1. Character Info: Name, Class, Main Spec (Link armory): Whispër (alt code 0235) Death Knight, Unholy. Willing and able to go frost or blood dps as well. http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Sargeras&cn=Whispër Will most likely show me in PvP gear but it has my PvP and PvE Unholy specs, you can send me a tell ingame for inspection. 2. Explain your talent selection (theorycrafting source, specialization choices etc): My PvE spec is built around optimal single target DPS. Ive researched multiple sources such as EJ and WoW forums etc and done extensive ingame testing of different spec,glyph,gear and rotation combinations. 3. Your Age: 19 4. Current professions and their raid benefit: 450 Jewelcrafting, 42 additional strength increased by talents and buffs. Ability to cut gems mid raid when guild members or myself receive upgrades. 460 Enchanting, 80 additional attack power on two otherwise unmodifiable items. Ability to provide enchants for guild members and myself mid raid upon receiving upgrades. Ability to Disenchant unwanted items. 5. How long you've been playing WoW and what PvE progression you've accomplished: I have been playing for over four years. All raid during vanilla minus Naxx. All raids during Burning Crusade including full Sunwell clear. All WotLK raids minus Algalon and ToGC 25 anub. 10 ICC reg 12/12, 10 ICC HM 7/12. 25 ICC 11/12, 25 ICC HM 1/12 (only HM gunship since all my 25 mans are pugs or filling an empty slot in a guild run) 6. Describe how you theorycraft your class (websites, spreadsheets, etc): Research of charts and diagnostics done by other people posted on websites and forums such as EJ and WoW class forums and personal testing recording key factors,results and differences between each combination of spec/glyphs/gear and rotation. 7. Occupation and living arrangements that impact raiding (family, schedule, etc): None, only unavoidable and unexpected events will keep me from attending raids. If unable to attend I would supply the appropriate people with notice as far ahead of time as possible through forums or ingame. 8. Guild History - where are you leaving and why: I've not been in a serious guild on this server as it isnt my starting server but am now looking for raiding above the level of pugs. 9. How did you hear about us? List any friends/references within the guild: I was refered by Screwtaped. 10. List your raid consumables and your method for maximizing them: Flask of Endless Rage: (multiple stacks incase others forget/run out) Potion of Speed: used in conjunction with trinket and other ability procs during stationary sustainable dps oppurtunities during encounters. Dragon Fin Fillet: (40 Strength) Incase fish feasts arent available and because of the advantage strength has over attack power through talents and buffs. Bandages: Used when there is increased pressure on healers or heals are unavailable. Also bandage Dreamwalker in ICC cause im pro like that. Smoke flares: To mark key locations for encoutners. 11. List scheduling conflicts (include times for possible weekend 10mans): My current ICC 10 HM group runs tuesdays and thursdays so I would have to drop that group. Its not that big of an issue, I know they would have no trouble filling the spot and I'm sure I will be able to find a guild group. 12. Provide your raid damage/healing performance. Examples are Recount Screenshot with personal breakdown of attacks, WoW Web Stats (WWS), or World of Logs: I dont keep record of my sustained dps for raid boss encounters but the last few ICC 25s I pulled a little bit over 10k sustained dps on Saurfang without Bloodlust, speed pots and while ensuring zero or minimal damage to blood beasts. 13. Provide a screenshot of your UI: http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp27/FuzyB/WoWScrnShot_051810_224351.jpg My bars are scaled down so far as everything is bound and the only reason for me to still keep the bars visible is if I desire to move or add an ability. 14. Can you take constructive criticism and being call out on mistakes (both in and out of raid)? Yes. Trust me, IF I screw up, I'll be the first one to call myself a dumb ass and say I screwed up. 15. Final comments you feel could help your application: I've been doing serious progression raiding since Vanilla so I know that sometimes things dont go to plan and you will have bad nights so you need to have a certain level of patience and resolve. I have a sense of humor but can be very abrupt and serious if the situation calls for it. Thank you for your time and consideration, I look forward to hearing from you.
Can you log out in you're PvE gear. So I can see your Gear Setup/Gem Choices or even just log out in your PvE Spec with PvE Gear on and I can view it on wow-heroes. Also do you have DW Frost weapons? Currently I'm the only Unholy DK and having more then one Unholy DK is questionable since DW Frost does so much damage and provides 20% haste buff. I would have switched to DW Frost if I wasn't getting Shadowmourne (1 Shard Away lol). Regarding your spec the only thing I would change is the Glyph of Horn of Winter to Glpyh of Blood Tap. For Unholy Horn of Winter is in our Rotation/Priority system what ever you want to call it. One DK Having the Glpyhed HoW and one not can cause the one who doesn't have it to lose Runic Power they could have gained. You definitely have a lot of end game raiding experience. What class did you play in Vanilla and TBC?
