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Armory:http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/whisperwind/Mbdtf/advanced
Serious alts:http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/whisperwind/Demonology/advanced
Btag (alternately, pm it to Felag): illmatic#1330

Name: Areg
Age: 21
Personal blurb: I’m a chemistry major living out in Los Angeles CA, attending Cal State Northridge.


What do you do outside of raid time? - Aside from schoolwork, I don’t really have a job because I just feed off that sweet sweet scholarship money. So I’m usually playing other games with friends, CS:GO, LoL, and lately I’ve been playing some FFVIX.

What generally causes you to be late or miss raid? Don't say you never miss raid. (i.e. traffic, illness, family, travel, work, exams, lab) - Traffic and Labs that take far too long (Kind of a common occurrence) are the only foreseeable things that could make me late to work with no real prior warning. Family gatherings and finals would be something else that could cause a no-show or being late but I would warn about that days if not weeks in advance.

We use Mumble.  How often do you speak during progression and farm, and for what reasons? I’d like to say I speak a fair amount during progression mostly from past experiences letting tanks know I have Sac available or it was used on them/others without them necessarily calling for it. (Ex. Using sac on random DPS who took 3+ stacks on mythic Operator.) Same would apply for BoP. During farm/trash I’m more laid back and am much more for having fun while getting farm done.

Discuss your raiding history: how was your progression in each xpac, how well did your guilds do, did you take breaks between tiers/xpacs/farm?

WotLK:
Full Cleared Naxx/EoE/OS - Cant remember ranking of guild
Ulduar - Cleared all normal modes, as we began hard modes TotC was coming out and we took a short break - same guild can’t remember ranking
ToTC - got 3/6 Heroic before guild disbanded
ICC - Got to 11/12 Heroic before guild disbanded due to attendance.

Cata:
First tier of Cata I took a break to PvP with friends.
Firelands, came back halfway through the tier ended up getting 6/7 Heroic
DS full cleared heroic and landed somewhere in the US top 500?

MoP:
First Tier of MoP I had quit yet again this time due to financial issues and wanting to focus on college
ToT Ended up going 7/13 Heroic before SoO released
In SoO we went 8/14 before the guild I was in disbanded, then went onto join VoW and be 14/14H US 38th

WoD
Highmaul 6/7M before guild disbanded we were in the running for US 50th
BRF 10/10M got US 74th

Why are you leaving your current guild? Please account for at least a year of guild changes.

I’m leaving Alpha because I’m looking for a change of pace from a semi casual 12 hour raiding schedule, I joined them after my last guild disbanded due to burnout by the raid team, I had a bunch of friends in there and they offered me an immediate raid spot for Blackhand progression. Quite frankly Alpha was what I expected it to be andisn’t quite where I want it to be in terms of mindset for a progression guild, some decisions made were handled poorly and I’d like to join a guild with a more serious view for progression. Heading into my next semester it also seems like that I would not even have the ability to make their raid times without the possibility of being late.

Previous guilds within the last year include:

Victory or Whatever - Half the guild (including myself) decided to leave after poor calls and lack there of any calls caused us to lose realm first mythic Imperator to a guild (which in this case was Alpha) that had put almost half as much effort into preparing for the new tier and expansion .

Triggered - Guild that formed off the half that broke off from Victory or Whatever. Disbanded due to burnout of almost half the raid team, this was mostly due to the fact that these players already planned to quit when VoW disbanded but chose to stay playing due to friends in the guild.

Why HiJ?

The guild fits the criteria I am looking for perfectly, serious focus for progression, results actually coming from effort put in and most importantly raids PST hours, going into this next semester I was really looking for a guild that raids later.

Can I contact anyone who will vouch for you? PM Felag if you want this hidden from non-officers:

Atroxe - GM of Triggered and friend I raided with for the year I was in Victory or Whatever, currently raiding in WWA

Zaphikel - Raider in WWA, had influence on decisions made in VoW including final roster changes heading into WoD

Ninjablaze - GM of Victory or Whatever



How do good players excel at your role in raids to be considered strong at their class?  Tell us what you contribute, why you belong here, and why you're prepared. This is important, spend time here and include any relevant screenshots, site links, interesting experiences.

