tear in your belt?
• Gear's decent overall, though you're 8/12, not 9. And only 4 of them have multiple kills.
• Don't have a log so can't see if your spell priorities are correct. Do you have a log of the bosses from when you killed them? Doesn't matter if it's an old one and you've upgraded your gear since then; more to check on rotation, uptime, CD management, boss mechanics, etc.

[Deceax]

I like it. Sobie pretty much hit on all the major points but it seems like you mostly have your shit together. If he's coming over to horde regardless I would like to see how he performs in a raid environment this weekend if possible. P.S. giving me dark intent greatly increases your chances of getting in the guild

[Guinthel]

Deceax, on 25 March 2011 - 06:02 PM, said:

I like it. Sobie pretty much hit on all the major points but it seems like you mostly have your shit together. If he's coming over to horde regardless I would like to see how he performs in a raid environment this weekend if possible. P.S. giving me dark intent greatly increases your chances of getting in the guild

incorrect.

[Locklove]

Im at 9% haste which is ideal for a destro Lock. The only time I ever use BOA is on trash, my tick threshold is corruption at 25% haste and immolate at 30% haste which only comes at high end heroic raid gear. My boss dots consist of immolate, corruption, and bane of doom.

I put 9/12 instead of 8/12 due to My guild was running him as a heroic progression and was not interested in downing him on normal. Many attempts we got him under 1 mill.
The fight is very easy for a DPS. So i consider it a downing. My guild is 12/12 and 2/3 heroic I think. As I mentioned before I am a back up role. As far as multi downings go. After watching vids plenty and getting 1 down its good enough for me. " It doesnt matter if you win by an inch or a mile, winning is winning"-fast and the furious


As for Aftermath over nether it can be changed at any step and instead of thinking of myself and a healer I was thinking of the raid as a whole. yes the stun proc is low. But its still viable. seeing how my spec is focused on single target damage any aoe help should be beneficial Many forums suggest either way is a win and is up to the user/player.

As for Parses/logs im 9/12 or 8/12 w/e you see it as. you are 10/12 I didnt get carried to 8/12 no one carries a sub par play in end game content so I had to be doing something right.


ALL in ALL DO NOT take my reply out of text. Text chat can sometimes come off as rude in which I am not trying to to do. Simple Reply is all this is to give and get information. No matter what I'm faction changing to Horde side. I was horde for the longest time and am only alliance b/c a friend convinced me to play with him. He has since quit and I wish to return to the horde. I am in no way faction changeing for you. I do however feel I am perfect fit for your guild and am in the same progression state as you are. If you dont mind would not mind setting up a vent interview for tommarrow, or late tonight I get off work 2am server. Im currently at work lol

As always thank you for the time you have put into examining my application. <3

[Deceax]

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As for Parses/logs im 9/12 or 8/12 w/e you see it as. you are 10/12 I didnt get carried to 8/12 no one carries a sub par play in end game content so I had to be doing something right.

I'm not sure what this has to do with logs? It's nice to hear someone say they can dps but it does help to have a log file that backs it up. Based on your forum name I'm going to assume you are Locklikelove.
http://worldoflogs.c...zf6ssym0b4rw5a/

@guinthel If you're going heals I would actually be in line for dark intent. I'd switch my main nuke to a glyphed ffb over fireball. Trees->Spriests->Fire Mages

[Locklove]

Deceax, on 25 March 2011 - 06:58 PM, said:

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As for Parses/logs im 9/12 or 8/12 w/e you see it as. you are 10/12 I didnt get carried to 8/12 no one carries a sub par play in end game content so I had to be doing something right.

I'm not sure what this has to do with logs? It's nice to hear someone say they can dps but it does help to have a log file that backs it up. Based on your forum name I'm going to assume you are Locklikelove.
http://worldoflogs.c...zf6ssym0b4rw5a/

@guinthel If you're going heals I would actually be in line for dark intent. I'd switch my main nuke to a glyphed ffb over fireball. Trees->Spriests->Fire Mages

http://worldoflogs.c...sum/damageDone/ shows my overall damage done which is not far off from the 12/12 players that do have multi kills and by far better gear than I

I would have to say those logs are inaccurate at this time, since then I have acquired new epics(ring and weapon) along with power torrent enchant and had done some major reforging. I had not done any raiding with my guild since I have made those changes, except a pug or two since that combat log. As each week goes by I get better.