I've gone pve spec/gear and logged though it may not have refreshed (or just not yet) I currently only have two 232 one handers just because I havent needed to get any and Im not one to jack something from someone else just cause I might use it. Even then though, as we both know, DW frost is currently the highest possible dps spec and even with 232 weps I would pull a bit more dps than unholy lol..(tested earlier) If I was asked to go frost it wouldnt be an issue, Id just go pick up two T1 wrathful axes (have the points and rating) which would be more than sufficient untill a 25 H replacement. Currently the main reason im UH PvE is due to ease of initial gearing up. You can pull decent numbers even with average gear. Blood I wouldnt even consider without atleast 80% ARP (including talents) and since I also PvP as unholy its not a major play style gap. Id be happy to take shadowmourne off your hands so you can go frost In regards to the Horn of winter minor glyph, even though I do use it every time I can I like having some extra time on it for a few reasons. Its always been my opinion that buffs > totems/auras even if they are slightly better than the buff. You cant range a buff, a buff cant be detroyed or removed because the caster of the buff died. Arguements can be made for both the horn and tap minors I'd just personally take an extra 1 min on horn than not take 500 dmg every once in a while, with all the passive healing occuring in a raid (totems, blood presence, etc) the damage wouldnt even be noticed. That being said though, I would switch it if the other DKs in the raid didnt have it as yes it would cause issues.
During Vanilla I played holy/ret paladin (I will never go near a pally ever again lol) there have been massive improvements for paladins but Vanilla just killed all desire to play the class for me. During BC I played 6 lvl 70s, Shaman resto/ele, Druid feral, Rogue combat, Mage mostly fire, Paladin Prot. Also had a warrior but it was low geared and casual, the others did atleast Kara (some before it was easier than picking your nose) the shaman however was my main. Did the progression raiding on him, hes still sitting in his full T6 and riding his Amani War Bear lol (Did level it to 80 and raid a bit though). Raided resto untill the thunderstorm patch then omfg did I have fun with the tanks during sun well trash. I did Ulduar and ToC 10/25/ ToGC 10/25 progression on him as ele and then made a DK for Blood/Frost tanking was an alt but still pretty geared for the time. Ive played all classes at cap at one point or another except priest and lock just cause both classes dont appeal to me in the least. Playing a priest makes me want to shoot myself in the face.
Still can't see you're PvE gear fuckin blizz lol. You might just have to log out in PvE gear spec doesn't matter really. While it still hasn't updated since you are Unholy what Gems are using. Meta, Red, Yellow/Orange etc. Also what trinkets do you have. I see you have Byrntroll so I'm guessing that is your PvE wep too right now.
Trinkets = Herkumi War Token - Whispering Fanged Skull (regular) Gems: Meta : Chaotic Skyflare Orange:10STR 10Crit x9 Red: 20 STRx6 34 STRx3 Purple: 10STR 15 Stam x1 Blue: 0 Green: 0 Yellow: 0 Prismatic: Nightmare Tear x1 Prefer the crit rating from Chaotic and the fact that I use Bryntroll for both PvE and PvP I gemmed it in such a way to work for both and the loss of 4 STR from using a STR/stam gem isnt going to drop 1k dps.
I would switch your Meta to Relentless due to ease of requirements to activate it. Since you use it for PvP too i see why you have it gemmed that way. I would switch the chest you currently have and use 4pc t10 with heroic scourge reavers legplates (yes you would be next in line for them lol). You're gear is just a little behind mainly the tier. That is not an issue though because we give our 264 Vanq Marks like water. You would be able to get 4 pc 264 T10 really fast. The only other thing is Fierce Ametrine has passed Inscribed Ametrine for Orange slots. However I'm not sure with your current gear and stat weights if it would matter for you. Haste starts to really increase in EP value once you get a Heroic Byrntroll and 277 loot. Other that I don't see anything else. Accepted for Trial
Id just like to point out that most of your last post was you making fun of my gear ! Not everyone gets a fancy orange axe! Lol, I've done what I can through whats currently available to me. I've seen about 15-20 vanq marks drop but havent won any ... Im using Gendarme for a number of reasons #1 I got it before getting 4/5 T10 so from an efficiency and emblem stretching point of view, it was the best choice. #2 I currently need the hit, again my gear is what i've been able to get, so certain pieces arent the optimal. With my current gear switching from STR crit to STR haste wouldnt be worth it as only two pieces provide me with haste (neck and trinket) the crit loss would be evident. Without larger amounts of haste from gear, the switch would pretty much equal a significant loss in crit for a slight attack speed increase, yes UH/frosts highest damaging attack should be melee damage (and it is for me) at this point in time it isnt worth it. I would glady trade the ARP on my gear for haste or crit and when the time comes, I will do so. Oh and btw, I totally forgot that I have a H bryntroll just laying around in my bank /glare lol...