Application for Veranke Ret / Prot Paladin.

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Alexbeav
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Application for Veranke Ret / Prot Paladin.

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- Character Name : Veranke
- Class: Paladin
- Race: Blood Elf
- Specc: Retribution / Protection
- Armory link: http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet ... &n=veranke
- WoW-Heroes.com link: http://www.wow-heroes.com/index.php?zon ... me=veranke

- Guild I'm in now : Fel Marines.
- Reasons for leaving them : While I respect their "casual but serious" attitude, it is not enough for me. I want to go full throttle. I want hardcore.
- Why I want to apply to you : Because I am impressed by the progress of this guild and believe it to be hardcore enough for me to be. Having a cool name doesn't hurt either.
- What I think I can bring to you : Professionalism, if it can be called that way in terms of a game. I always do my homework before I raid and come prepared to it. I'll never need to go out and repair after the 3rd wipe like I see many "prepared" raiders do. I have never asked for or bought a flask inside a planned raid, not even for my off-spec. While I may not know 'alternate' tactics in some bosses, I always know the 'normal' tactic of a boss (that is, wowwiki or tankspot tactic). I do not get tired, even after I've spent 200-300g in repairs. To the hardcore raider, it might not seem a large enough ammount, but people I'm used to -sadly- raid with start the whining and moaning after the bills hit the 50g mark. And yes, I'm talking plate users.
- I can raid at all the days and hours you request. I may not always be available Saturdays unless it's planned near the beginning of the week (Monday/Tuesday) OR we're going for progress. Progress, I can respect. Progress > social life tbh. B*tches can wait. Only other reason to miss a raid is : family emergency (like, someone is dying), personal harm (loss of hands at the least), natural disasters causing power and/or internet failing at the entire city, the Apocalypse or heaven on earth and Sharon Stone in her 30s knocking on my door (childhood fantasies > progress).

- More information about the man behind the keyboard.

My name is Alex and I am 22. I live in Athens, Greece (where you may have spent a summer or two). I have just finished from my army duties (all Greek men must join the army for about a year once they're 18), as well as college where I studied Computer Programming. I plan to continue my studies, most likely in Canada but that will happen AT THE EARLIEST in August. I like to listen to a broad range of artists some of which include (out of the top of my head) : AC/DC, In Flames, Metallica, Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin, Skillet, Slipknot, Disturbed, Godsmack, All That Remains, Heaven Shall Burn, Motorhead, Manowar, Iced Earth and Iron Maiden. I'm an avid comics reader (though I'm a little out-of-date on last year's comics due to being in the army, but I'm catching up), and enjoy Marvel Comics (Iron Man & Punisher are my favorite heroes) and after that, Dark Horse and Image Comics (Star Wars, Sin city on the former, Spawn, Witchblade on the latter). I like movies, mostly in the action or sci-fi genres but I have a thing for epic movies (Kingdom of Heaven, Lord of the Rings, The Gladiator) espionage, and gangster films, though that hasn't stopped Fight Club being my favorite movie (and book) of all times. I also enjoy reading books, especially the Bourne trilogy (long before it came to theaters) and R.A. Salvatore novels and am currently reading Stephen King's the Dark Tower novels. I am a fanatic gamer, spending most of my time just enjoying games, though for the past couple of years WoW has been the center of my focus. In any case, you do not want me to get starting talking games ! I also watch a lot of TV shows (but not TV), my current favorites being Supernatural and House M.D. and old favorites being La Femme Nikita and X-Files. I have a little brother who I love very much,Nick (also known as Nicktaker in-game) and among the things I call my own, my friendship with my man Geo (Tapia in-game) is one of the things I value most. I hope that covers most aspects about me that you'd like to know, of course I am always available (when not in raid) for personal inquiries. While I have been accused as elitist, I have NEVER been anything less than friendly to people who treat me friendly too.

I hope this covers it. All I am looking for is a trial, I am more than confident that if I get my chance and you see what I am capable of you will not want to part with me :) . I do not come to you to get more gear, I am more than satisfied with what I have. That does not mean that I do not want any, gear is a fine reward for effort. My current goals for the game is to down Arthas and see the entirety of this expansion, and clear Ulduar (the only raid which I have never cleared fully).

I am not able to upload a WWS Stats log file due to not being able to go to any 25-mans at this time of writting. (I am saved to ICC25, ToC25 and can hardly find a group for anything other than Onyxia which I loathe). If it is ABSOLUTELY necessary, I can provide one after Wednesday.
Varanor
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Re: Application for Veranke Ret / Prot Paladin.

Post by Varanor »

Hi there Veranke.

A few questions. Why do you have 582 hit in your gear while having 0 expertise? Also could you explain your glyph choices as they don't really seem to be the most ideal for best personal DPS. Personally I think since you have 0 expertise you should definitely consider some other glyph over [item]Glyph of Holy Wrath[/item]. Also please explain why would you have 5 x [item]Sovereign Dreadstone[/item] gemmed in your gear set when your meta requires only 2 and one of them can be covered by a [item]Nightmare Tear[/item].
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Alexbeav
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Re: Application for Veranke Ret / Prot Paladin.

Post by Alexbeav »

expertise sorted, thank you for noticing that. I am not actively trying to get more +hit, just my current gear happens to give +hit.
Varanor
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Re: Application for Veranke Ret / Prot Paladin.

Post by Varanor »

Hi there Veranke.

Now that I got a somewhat more balanced view of your armory profile with stats geared towards actual raiding I'm going to have to decline your application. Sadly I think you would not be able to compete with the rest of our melees in terms of DPS in Icecrown Citadel content. We hope you find the "more hardcore" type guild of you are looking for.

PS: I don't know how you assumed we're hardcore since we raid only 3 times a week. :p
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