Like I mentioned before either way im coming to horde side, sign me up for a trial run, you shall not be disappointed. In the event you dont like what you see(which I doubt) you can spam me the meanest messages

[Sobeyet]

Locklove, on 25 March 2011 - 06:17 PM, said:

Im at 9% haste which is ideal for a destro Lock. The only time I ever use BOA is on trash, my tick threshold is corruption at 25% haste and immolate at 30% haste which only comes at high end heroic raid gear. My boss dots consist of immolate, corruption, and bane of doom.

BoA can be situationally useful for adds (Adherents on Cho'gall for example - the 24 second duration dovetails nicely and it's something you can cast while you run in range of them) so if you have the option to get an extra tick, you might as well. And just in general haste comes out as a stronger stat for you even if it's not enough to get an extra tick.

Your stat weightings in your current gear, normalized for Int:

• Int = 1.0000
• SP = 0.8070
• Haste = 0.4837
• Crit = 0.3366
• Mastery = 0.3308

Locklove, on 25 March 2011 - 06:17 PM, said:

I put 9/12 instead of 8/12 due to My guild was running him as a heroic progression and was not interested in downing him on normal. Many attempts we got him under 1 mill.

That's fine, I have no way of knowing that though from your OP.

Locklove, on 25 March 2011 - 06:17 PM, said:

As for Aftermath over nether it can be changed at any step and instead of thinking of myself and a healer I was thinking of the raid as a whole. yes the stun proc is low. But its still viable. seeing how my spec is focused on single target damage any aoe help should be beneficial Many forums suggest either way is a win and is up to the user/player.

Seems like you usually run with a SV hunter, so CC control should be pretty solid; I'd personally go for the survivability.

Locklove, on 25 March 2011 - 06:17 PM, said:

As for Parses/logs im 9/12 or 8/12 w/e you see it as. you are 10/12 I didnt get carried to 8/12 no one carries a sub par play in end game content so I had to be doing something right.

Again, I have no way to know if you got carried or not, so a log is useful. And lucky enough I dug around and found one: http://www.worldoflo...sum/damageDone/

Omnitron:

• Not a complete tank and spank since you have to move occasionally, but fairly straightforward.
• 44.7% Improved Soul Fire uptime, if you bumped that up to even 80% (perfectly reasonable) it'd be a huge increase in DPS. Ideally you want it to be +90%.
• 79.1% Immolate uptime, need to work on that too
• Seems like you could have squeezed in more Incinerates, it's your 3rd highest damage spell by a decent margin.
• Corruption uptime was 73.5%, so definitely room for improvement there.
• Averaging about 20 seconds between Chaos Bolts. I know it's fairly low on the priority but that's a pretty big gap; seems like you could tighten up the rotation a bit.

Atramedes:

• Lot more movement, but I'd definitely be looking for high dot uptimes here since that's one of the best ways to make up the DPS loss
• 46.6% ISF uptime. I could understand it being lower on a high movement fight, but 46% still seems low.
• 85.9% Immolate uptime. Not bad for a movement fight, still could be better.
• Corruption uptime 68.4%
• BoD uptime 67.8%

Maloriak: You get the idea by now.

Overall I'd say your DPS is respectable, simulation has you at 23k DPS on a tank-and-spank with full buffs/debuffs. You seem to average about ~15k in the 10 man, I think with a few quick tweaks you could do about 17k, and then slowly creep your way closer to 20k if you work at it.

Locklove, on 25 March 2011 - 06:17 PM, said:

ALL in ALL DO NOT take my reply out of text. Text chat can sometimes come off as rude in which I am not trying to to do. Simple Reply is all this is to give and get information. No matter what I'm faction changing to Horde side. I was horde for the longest time and am only alliance b/c a friend convinced me to play with him. He has since quit and I wish to return to the horde. I am in no way faction changeing for you. I do however feel I am perfect fit for your guild and am in the same progression state as you are. If you dont mind would not mind setting up a vent interview for tommarrow, or late tonight I get off work 2am server. Im currently at work lol

As always thank you for the time you have put into examining my application. <3

That's fine, I like people who at least try to back up what they have to say. We tend to be brutally honest when it comes to evaluating people so I think you'd fit in fine.

One question, can you make Sundays? If so, hit up Wrath or I whenever you have a chance tomorrow. Most of my alts start with Sobe/Sobie and Wrath's all start with Wrath.

Locklove, on 25 March 2011 - 07:16 PM, said:

I would have to say those logs are inaccurate at this time, since then I have acquired new epics(ring and weapon) along with power torrent enchant and had done some major reforging. I had not done any raiding except a pug or two since that combat log. As each week goes by I get better.

