» Zionna, Holy Paladin/ Ret off spec Options

[Zionna]

First Name: Nick

- Your Country / Time zone: USA,EST

- Age: 39

- Do you have Ventrilo and working microphone? yes+headphone bonus

- Are you able to handle mature (or immature) content on Ventrilo and in guild chat? yes

- Do you have the capacity to clearly communicate, yet have a knowledge of when it's appropriate to
keep comments to yourself?
yes

- Are you presently employed or a student. Will it interfere with your ability to raid? Will you be able to attend 99% of our raids? Do you have any other Real Life obligations which might prevent you from attending 99% of our raids?
Employed and no problems with raid times

- Do you have any PC or disconnect issues we should know about?
only when blizz and comcast are feuding, otherwise, no

- Class / Character Name: Paladin/Zionna

- Race: Blood Elf

- Professions: Enchanting460/Jewelcrafting450

- Do your professions increase your performance in raids? Explain your choices
yes, all specs; extra intellect-holy, extra stam-prot, extra Strength-Ret
Enchanting only affords spell power rather than intellect for the Holy tree.
Also, Cooking 450 & Fishing 450 and I always have a food buff on me.

- Total time played (/played) and Time played at 80
258days/96 days@80

-Is this your first main character? If not what did you used to play? When did you start playing WoW? Please provide detailed information about time spent on all your previous characters. Tell us as much as you can, the more the better.
My 1st main was a Hunter from 60 Molten core, BWL,AQ-into BC until Gruuls Lair. Then about that time my paladin hit 70. My hunter currently has 165days played @ 75 and is my Leather Worker for leg enchants(incomplete for WotLK).

Also, I have 2 other support characters:
80 Warlock 450 Mining-100% recipe list (until ICC anyhow)
73 Priest 450 Alchemy/ Herbin', i come flasked everytime

as a sum up, have raided content on Hunter, Warlock & Paladin

-Main Spec: (x/x/x) (include a link from http://www.wowhead.com if it differs from the spec you presently have on armory). If you have a relevant offspec for raiding, tell us about that as well.
51/20/0 holy-lvl 245 gear, 5/9/75 ret- lvl 232gear

Up to this point, every encounter that I have participated in, I've played and learned both spec's

-Amory Link: [paste your link here] (Be sure to log out with your raiding gear on)

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.x...on&n=Zionna

-What is your current guild?
WHATEVER WERE AWESOME;Magtheridon US

-What were the last 3 guilds you were in? What are the reasons for leaving your last and current guild? Tell us about your time in each and how active you were in each.
Sedition 2004 MC to AQ until Black Temple/Hyjal BC where raid attendence ultimately killed the raiding core.
Then I was recruited to Run Out as a dual spec prot/ret for raiding Sunwell,Black Temple and Hyjal.
Allthough Run Out was a great guild they had to disban and a new, more powerful guild was formed from pure star seed as legend has it, [Immature Pricks] was the calling and the GM's trembled in the might of thy glory. It's still a mystery of what happened to them.

- What end game raiding experience do you have? (This includes in vanilla WoW, TBC and WOTLK. be specific.) Be thorough. The more detail the better.
WoW-MC/BWL/Onyxia 40 man content, ZG/AQ 20 man content, Azergos, Lord Kazzak
as a paladin;
TBC-25man Gruul/Mag/Karazhan/SSC/TK/Hyjal/BT/SW (attuned for BT/hyjal before patch)
WotLK- 25man naxx, Uld, ToC, Malygos, Onyxia, Sarth
10man naxx, Uld, ToGC,Toc, Onyxia, Sarth

- Any special Achievements / Titles / Mounts you have earned in PvE you would like us to know about?
Pony Up and obtaining a Travelers Tundra Mammoth are 2 special ones I can think of that help contribute to a raiding environment.

my favorite title's are Battlemaster & Salty

working on the 10man Uld mount, just need Yogg hardmode. Did H-ToGC 10 without wiping as well.

- Link to WWS / WMO logs of recent raids you attended
none exist, I would like to add my own critique of 'healing meters'

I'm not against healing meters but the fact remains healing meters can be manipulated by egos and heal sniping to purposely make someone look bad and misplacing the real focus of the goal. There is such a thing as overhealing wherein the is no such measureable 'over dps' aside from pulling aggro.
If everyone is avoiding taking damage and the raid heals are just too darn awesome, its like rolling dice literally on a healing meter stacked with better odds for all but a paladin. Now this is all circumstantial and I'm not trying to start a debate or step on anyones toes.

