Curse of Years

General:

My real name is Vlad, I'm a 27 y.o. male and I live in sunny Edinburgh (Scotland).

I work in digital marketing as an SEO exec, pretty normal job, but my passions and hobbies are varied. I enjoy gaming, obviously, and have been a real nerd at heart since a very young age. I love reading and writing fantasy novels, I love painting miniatures, binge watching TV shows, and spending time with my Mrs and family.

I'm an easy going dude, but have always been very competitive in all games I played. All of my previous MMO experience outside WoW I was in the top guilds for either PVE or PVP for the games I played (Aion, Tera, Wild Star, Cabal Online, BDO, B&S, etc...) . For mmos I tend to be more of a PvE focused player but on some PvP was just too fun :)

I also had a brush with "fame" when I was 17 and playing CoD on a semi-professional level, I knew and played with guys in Dignitas and TeK9, Just wanted to point this extra out to make sure it gets across that I love the highest level of engagement in any game that I play.


Character Information:

I've had many toons since I started playing WoW back in Cata. My main back then, on Kazzak, was a resto/feral druid:
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/ragnaros/Druninjii/simple

I ended up clearing HC for all content back then.

Moved into MoP but had very little time for gaming due to Uni taking up 99% of my time so dropped out of semi hard core riding into a casuals' guild. Here I swapped to my destro lock, and sometimes to my resto/ele shaman, to help out with guild needs for ranged dps/heals:

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/ragnaros/Ninjii/simple < Lock
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/ragnaros/Ninjiisha/simple < Shaman

Ended up clearing HC content including SoO.

Moving onto WoD, the guild needed healers and melees so I mained my paly as holy and offspec ret:

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/ragnaros/Palanjii/simple

Sometimes I was needed as other roles for the initial raiding in HM so I went lock or shaman to help out.
We cleared on a casual pace all content but mainly did focus on HFC when it came out, which we cleared in HC.

Describe your choice of talents and why you've chosen them:

Talents remained the same since I last raided with guild on my pally, main decisions behind these talents being that it suited my playstyle, the style of the raid and the fact that some were just musts for Holy/ret.

How do you prioritize your stats and why?

Stat prio depends on which role and spec I'm playing, but I always try to maximise the best stats to do an effective job in that role. It also depends on what expansion and version we're referring to, as Bliz likes to shake things up quite a bit each time.

My main note is, I always do my research, I always take what fits my and my raids' playstyle and adapt to any new changes along the way.

What do you think about Artifact and how important it is for your spec (traits etc)?

I'll be frank, I haven't done any research for artifacts yet as things might change over time during betas (to which I had no access). I tend to start looking at how my classes will be affected a month prior to release of the latest expansion. Once that date dings I'll be sure on what I want to take.

Where do you acquire knowledge about your Class?

First and foremost a class must be decided, I tend to be one of those that loves either of the classes aforementioned and love them in either expansion, so I tend to fill the holes that guilds need. Once that's decided:
MMO champion, known good players for each class and overall internet research. I don't like following or reading just one place, as I find that it's pretty bad and doesn't usually fit my play-style completely. I do an informed research of all I can find and then apply what suits it.

SSHOT of my holy pally screen:
http://imgur.com/Q4uZgGQ

I use VuhDO for healing and WA for buffs/trinkets tracking, the usual stuff for raids such as dbm, etc

Raid logs http://www.askmrrobot.com/wow/combatlog/player/eu/ragnaros/palanjii


Raiding History:

Describe your previous/current raiding experience: see above.

Tell us about your previous guilds and your reasons for leaving them:
Don't remember the name of the guild back in Cata on Kazzak, but after that, I moved to Ragnaros due to a rl friend asking me to join him and then I was with the same bunch of people in 2 guilds:

Bunch of Scrubs (eventually guild leader up and quit the game so we all left the guild as a group and made our own)

They Shall Not Pass

I'm not much of a guild hopper, once I find the mentality and people that I think are fun and I get along with, I stick with them. The only reason I'm leaving my current guild is that they only want to keep being a casual guild whereas I want to do Mythic content and try and be competitive in WoW as well, they don't. Due to the fact that I'm working a steady job and I got time to attend my commitments I just want to up my game in WoW, if I find the right bunch of people to play it with :)


More Information:

Can you meet our raid schedule of Wed/Thur/Mon 21:00 to 00:00 server time with at least 90% attendance?
Yes, they also happen to fall perfectly in line with my Mrs date night and weekend plans ^^

We are raiding Sundays at start of each Tier for 3-4 weeks. Are you aware of it?
I am aware, OK with it.