As I mentioned before I'm not too worried about the raw DPS number; gear's easy enough to get if you raid consistently. The log's more to see if you're pushing the right buttons at the right time. I listed out some parts of your game that could use improvement, so I'd keep an eye on that for the future (A moderate increase in your ISF uptime would easily get you another 1k DPS).

[Wrathblood]

He can't make Sundays, just Tues/Wed.

[Locklove]

O I have fixed that uptime issue real fast believe me I feel like a noob when I say this but I added 2 addons to fix that Dot timers and power auras classic. AND I ALWAYS prefer Blunt and honest anyday.

[Sobeyet]

Locklove, on 25 March 2011 - 07:51 PM, said:

O I have fixed that uptime issue real fast believe me I feel like a noob when I say this but I added 2 addons to fix that Dot timers and power auras classic. AND I ALWAYS prefer Blunt and honest anyday.

Alright, we'll run a heroic with you sometime this weekend just to get a feel for general competence, and if that goes well I'll bring you along for something on Tuesday or Wednesday.

One note, we don't have such a thing as backup raiders, but since you can't make 1/3 of our raids by default, you may sit occasionally for people that can make all 3 nights. I try to be fair about rotating people in and out, so if you pull your weight and get along with everyone you'll get your chance to raid.

[Locklove]

hmmmm k sounds fair. I was told by the player that sent me to this site that you raid only tues/weds and sundays were optional

buut it is what it is and beggars can't be choosers

[Wrathblood]

Sorry I wasn't clear. We raid Tues/Wed/Sun 8-11, but that you not being able to make Sundays was something we could probably work around if things worked out with you. The "optional" day is Monday, but it isn't so much optional as its an alt/friend/pug pick-up raid, typically with a different raid ID and its plan depends on who can make it.

[Hecatus]

Deceax, on 25 March 2011 - 06:58 PM, said:

@guinthel If you're going heals I would actually be in line for dark intent. I'd switch my main nuke to a glyphed ffb over fireball. Trees->Spriests->Fire Mages

O btw whore bag - trees provide the warlock the greatest up time but as far as largest overall raid dps increase its:
Spriests->Fire Mages->Feral Kitty == Trees (The last two swap a lot depending on blizz buffs/nerfs)

As far as uptime is concerned... restro druid is numero uno.

Trying to steal my spec's DI D< !!

[Locklove]

Just did 19.4k in BH i didnt parse it, but sent the report to the player "Flask" for a refrence

[Sobeyet]

Locklove, on 26 March 2011 - 05:13 PM, said:

Just did 19.4k in BH i didnt parse it, but sent the report to the player "Flask" for a refrence

The raw number doesn't mean anything without context, don't get hung up on it. Gear, fight length and buffs/debuffs all change that.

What I'm interested in is if you improved on the points from before, on an easy fight like Argaloth I'd hope all your uptimes were 90%, I'd look for a high number of Incinerates and Shadowburn usage in execute range.

[Guinthel]

Locklove, on 26 March 2011 - 05:13 PM, said:

Just did 19.4k in BH i didnt parse it, but sent the report to the player "Flask" for a refrence

BUT CAN YOU KILL TENTACLES??? HMMM???

[Locklove]

LOL I just saying hey I got some deepz ya scheeee just trying to clear out those naysayers. You guys make me feel like everyone is against me lol.( and I like that) Just trying to show you guys that the dps is above an "average"players is all. I'll be sure to hope on for a heroic run tomorrow afternoon if your interested. As well would like to also let you know that as of month of May my work schedule will change to 8am-5pm CST and will be able to make any raid from then on. Yes its a month away but for those of us not in high school know time flys by.

[Deceax]

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LOL I just saying hey I got some deepz ya scheeee just trying to clear out those naysayers. You guys make me feel like everyone is against me lol.( and I like that) Just trying to show you guys that the dps is above an "average"players is all.

Nah it's not about "being against you" it's about getting some objective data that we can analyze to see how well you play. Hopefully we can get you into a raid or at least a heroic soon to see how you do, but yea it's nothin personal the application process is here to screen applicants and make sure they can handle a little scrutiny. Seriously though give me dark intent.

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Just did 19.4k in BH i didnt parse it, but sent the report to the player "Flask" for a refrence

That guy 'flask' is terrible and I don't trust him as far as I can throw him!