» Syrrupy - Priest - Holy/Disc Options

[Syrrupy]

Armory Link (Please log out in your raiding gear):

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/area...yrrupy/advanced

Links to WWS / WMO logs of recent raids you have attended. Do not bother submitting this application if you can’t provide a link to any logs.

Apparently the last couple weeks our raids have not been logged, so these aren't as recent as I would've liked.
http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/rt-gz9n...6660&e=7453
http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/rt-f4d5...um/healingDone/

Post a screenshot of your UI in raid combat: http://i.imgur.com/JXCrS.jpg
Post a screenshot of your UI out of combat: http://i.imgur.com/c2iDg.jpg


First Name: Brittany
Your Country / Time zone: United States / Central
Age: 23
Do you have Ventrilo and working microphone? Yes to both.
Do you have the capacity to clearly communicate, yet have the ability to recognize when it's appropriate to keep comments to yourself? Yes.
Are you able to handle mature (or immature) content on Ventrilo and in guild chat? I can.
Are you able to handle harsh criticism? You can, and will, be subjected to harsh criticism and you will be called out when you do not perform. Definitely can handle that.
Do you partake in anything that would interfere with your ability to raid (i.e. school, work, etc.)? Do you have any obligations in the foreseeable future that will affect your ability to raid? Nope.
Do you have any PC or disconnect issues we should know about? Nope.
Do you have an authenticator attached to your account? I do.


Class / Character Name: Priest / Syrrupy
Race: Blood elf
Professions: Enchanting, tailoring
Do your professions increase your performance in raids? Explain your choices. Yes, enchanting gives a static 80 intellect and tailoring has the lightweave proc.
Do you have any raid-viable alts that you can play at a competitive level, should the need arise? If so, provide a link to their armory links here. I do not currently.
Is this your first main character? If not what did you used to play? When did you start playing WoW? Please provide detailed information (including armory links when applicable) about time spent on all your previous characters.
I started playing around the middle of BC, and my main at that time was a warlock. I honestly didn't do much raiding/progression on my warlock before leveling my priest and changing that to my main. I only managed a couple clears of tier 4 and ZA with my warlock.


What were the last 3 guilds that you were in? What were your reasons for leaving each of these guilds?

Red Dragon Society (Bonechewer): I joined this guild at the end of Wrath and raided with them up until Firelands. I left because I wanted to be a part of a more progression oriented guild.

Stuck on Uldaman (Uldaman): I joined this guild with a few friends that were also in RDS to form SoU's second 10man group. However, we raided fairly late and several of the raiders were alts of the main 10man. Once Dragon Soul was released the group sort of just fell apart and I took a couple months off from raiding, and eventually left the guild.

Semantics (Area 52): I originally joined this guild with my boyfriend at the time, and we have since broken up. Because of this the officers decided that it would be best if I no longer was a part of the guild to prevent any potential drama.

What end game raiding experience do you have? Be thorough. The more detail you can provide here, the better.

BC: I cleared all of t4 content, TK, SSC up to Vashj, and ZA. This all happened during the last 2-3 months of the expansion though.

WotLK: I cleared 10/25 Naxx, EoE and OS. Killed OS3D on 10/25man but this wasn't until ToC had been released. When Ulduar was out I only managed to clear up to Mim with the guild i was in on 10man. During ToC I went back with my new guild and completed 10man Ulduar along with the achievements for the protodrake. I cleared 5/5 heroic 10man ToC and 3/5 heroic 25man. I finished ICC 11/12 heroic 25man.

Cata: In t11 I was 6/13H, during Firelands I killed 3 more t11 bosses with SoU. At the end of Firelands I was 6/7H in 10man. We probably could've killed Rag but several of the people in our raid group didn't want to put time into progressing again with new people. I cleared 8/8 normal DS with SoU before the group fell apart and I took a few months off. When I decided to come back to raiding I joined Semantics. They were already 8/8H when I joined, but had lost a good amount of their core members so it wasn't quite progression again, but it was a lot of new people learning to play together. I cleared 8/8H with them with the 10% nerf.


Please provide a quick summary of your "valuable" Stats (Healing, Attack Power, etc.) as you understand them for your class.

Intellect > Spirit > Haste = Mastery > Crit.

I've read a lot about whether haste or mastery is better, and from what I gathered, it depends a lot on personal preference. I prefer haste over mastery mainly because I had gone more for mastery a while ago, and it was generally all just overhealing. I guess I should point out that I have primarily raided as holy so all of my stats are focused more for that rather than disc which I only played for 1-2 bosses depending on the comp we currently had.

Do you have a raid-viable off-spec? Should the need arise, are you comfortable with playing your off-spec in a raid?

I have discipline as my off-spec and have no problem playing as that. As far as shadow, I was shadow main-spec during t11 and 12. I switched to healing when I joined Semantics mainly because I was pretty undergeared and gear didn't matter as much for healing compared to dps. So I also have no problem playing shadow as well.