- Quick Summary of your "Valuable" Stats (Healing, Attack Power, etc.)
As holy, the best stat is intellect(talented), so I stack it minus meta gem requirements.
1. exploites the percentage base on arcane torrent & divine plea
2. huge mana pool for liberal spamming
Aside from that I specifically prefer crit/haste/spellpower & yellow gems gear, fast paladin crit heals
make monsters sad in thier pants.


- Which major glyphs do you currently use? Explain your choices

Glyph of Seal of Wisdom, 5% reduction in cost of heals + getting mana back beating on a target because wisdom would be up by default.
Glyph of Beacon of Light, beacon is expensive, 2 minutes is a big deal!
Glyph of Holy Light, splash heals- it looks cool and helps out the raid healers a bit.
minor Glyph of Lay on Hands-15 minute cooldown on a possible 45k crit, oh yeah!

- Do you have dualspec, and is your offspec something you could viably play in raids?
yes, Retribution, 5k+ dps raid buffed in 232 gear.

- What spec do you prefer? Are you willing to respec if an emergency arises? Are you willing to respec to the optimal spec for a progression boss?
yes, always open to respec.
as far a responsibility- ret is easier, just stay alive, dps & dispell...with an occasional downtime heals
But i really enjoy holy even though a mistake can carry huge consequences being 1 global cooldown behind. If I screw up, I certainly expect to hear about it.

- How do you feel about sitting out for any given encounter if we do not need you?
if thats what it takes to progress, when you need , just put me in coach!

- Are you willing to spend 400+ gold a night in repairs and consumables, stay focused and wipe for 4 hours straight, come back the next day and do it all over again until a new boss dies (even on "farm" content)?
no complaints here


- What is your reason for applying? What makes us more appealing that any one of the thousands of other raiding guilds out there?
I have massive amounts of time to raid and enjoy the progression like I used to do on a regular schedule.

1. you all have quite funny personalities, you'll have me laughing my ass off over here.
2. having a loot council weeds out the loot whores which represents misplaced focus from the progression raiding core, thus amassing 30 people that get the big picture, it is amazing how the rest of the server doesn't understand how you guys/gals make it so far the entire game. Most raids I'm in,
I miss the loot while rez'ing and preparing to move on.
3. I've raided with you alot of you before and there are great raid directors.

- Who, if anyone, will vouch for your abilities in WWA?
Opinions vary, you've witnessed the seemingly impossible to the ultimate baddie fail.
I do learn from my mistakes and once I learn the dance of an encounter, I'm out of sight out of mind!
There is a huge butcher block in this guild that I try to avoid at all costs...OMG...OOM!

- Post a screenshot of your UI.(If you are having trouble, use the free image hosting resources of http://imageshack.us)



- Last words: Show us what sets you apart from the rest of the candidates; what makes you better? What can you bring to WWA? What do you want us to know that wasn’t covered? Let us know why WE want YOU. This is your last chance to impress us, be thorough. Do not answer this question with one sentence. Once again, the more complete the answer, the better.

To date, I have 8815 achievment points which last I check put me at 25th on the server, 12th Horde which should evidence the time I put into my character (blizzards property).

My UI basic essentials are Grid,Clique & Pally Power. Gladius for Arena, any manditory Mod will be installed.

In the case pvp offers a better piece of gear than pve for pve, I will pvp to aquire it and incrementaly better the toons performance for a pve setting.

I have over half the epic gem cutting patterns and most enchants available, coupled with the argent dawn squire plus pony, I can and will enchant, cut gems during the raid without leaving the instance.
Allthough, I do reserve my squire for my own convienence, not yours.

Also where applicable, I posses a Traveler's Tundra Mammoth that can be utilized.

I can promise the team 100% focus for the raid, not as an individual only looking out for myself.

Last but not least, attendance, I'll be waiting on the bench cheering you on for success rather than belittle anyone or carrying some emo grudge. I've always rooted for you guys!

Cheers to good times and force a positive outcome whether you let me raid in the core again or not.

[Lyricals]

zionna do you click

[Zionna]

zionna do you click

I go both ways

mostly just use 1,2,3,4,5 while clicking grid for the target's, left clicking dispells

if I have to strafe or a lot of movement I'll revert to clicking for holy shocks, insta flash's and sacred shield's. Just something I'm more comfortable with on timing between stop running, start cast then revert back to keyboard smashing.

