[size=5]Personal information:[/size]
[size=3]Real name:[/size]
Casper

[size=3]BattleTag:[/size]
Jimbobkevint#2808

[size=3]Age:[/size]
21

[size=5]Location:[/size]
Denmark

[size=3]Tell us a bit about yourself (eg. what do you do for a living?):[/size]
As if right now, im not really doing much. My previous education was something that didnt interest me as much as i thought, so im swapping to a new one in febuary. So therefore, as for right now, i play video games, mainly wanna get back into raiding in wow, after my guild disbanded at KJ 3 months ago.

[size=3]We use teamspeak 3 for voice communication. Do you have a microphone and are you able to use it?[/size]
I have a mic, and im able to use it. I dont overuse and fill the coms with shit, i refrain to only calling out vital information during raids. Not saying that i dont like chatting, banter and memeing around, but raiding is raiding, and thats 2 different mindsets.

[size=5]Character information[/size]
[size=3]Character name and Armory link (including any currently played alts):[/size]
Wowprogress (I feel like this has more info than armory):
Main DK - https://www.wowprogress.com/character/eu/twisting-nether/Jebaitedpleb
Feral - https://www.wowprogress.com/character/eu/ragnaros/Chikunpleb
Other than that i have several alts that could be made ready within a very small timeframe, as i took a prolonged break from the game, and came back to raid with a guild that didnt end up working out, but ended up disbanding 2 days before Antorus lmao.

[size=3]Main spec:[/size]
As of right now unholy, unless frost proves to be insane, which feels unlikely right now.

[size=3]An in combat screenshot of your User Interface with visible keybindings:[/size]
Would much rather link actual video footage, since it seems more relevant, so ill provide a small clip.
https://clips.twitch.tv/BitterBumblingPancakeBloodTrail

[size=3]Link any logs to demonstrate your ability (it's very unlikely for us to accept an application with no logs):[/size]
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/character/id/27624197
This will probably be my downfall in most guilds, as i dont really have any relevant logs aside from a few decent ranks here and there, and logs from 3 months ago are kinda irrelevant since the damage is almost doubled from back then.

I feel like logs has something to display in terms of ability, but there is just so much more in contention. A boss kill log only displays you performance DPS wise over the duration of the fight, while when you are raiding in a serious environment for a couple of hours in a row, mental fatigue, incosistency and carelessness tends to happen. I pride myself in always doing my best to make it easier for the entire raid to kill the boss, whether it be soaking (ToS lmao) or general mechanics, that made the classes that were overall strong on consistent DPS do their damage, and not have them perform the single person mechanics. Unholy has a decent period of downtime between arbiters, which obviously makes it easier for you to go do the "shitty jobs" while someone like a warrior or a MM hunter can stand still and smack.

To sum it up, my general thoughts on logs are that they are a fine metric for messuring your performance overall on farm, but for progress its irrelevant as no one is gonna care if the boss is at 5% and you almost had a rank 1 log, instead of the boss dying and you pulling a whatever percentile.

[size=3]Please explain your stat priority:[/size]
Currently its weighted heavily towards mastery, as thats just a flat damage increase for almost every spell, including trinkets and crucible. You have the standardized haste breakpoint, so the point where you are not giving up too much other stat to have an optimal amount of DA Autos, which is somewhere around 9000 haste, depending on your connection, and whether or not DA decides that she just dosnt wanna auto anymore and stand still (which is such a funny bug haha good game blizzard). Anyways, with my current weights (after haste cap) Mastery>Crit=>Strength>Vers>Haste, Mastery being heavily favored, as long as i keep haste cap.

[size=3]Please explain what talents you're using and in what situations you use each (single target, cleave, aoe etc.):[/size]
After extensive testing, i feel like its never really worth to spec out of DA, especially not going into Antorus with what looks to be a DA oriented tier set (im still trying to figure out of there are other playstyles that might favor it more, but it requires more testing on my part) Single target with my trinket setup, im playing 3211X11, the X depending on if i need to soak something big, a magic effect, or if i need more movement, legendaries that go with this are Chest and Shoulders (Which is still not locked down for my part for Antorus, as i havent gotten to test the crucible ring) but it will most likely be the legendaries im gonna be using.

When it comes to cleave and AoE, it really also depends on the raid setup. There is no reason for me to spec into heavy AoE, when you have classes like warrior, hunter, rogue, which does a huge amount of burst AoE, and benefits from stuff like sweeping or shuriken combo. To not make this too long of a read, even though i would want to explain every different scenario with every different comp.

If i were to not take into account the raiding roster, and just spec brainlessly into cleave, i would probably play the same talents as above, depending on the amount of targets. 3 Targets has netted a gain with the talent setup 3211X31 and Class-ring over Chest, albeit minimal it is there, and also just having the ability to help sustained aoe situations (10s~) is nice with the combination of Class-Ring, Infected Claws and DnD.

