You will go 8% faster, meaning:
1) It'll be easier for you to avoid damage, therefore you're helping the healers.
2) Its a DPS gain: you get out faster, you resume DPS faster. Plus: if it saves your life, can you do the math how much DPS you got there? Consider a dead dps is 0 dps!
3) As a healer, it will help you get in range and throw that heal that could save the raid from a wipe.
4) There are a lot of hit gear in Ulduar, Icewalker is not NEEDED to get the hit cap.
Depending a bit in your own guild strategies, this is very useful for fights like Yogg and General (main examples).
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Applying to a guild
If you play in The Underbog - or any other recommended low population server - you are probably used to answer things like "is the glass half empty or half full?" when filling an application.. or you're asked to say something funny, just to see you have some kind of sense of humor.
However, you should get to know the real answers the top notch guilds will ask you. The best way to achieve this is to know what these guilds want from you, and of course, a more-than-average knowledge of the game will be required.
What we want from you
A guild wants a reliable player. This means this player has a schedule and is probably always available to raid unless something happens, and when this happens he will let the officers/guild know he won't be making it for that day, using the forums and in-game chat.
It is common that you get asked about your PC. It is important to know if you can handle heavy fights with a good FPS rate, so you can perform at your best. A good way to express how well your video card will do is to go to Start -> Run -> dxdiag -> Display and take a screenshot. This screenshot will show useful information hardware-wise for the guild your applying to.
Also, a decent internet connection is required. Guilds can't afford to trust in someone that will disconnect at any given time on the night, repeatedly. And same happens when your PC keeps crashing. Reliable players keep their PCs clean of viruses or any other malware that can decrease its performance. Theres 24 more people counting on you! What i do is i have World of Warcraft in a different partition. This way if my Windows is screwed by any reason i could just format without having to backup or reinstalling 15 GBs of the game.
So, now the guild knows you wont be limited by your hardware or connection in any way. Also we know you can make it to most of the raids and in case you can't you will be using the forums and the ingame chat to communicate this to the officers and the guild.
We also expect that you know your class. Knowing your class means you know whats your stat priority. (Int > SP > Haste > Spi > Crit; for instance) so you can gem and enchant accordingly. You should know what items are best for you (also knowed as Best in Slots) so you only 'need' on these.
You should, of course, know every encounter. Maybe you haven't been to Yogg-Saron yet, but you can see tons of videos of this fight. This is knowing the encounter. Reading about it and watching videos, knowing how is the hardmode done, etc.
We expect that if you find any aspect of the guild that can be improved you use the appropiate ways to communicate this: the forums. Instead of annoying whispers to the GM or any officer, forums are the best place to discuss anything related to the guild.
Your professions are important to know! I would think it twice if someone is applying having Herbalism/Minning. Theres not much PVE benefit from these professions. Usually Jewelcrafting will always help you, Tailoring, Enchanting, Blacksmith, etc.
Giving it all
At the end, it is not only about your attendance, your hardware or your professions. Actually theres also another important moment worth to mention: your performance on the encounters.
By fully knowing all the aspects of the encounter you can and will perform better. You know how to react ahead of time. Giving it all means if you did 7000 DPS on the first attemp, you'll be doing 7000 DPS in the attemp #20.
Of course, you'll need to bring all the consumables you need. If you can increase your spellpower by having a flask on you and you don't that means you don't want to give all you can.
Also..
About applications that go beyond of asking your favorite colors..., in some of these you will be asked to upload or provide a link of a combat log where the guild can see you in action. In case you don't know what a combat log is, you can record every encounter you fight by writing /combatlog before it, and then /combatlog again when you finish. You can do this when you start raiding and then when the raid is finished. That combatlog can be uploaded to WWS, WoWmeter, etc.
Also, an UI screenshot should be uploaded. There is so much information you will be giving to the guild with this screenshot that makes this a must.
Hope this information can help you get in that guild you want and deserve. I would also recommend that even if the guild doesn't ask for a UI screenshor or a WWS remember they will appreciate your efforts and your time filling the application form.
However, you should get to know the real answers the top notch guilds will ask you. The best way to achieve this is to know what these guilds want from you, and of course, a more-than-average knowledge of the game will be required.
What we want from you
A guild wants a reliable player. This means this player has a schedule and is probably always available to raid unless something happens, and when this happens he will let the officers/guild know he won't be making it for that day, using the forums and in-game chat.
It is common that you get asked about your PC. It is important to know if you can handle heavy fights with a good FPS rate, so you can perform at your best. A good way to express how well your video card will do is to go to Start -> Run -> dxdiag -> Display and take a screenshot. This screenshot will show useful information hardware-wise for the guild your applying to.
Also, a decent internet connection is required. Guilds can't afford to trust in someone that will disconnect at any given time on the night, repeatedly. And same happens when your PC keeps crashing. Reliable players keep their PCs clean of viruses or any other malware that can decrease its performance. Theres 24 more people counting on you! What i do is i have World of Warcraft in a different partition. This way if my Windows is screwed by any reason i could just format without having to backup or reinstalling 15 GBs of the game.
So, now the guild knows you wont be limited by your hardware or connection in any way. Also we know you can make it to most of the raids and in case you can't you will be using the forums and the ingame chat to communicate this to the officers and the guild.
We also expect that you know your class. Knowing your class means you know whats your stat priority. (Int > SP > Haste > Spi > Crit; for instance) so you can gem and enchant accordingly. You should know what items are best for you (also knowed as Best in Slots) so you only 'need' on these.
You should, of course, know every encounter. Maybe you haven't been to Yogg-Saron yet, but you can see tons of videos of this fight. This is knowing the encounter. Reading about it and watching videos, knowing how is the hardmode done, etc.
We expect that if you find any aspect of the guild that can be improved you use the appropiate ways to communicate this: the forums. Instead of annoying whispers to the GM or any officer, forums are the best place to discuss anything related to the guild.
Your professions are important to know! I would think it twice if someone is applying having Herbalism/Minning. Theres not much PVE benefit from these professions. Usually Jewelcrafting will always help you, Tailoring, Enchanting, Blacksmith, etc.
Giving it all
At the end, it is not only about your attendance, your hardware or your professions. Actually theres also another important moment worth to mention: your performance on the encounters.
By fully knowing all the aspects of the encounter you can and will perform better. You know how to react ahead of time. Giving it all means if you did 7000 DPS on the first attemp, you'll be doing 7000 DPS in the attemp #20.
Of course, you'll need to bring all the consumables you need. If you can increase your spellpower by having a flask on you and you don't that means you don't want to give all you can.
Also..
About applications that go beyond of asking your favorite colors..., in some of these you will be asked to upload or provide a link of a combat log where the guild can see you in action. In case you don't know what a combat log is, you can record every encounter you fight by writing /combatlog before it, and then /combatlog again when you finish. You can do this when you start raiding and then when the raid is finished. That combatlog can be uploaded to WWS, WoWmeter, etc.
Also, an UI screenshot should be uploaded. There is so much information you will be giving to the guild with this screenshot that makes this a must.
Hope this information can help you get in that guild you want and deserve. I would also recommend that even if the guild doesn't ask for a UI screenshor or a WWS remember they will appreciate your efforts and your time filling the application form.
Friday, July 3, 2009
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