Allthough I can press right click & left click at the same time and still function, I like to keep my targeting option open by reverting so when stopping, the cast begins as soon as possible or as the targets change in the moment. This is assuming only 1 tank and I'm spaming the raid with beacon on the 1 tank.

2 tanks, I only target the other tank to apply beacon, spam 1 or 2 on the MT and move with my TRACKBALL
left & right click
and spacebar with my tongue.

[Lyricals]

I go both ways

mostly just use 1,2,3,4,5 while clicking grid for the target's, left clicking dispells

if I have to strafe or a lot of movement I'll revert to clicking for holy shocks, insta flash's and sacred shield's. Just something I'm more comfortable with on timing between stop running, start cast then revert back to keyboard smashing.

Allthough I can press right click & left click at the same time and still function, I like to keep my targeting option open by reverting so when stopping, the cast begins as soon as possible or as the targets change in the moment. This is assuming only 1 tank and I'm spaming the raid with beacon on the 1 tank.

2 tanks, I only target the other tank to apply beacon, spam 1 or 2 on the MT and move with my TRACKBALL
left & right click
and spacebar with my tongue.

you had me at trackball

dear god

rofl

[Zionna]

you had me at trackball

dear god

rofl

lol, you had me at shadowcrash last night

doesnt matter how, the only thing that matters is success.

go get out dps'd by a drake customer more

[Lyricals]

lol, you had me at shadowcrash last night

doesnt matter how, the only thing that matters is success.

go get out dps'd by a drake customer more

was just surprised that anyone can use a trackball with success, and yes, a warlock will outdps a shadowpriest in most cases, even ones who have to buy drakes

[Zionna]

was just surprised that anyone can use a trackball with success, and yes, a warlock will outdps a shadowpriest in most cases, even ones who have to buy drakes

sorry about the drake comment, hopefully the haste patch will hook you shadow priests up.

even though its bad enough i have to run away as holy in pvp....AHHHHH!

[Ryuuzaki]

Women can't DPS so they play Shadow Priests. D=

Well... some can.

[Zionna]

just thought I'd throw this in there;

wow heros gear score 2818 in pve holy

http://wow-heroes.com/index.php?zone=us&am...amp;name=Zionna

Also, you may find this funny yet inspirational at taking the initiative;

I threw together a PUG TotGC-25 one night with the trade channel and we were just under the dps requirement from beast to beast. We did actually manage to get to the worms, but 1st beast was around 5-10% if I recall.

Only took 3 wipes for people to start leaving, yet I was gung-ho to stay all night and aleast try, because you cant succeed unless you TRY!

Luckily Barq was in as a hunter, which was a godsend voice in the raid.

[Stommped]

Actually having ONE *cough Sark* Battlemaster in our raid makes us look better as a guild IMO

[Mystearica]

Actually having ONE *cough Sark* Battlemaster in our raid makes us look better as a guild IMO

Kind of like bringing in a gladiator to watch them fail at invisible walls on kalecgos.

[The Palioh]

You fucking suck Zionna.

[Zionna]

what the hell I do now?

ah, i guess ALL the healing in that naxx10 rested on my shoulders?

you know beacon is only good for 1 more target right?


allthough, I highly doubt I would get much debate out of you concidering the vague comment.

Aslo, I seem to remember the healing meters posted, which i dont pay attention too

me- 3,500 about
the shaman- 850 about

now lets look at the tank threat verse's your tps...get angry more, salvation is on a 2 minute cooldown now.

[The Palioh]

I was more referring to the lack of blessing. You're right though, you won't get much debate out of me.

[Sark]

what the hell I do now?

ah, i guess ALL the healing in that naxx10 rested on my shoulders?

you know beacon is only good for 1 more target right?
allthough, I highly doubt I would get much debate out of you concidering the vague comment.

Aslo, I seem to remember the healing meters posted, which i dont pay attention too

me- 3,500 about
the shaman- 850 about

now lets look at the tank threat verse's your tps...get angry more, salvation is on a 2 minute cooldown now.

i think he was just giving you shit about the blessing .

Anyways, idk if you read what i typed in guild chat the other night, but talk to me next time i'm on and i'll tell you the deal, etc.

[Zionna]

ok, I'll try and catch you at a good time.

[Respite]

You fucking suck Zionna.

To be honest he was probably just angry that he pulled a toprem and got hacked.

[The Palioh]

To be honest he was probably just angry that he pulled a toprem and got hacked.

Ouch, through the heart.

[Zionna]

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[Tropix]

For some reason...I suddenly approve of Zionna. What a champ!

hahaha =)