If i were to just full AoE pad and for the sake of it, i would probably play something like 3311X32, but that is neither Unholys strength or the reason you bring them, so i dont see myself playing this setup, maybe with the exception of Eonar, depending on how the Mythic fight ends up looking. But then again, why bring a slow DK, when you could bring a good movement class that has better AoE burst. Not saying that UH has bad AoE, but they are indeed not a hunter, warrior or rogue.

[size=3]What trinkets are you currently using in each situation and why?:[/size]
Currently using Fel-Oiled and CoF, as they combined proves to be the best setup i can have atm, as it lines perfectly with arbiter. The thing with Fel-Oiled is that its a farmable trinket, but it is alot of time to put in for such a minimal gain, unless you are using it with CoF, then it becomes insane. Looking into Antorus im currently setting my eyes upon Shadow dmg trinket from Hounds and obv the Pantheon trinket (NOT THE ARCANO-TURBO™ even though it would be nice to start with).

[size=3]Where do you go to improve your knowledge about your class?:[/size]
Most of the knowledge i obtain about my class is done by myself through sims and testing, both on live and PTR. I love to do math and spreadsheets with theorycrafting myself, and i feel like that is the purest information i can get, rather than looking through sometime like discord or icy veins lmao. I always try to keep myself as informed about my class as possible, even if its gathering a string of good information from several pages of misinformation.

[size=5]Raiding information[/size]
[size=3]Have you got any commitments that might cause you to miss raids (e.g. irregular work schedule):[/size]
I have to go to my parents place on christmas day the 24th, other than that i am down to game.

[size=3]Furthermore are there any upcoming events that will limit your availability:[/size]
Stated above. I literally have nothing coming up for atleast 2 months

[size=3]A detailed summary of your PvE experience since Mists of Pandaria (Only include content cleared while it was current and what character you played at the time):[/size]
[size=2]MoP (I played warlock main here):[/size]
MSV: 6/6HC
HoF: 6/6HC
ToES: 4/4 HC
ToT: 12/13 HC
Quit after ToT until WoD

[size=2]WoD (I played mage main here):[/size]
Highmaul: 3/7 Mythic.
This was right around the time Wildstar came out, and my guild disbanded, so i decided to play that instead, since it looked really good.
Played wildstar in the top EU guild at the time, competing with alot of players from Blood Legion from NA, competitively raiding for 10-13 hours a day until the first raid was cleared. Then it was clear that 40man raiding was not for me, so i quit the game and played CS and Path of Exile until legion came around. This was also at the time i actually felt like i got proper good at games, raiding at the top level, even if it isnt in wow, Wildstar was still hella hardcore, which is also why it ended up dying, as it was made for the 1% of the MMO player base that likes that sort of content.

[size=3]Legion:[/size]
Hunter
EN CE
ToV CE
Swapped to DK
NH CE
Swapped to Shadow - Guild disbanded
Killed 7/9M in ToS
Swapped to Hunter - Switched guilds
Killed Avatar rank 100 - Guild disbanded after that
Took at break, and i have now come back to play DK again, since i really enjoy the flow of UH, and also really enjoy tanking M+.

[size=3]Former guild(s) and why you decided to leave:[/size]
Only guild that didnt disband that i was in was EmptyPromises, which i quickly left when i saw what a shitshow that was.

[size=3]Why do you want to join us?:[/size]
Im looking for a dedicated and professional team, and i have heard good things about you in particular.

[size=3]Why should we pick you?:[/size]
You should pick me because i am consistent, because i am reliable and value showing up to raids over pretty much anything, that i am willing to work hard if there is work to be done, and that i always try to further the raids progress, no matter the cost in damage.

[size=3]What do you expect from us?:[/size]
As stated above, thats what im looking for. Also i see that you are in need of grips for aggramar, so it could be good to have a good DK when reaching aggramar, instead of having to look for one, like the shitshow it was to look for a rogue for avatar.

[size=3]Anything else you would like to add to make your application stand out (accomplishments in other games etc)?:[/size]
In general i feel like im pretty good at games, diamond in league, global, 2k FaceIT elo and A- ESEA rank in CS:GO, top raider in wildstar, grand master in OW and currently one of the best racers in Path of Exile. Its a quick sheet, but i feel like that should show my competence as a gamer in general, *cough* my bad logs *cough* and hope that you can see past that and give me a chance to prove myself in a raiding environment, and not on a website that tracks numbers.

[size=3]Keep in mind that your application is our first impression of you. Are you happy with the image it gives us of you?:[/size]
I feel like this should give you a pretty good imagine of the person i am, both as a player and as a person. I am very competitive, but i dont like to take it out on other people, as that does not further any sort of competitiveness at all, rather the opposite. I like i have constructive talks about different issues and theories, and i think that will be my last paragraph.

Hope you enjoyed the read, and looking forward to a response within reasonable amount of time.
Casper / RealLifePleb