I believe a good player excels at their role (esp as ret paladin) when they can juggle providing utility, good DPS and following mechanics correctly. Orange percentiles are fun but they mean nothing if you’re dead or not following the fight correctly, and vice versa, if you follow mechanics and provide utility it means nothing if there is a DPS check to meet especially with having to do content under geared. Having played ret for a long time I can comfortably say that I can contribute that which was mentioned above, Good DPS, Utility as well as following mechanics correctly. I’m confident that I am ready to move into a more serious raiding environment and I’ve been prepared through playing my alt(s) more seriously as well as having experiences with extended hours. It’s also having the understanding that sometimes the class I play is weak at a given fight and that I might have to sit out or play an alt. What the guild needs takes priority over what I want. Being in for a progression fight is fun, but if it hurts the guild in terms of progression to have a ret paladin over another class then by all means I’m fine with sitting.

How do you keep up on theorycrafting for your class? Discuss your stat priority, glyph/talent choices, and how you clear up any ambiguity in your bis list.

I keep up all the time with the ret paladin theory crafting thread on MMOC and am usually logged onto the ret pally IRC channel, as well as keep contact with other ret paladins who parse well/raid in other top guilds.

Currently after the trinket nerfs ret stats seemed to have normalized back to prioritizing Mastery > MS > Crit > Haste > Versatility, vs the pre trinket nerf stat priority of MS > Crit = Haste > Versatility > Mastery.
Glyphs are pretty clear cut, Glyph of Templar’s Verdict because its practically a 100% uptime on a 10% damage reduction, Glyph of Hand of Sacrifice so when I put Sac on a tank or anyone else for that matter my health won’t immediately drop causing the buff to fall off. Third  Glyph is usually a toss up between double jeopardy and Mass exorcism, if there is a lot of target swapping involved, or cleaving Censure’s debuff onto multiple mobs, Double Jeopardy is the choice, Mass exo is usually only worth it if there is any long term AoE involving a lot of targets. This is due to exorcisms super low priority on our rotation

Talents:
T1: Speed of Light - usually subject to change depending on how much mobility is needed.
T2: Hand of Justice - this tier doesn’t really matter unless long term CC or stuns are REALLY required
T3: Selfless Healer - Best talent for spot healing whether it be myself or anyone else, SS isn’t needed unless a fight has consistent damage taken that the shield can assist with, and EF isn’t worth it simply due to it being a DPS loss.
T4: Celemency - This is also subject to change on a fight by fight basis, If tanks don’t need CD’s I’ll take unbreakable spirit, if there is something exploitable with Hand of Purity like Brackenspore, then that is usually used. but 90% of this expansion Clemency has been the go to as the best option, providing bops for people (or even myself) and double Sac
T5: DP for AoE and SW for single target - While Holy Avenger offers the highest possible burst with wings, SW has the best synergy for single target and DP in terms of AoE is usually the best purely because of offering the possibility of more Divine Storms
T6: ES for single target and LH for anything that is 2+ mobs that can stand inside it for the whole duration, I can’t remember how the math worked out but I believe its actually on viable on 1.2 targets+
T7: Seraphim/Final Verdict - both of which rely on a lot of specific scenarios, Seraphim is better for ST and AoE/Cleave any thing demanding burst AoE (Kromok Hands) or even having a transition phase or something that could cause not getting the full benefit of a Seraphim buff causes FV to pull ahead. It can also vary depending  on your gear, a high item level with low ilvl weapon = Seraphim being used for ST, if a low overall item level but have a high item level weapon = using FV for ST.
This tier is pretty simple in terms of how I create a BiS pieces with the highest ilvl, or strength take priority depending on how much, if the same ilvl it depends on what stats the pieces have which fall into the category above, BiS trinkets are determined through sims ahead of time


What type of thought went into your keybindings? Do you have click-binds, mouse-over binds, mouse-button bindings, and/or shift/alt/etc modifier macros? Do you ever use the keyboard to turn left or right, how do you strafe? Do you click any abilities? Please explain:

-Convenience for me as well as something that was easy for me to get used to, I use some mouseover binds, usually baked into my modifier macros for things like BoP, Sac, Purity, LoH. I don’t use my keyboard to turn left or right, I have strafe left/right bound to ‘A’ and ‘D’ allowing me to have ‘Q’ and ‘E’ for other key binds

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