Your name, age, gender and location:
Mark, age 48, male from England
Character info:
Holte, level 100 Undead Frost Mage, or
Bubblicious, level 100 Blood Elf Prot Paladin
Role - Your preferred raid role and any offspec:
Mage – Predominantly frost, flexible on offspec (arcane seems to be looking good in Legion beta but, remains to be seen on release)
Paladin – Tank. Off spec, again flexible here, though I'm not that experienced as a healer.
Character related information:
Glyphs & talents - Pick two encounters and describe which talents and glyphs (and possibly spec) you use, and why:
This is where my application may fall down but, I'm applying anyway. As you will see from my raiding experience below, I'm recently returning to the game after a near 7 year hiatus (work and relationship brought about my departure from the game back then). Having been in a server first competing guild at the time (Maligned on Arathor, if anyone remembers it), I really want to get back into serious raiding and would like to be in a guild that is setup for that with the impending release of Legion. I can list what glyphs/talents I'm using now though I'm still researching optimal setups for both classes on the usual sites (Wowhead, MMO Champion, Noxxic as a starting point – progressing to more serious raid guild sites for more specific advice) and via videos / Twitch.
Stats - How do you prioritise your stats?
For the Mage – Multistrike = Crit > Haste > Versatility > Mastery
For the Paladin – Bonus Armour > Mastery > Haste > Crit > Versatility > Multistrike
Class knowledge - Where do you acquire information and knowledge about your class? :
I listed the sites I'm using in the above explanation
UI screenshot
This is a work in progress as, unsurprisingly, a lot of the addons I used to use no longer exist. I'll add a picture shortly. I have DBM and Details. Still getting to grips with WeakAuras2.
Logs
None as of yet in either case, will work on that. Logs weren't a thing back then.
Raiding experience - Describe your past/current raid experience:
Vanilla – Ony/MC/BWL/ZG/AQ20/AQ40 all cleared
TBC – Kara/TK/SSC/BT/MH all cleared
(All of the above was done as a frost mage)
WoD
Trying to get some experience in this now, as a warm up for Legion progress
Raiding times - Can you meet our raid schedule of Wed/Thur/Mon 21:00 to 00:00 server time? (Optional raid on Sunday). Note that on start we raid of tier Wed/Thu/Mon/Sun and then push Heroic on Sunday as optional raid:
Can attend all 4 days, no problem at all.
Teamspeak
Yes
Value - What qualities do you bring to a raid?
Dedication, focus and perseverance. I'm very familiar with the pain of pushing progression, albeit a few expansions ago. On a lighter note, maturity (obviously) and a good sense of humour. Not afraid to talk on Teamspeak when required.
Motivation & attitude - Share how you feel about progression raiding.
I've missed the raiding more than anything about this game. The camaraderie and ultimately, elation when things go right or a breakthrough is made. The pulling together to push through difficult tests.
Faults - What are your faults in relation to raiding?
I guess I'll say inexperience of the newer content / mechanics, though I'm looking into those to get a handle on the kind of things Blizzard is throwing at us these days. As an officer back in the day, I was a little sharp with people making stupid mistakes on occasion but, that sort of came with the position. As a member, that wouldn't be an issue.
Curse of Years - Where did you hear about us? What encouraged you to apply?
I was looking for a serious guild on Arathor and as the community in the major cities is far from what it was back then, I went to WowProgress to see who was pushing the envelope on Arathor and here we are with me applying.
Last Words - Is there anything else you would like to say?
I realise this is going to sound like a sketchy application with my lack of recent experience but, I'm just looking for a chance to get back to the level I was at before and am more that prepared to put in the work to get there.
Guilty pleasure - What do you get excited about (non WoW related)?
Live music (more unsigned independent artists/bands than mainstream stuff), eSports viewing (LoL and CS:GO for the most part)