Which spec do you prefer? Are you willing to respec if it were asked of you? Are you willing to respec to the optimal spec for a progression boss?
I do prefer holy, but like I said, I have absolutely no problem playing as either of the other priest specs.

How do you feel about sitting out for any given encounter should we not need you? It will happen.
I have no problem sitting for any encounter.

Are you willing to test new content on the PTR or BETA when it becomes available? Yes.


How did you hear about our guild?
Hozz posted on the post I had made in the WoW guild recruitment forums.

What is your reason for applying? What makes us more appealing that any one of the thousands of other raiding guilds out there?
Your raid times work well for me. I also creeped around your forums a little and you all seem like a fun group of people.

Are there any WWA raiders or ex-raiders who would be willing to vouch for you?
I do not know anyone that is or has been in WWA.


Last words:

I always put all my effort into being the best player I can. I'm always looking for ways to improve. I've always had great raid attendance and show up to raids prepared with consumable and having researched new encounters. I know the stigma attached to girl gamers and I like to believe that I dont fall into that. I don't expect to be treated differently or handed things. I know I'm a good player and hope that I get a chance to show it.

[Drye]

smart app, put all the useful shit at the top. I like it

[Donnut]

That was hozz.

[Hozz]

I'm going to ask you the same question that I asked the last girl who applied to our guild.

The one thing that sticks out is the fact that you're a girl. I'm not trying to be a sexist asshole here, but I'm sure that you're aware of the stigma that is associated with female gamers in WoW. Knowing that, what can you say to prove to us that you aren't just a typical e-whore tryin' to get a free ride and some epics/mounts? How well do you handle playing with other girls? We currently raid with two girls, Botty and Toastr.

If you were to be accepted, you could also expect to hear degrading words thrown out (not necessarily at you, but just in general) such as cunt, whore, etc. You could also expect to have some jokes made at your expense, for no reason other than you're a girl. These jokes can be sexist, but they're almost always made in good fun. Would you be able to handle said jokes and foul language?

[clearlylol]

Basically we are he men women haters, if you don't act like a guy like the rest of our girls, by really just not talking much, you aren't going to like this guild and people will make sure of it.

That being said, you are trying to make quite a jump as far as progression. Are you sure you can even handle it, I'd look at your logs but healing logs bore me and typically show very little in general imo. Seems to me you've yet to really be in a hardcore raiding guild, the fact your last guild picked your ex over you also raises some questions as to why that was.

I've never been one for female gamers, no offense to you, it's a smaller player pool and honestly most of the time they blow ass and are only around due to having some type of relationship within the guild, I've seen it actually work a few times.. but mostly it's been the latter.

Anyways, good luck with your app, hope you like playing disc because it's just better these days.

[Hozz]

[Syrrupy]

I'm going to ask you the same question that I asked the last girl who applied to our guild.

I'm completely aware of how female gamers are perceived. Honestly, I don't really have a way to prove that I'm not just another e-whore looking for handouts. Other than talking on mumble or putting my name on an app, I've never taken the time to make sure everyone I played with knew that I'm a girl.

There were several other girls in Semantics and I got along fine with them. I have no problem playing with girls. I generally get along well with everybody, girls included.

As far as being able to handle the jokes and foul language, I definitely can. I make sexist jokes about girls once in a while. What fun is it if you can't make fun of yourself sometimes? Foul language doesn't bug me at all.

That being said, you are trying to make quite a jump as far as progression. Are you sure you can even handle it, I'd look at your logs but healing logs bore me and typically show very little in general imo. Seems to me you've yet to really be in a hardcore raiding guild, the fact your last guild picked your ex over you also raises some questions as to why that was.

I agree, it is quite a jump, but I do believe that I can handle it. When I first joined Semantics, I had only cleared DS 3 or 4 times on normal 10man and was in mostly LFR gear. I kept up with their other healers just fine.

My last guild picking my ex over me had nothing to do with my ability as a player. It came down to as a guild, they always struggled in the dps department, and felt that since he is dps, it would be more beneficial in the long run to keep him rather than me. I talked to the GM and raidleader and they both said they would vouch for me if needed. I do understand that that situation raises concern about my abilities.

[Hozz]

The issue, in my opinion, is that you allowed a relationship to impact the raiding environment. I don't want to delve too far into your personal life, but I feel as though I should ask a couple of questions. Don't take them the wrong way, they aren't intended to be accusatory at all, it's just that, in the past, the guild has dealt with girls who have been less than beneficial to our raiding environment.

Do you make a habit out of forming e-relationships? I'm unsure as to how you met your previous boyfriend, but I get the impression that it was an online relationship.

If you were to be accepted, should we be concerned about you "clinging on" to one of our current raiders? That is to say, should we be concerned about you perhaps starting a relationship with one of our current raiders in attempt to better establish yourself in the guild or to make yourself harder to get rid of, should you not be up to par?