Are you able to Listen and Speak on Teamspeak?
I follow suit and know when and how to properly communicate both under pressure and when dicking-about.

What qualities do you bring to a Raid?
The right mindset to get to the top for anything the group tries to achieve, along with intelligence and a pinch of humor.

How do you feel about progression raiding?
Love it, much like dark souls, once you kick that boss' ass it feels amazing and rewarding at the same time. Add up a fun group of dedicated and smart players and you got the perfect combination for me :)

Where did you hear about Curse of Years and do you know anyone in the guild?
Just did some research to look into the most fitting guild for what I'm looking to get out of WoW in Legion.

What encouraged you to apply to Curse of Years?
The mindset behind what I saw written on both website and WoW forums. Sounds like the right bunch of people.
After speaking with rejv and understanding if I might have been a decent fit enough to apply I came here to do so.

Do you play outside of raid?
Nop, I tend to dedicate myself solely to the raid and the guild in any MMOs I play.

Is there anything else you'd like to add to your application?
My role/class aren't defined yet for Legion, I can continue being a main Holy, off Ret, Pally or I can be either of the classes I mentioned above. My best strengths would lie in the Pally or the Lock, as they are the most recent ones I mained. Nothing prevents me from using the others though.

Only thing is I try to choose one main for the whole expansion rather than have 3-4 swaps during it, unless absolutely needed by the guild.

Tell us a joke:

I wonder what chairs think about all day: "Oh, here comes another asshole."

Hi,

Thanks for the application, it has been moved to special sub section for a chat. We shall get back to you as soon as possible (bear in mind - prepatch hype).

Thanks,
Y

We should be able to give you answer very Soon (not in the blizzard way tho!). Just a quick questions, you wrote in most that what suit your playstyle. Could you dig into new changes a bit in Paladin - what would be strong and why?

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Hello Yse,

Thanks for getting back to me on the timelines :) I reckon it's easier if I explain the talents, for you to understand how I play holy, so here's the analysis for them:

15 — I either go for Bestow Faith or Light hammer. Crusader's MIght doesn't fit my healing play-style, I prefer to solely focus on healing and maintaining the groups alive than also have to hit the mobs. Bestow faith will be the main talent for fights that don't require too many aoe heals, else I'd go Light's Hammer to support AoE healers (although pally doesn't shine at AoE healing as others do)

30 — Here I'd either go for Rule of Law or Divine Steed. Due to the new mastery/proximity mechanics that Pallys will be using Rule of Law seems the right choice for almost all fights, allowing us not to have to overextend too much to heal. Divine Steed, I'd use it if the fights require us to move out of stuff too often, it's our only mobility one at the moment

45 — Fist of Justice. Don't like the idea of having mobs run around like chicken and I find stunning more useful for most fights.

60 — Aura of Mercy or Devotion. Mainly Mercy, as it improves our constant heals to the group, but there might be cases where insane damage outputs need to be mitigated and then I see the Devotion being used by at least one holy to mitigate said damage phases.

75 — Holy Prism on Mouseover :) . I'd use holy prism overall as my main talent here, since we lack in the AoE heal department and it made my life easier during certain fights in WoD. Divine Purpose might be very good but I still prefer to have that one heal to heal them all :P

90 — Sanctified Wrath as it empowers our Avenging Wrath much more allowing us to be even more useful at sustaining during those tough damage moments

100 — Beacon of the Lightbringer - Due to our new proximity mechanics this seems a pretty good choice. In some cases where I'd have to pocket heal tanks I might just go for Faith if needed.


I hope this addresses your questions, please feel free to get in touch with me in case you have any other.

Apology it took so long to answer. Can we have a last chat tonight if I manage to fix my pc?

Ty,
Y.

Hello Yse,

Not to worry, and thanks for getting back to me ;) Sure can, I have a dinner tonight at 19:00 GMT but will be back later on logging in. So do feel free to catch me if I'm online and you're on as well.

Cheers :)

Hi there!

Apologies for the long delay in sorting your application out, we've had 2 officers on holiday and lots of apps to deal with, so it took a bit of sorting out on our end, thanks for you patience. Anyway, I'm happy to tell you that we've decided to accept your application and give you a trial with us as a resto druid, I believe Ryna discussed this with you anyway.

Once you've found your way onto arathor, whisper anyone in the guild and they will point you to an officer to get an invite!

Thanks,
Eremor

Heya,

No worries about the time delay and thank you very much for the invite. I'm now transferring my chars to Arathor EU :)

See ya on the battlefield!