[Drye]

As far as being able to handle the jokes and foul language, I definitely can. I make sexist jokes about girls once in a while. What fun is it if you can't make fun of yourself sometimes? Foul language doesn't bug me at all.

I'm quoting this for future reference.

[Syrrupy]

Honestly, finding out that I would no longer be raiding with that guild was a surprise. I try to keep my personal life to myself and not bring it into this game, so I did just that and didn't make a big deal about it to anyone in the guild. He, on the other hand, did bring it into the game. This was just a difficult situation.

I don't make a habit out of it. Yeah, I have met people on this game that I ended up having some sort of e-relationship with, but it was completely unintentional. I don't try to attach myself to people with the intention of getting further in a guild or to secure a spot. I want to have a raid spot in a guild because I deserve it, not because any kind of relationship I may have with someone. But to answer your question, no, you shouldn't be concerned about that happening.

[disingenuous]

Honestly, I just find the entire concept of fostering emotional relationships with people online extremely strange. I find it even stranger when the medium is a video game.

Basically, I think online dating is weird. I think people who date online are weird. I think people who meet their significant other whilst killing pixels are weird. Therefore, I think you are weird.

[Lamdeeze]

Our priest will look at this in a bit and we'll get you an answer before Tuesday.

[Sark]

Hi, i am "our priest."

I guess as the GM and the only resident healie-type priest, my input would be the most important on this thread. Even if my input wasn't important, i'd probably give it anyway because i love to read myself type.

First things first: Armory looks good. I like the fact that you use burning as a healer. That's a switch i made once they made the meta work with heals, and i feel it's the best course of action for a healing type priest.

Your specs seem fine. I generally run with blessed resilience for progression (on the rare occasion that i was holy), but being that this is not progression, i can understand the lack of it in the spec. I assume you understand the value of Blessed Resilience in an end-game progression PVE capacity, and don't simply dismiss it as a "PVP talent." Am i correct in this assumption? I also like the fact that you do not use glyph of penance as disc. I hate people who use glyph of penance for PVE healing as disc.

It appears from the logs that you know which spells to use and when, but then again these are logs from content that is 6 months outdated and trivialized by unnecessary nerfs. It's honestly tough to tell from parses (not yours in particular but parses in general) nowadays what's going on with no damage going out. Also, the fact that you guys over heal everything (which we do too from time to time) skews it a bit. That being said, they look fine for what they are.

I would point out that i feel as if the mastery vs haste argument for holy is more dependent upon what you are healing with and how many of which classes than it is personal style. Most of the time if you're raiding with fewer healers, mastery will scale better because the mastery has time to do something, whereas the reverse is true with haste.

My primary concern as has been voiced previously by a few members, is that it is a substantial jump from a 10% guild to a guild that cleared DS with 0%. The jump is massive, much more than most people realize. I'm pretty much beating a dead horse at this point, but i just wanted to alert you to the fact that that is an ever-present concern of mine with most apps.

Another sort of question here, as it has been a point of contention with a few of the previous healers we've had that did not fare so well: Do you understand the difference between healing intelligently and healing just to get heals and numbers? Do you that the most important thing is that the people who need heals get them, and the importance of allowing incidental heals to top off people who are not in danger?

I'll post back a little more later, when i look a bit more closely at the logs and stuff, so stay tuned for more.

[Voore]

GGS

Asks questions - Answers own question in next sentence

[Syrrupy]

Your specs seem fine. I generally run with blessed resilience for progression (on the rare occasion that i was holy), but being that this is not progression, i can understand the lack of it in the spec. I assume you understand the value of Blessed Resilience in an end-game progression PVE capacity, and don't simply dismiss it as a "PVP talent." Am i correct in this assumption? I also like the fact that you do not use glyph of penance as disc. I hate people who use glyph of penance for PVE healing as disc.

Another sort of question here, as it has been a point of contention with a few of the previous healers we've had that did not fare so well: Do you understand the difference between healing intelligently and healing just to get heals and numbers? Do you that the most important thing is that the people who need heals get them, and the importance of allowing incidental heals to top off people who are not in danger?

When I first got back into raiding I was using Blessed Resilience for a while. Once the nerfs got higher and I figured it wasn't as beneficial anymore I switched it out for something else.

I believe I do understand the difference. I can't say I've ever healed just to heal and get higher numbers. I feel that the most important thing with healing is that no one dies and all of the healers pull their own weight/do their job rather than getting the highest numbers.

[clearlylol]

Bump so people will yay or nay this already.

[Sark]

Bump so people will yay or nay this already.

Well, i wasn't planning on responding, but now that you posted it will.

[clearlylol]

I like your style.

[Sark]

Apologies for the slow response (this was due to the fact the app wasn't bad at all) but after some lengthy deliberation we have decided that you are not quite what we're looking for.

Good luck in your search for a guild that suits you. You shouldn't have trouble finding one.

[Syrrupy]

Alright. Thank you for your time!