Character name: Minimoose
Character class: Death Knight
Professions: JC (600), Mining (600). I also have every profession (apart from BS) maxed on alts.
Talent specs, gear level, Armory link (advanced mode): MS Blood, ilvl 565/566. OS Frost, ilvl 559/566.
Respeccing: My main spec for this expansion is Blood, and have been tanking since the first day of the expansion (when I hit 90). However previous to MoP I have always been DPS, I was blood for ICC but had to change to frost when the changes were implemented. I have a frost spec and am willing to play it if needed but I haven't had much experience recently other than back in MSV when you could 1 tank some bosses. I keep up to date with frost and try my best to play to the best of my ability in a spec I have little chance for practice. This said, if needs be, I could get back into DPS relatively quickly if needed.
Class Info: I started playing a Deathknight approximately 1 month after they were released and haven't stopped playing since. A priest was my first ever character, and a paladin was my second. But I found that at the time the DK was the most fun to play (I was a complete noob back then). Non the less I ploughed on with it and have never really played much else as regards to raiding.
Deathknight tanks aren't the best tanks in the patch, I'll admit that much, but we do have some interesting abilities for aoe (albeit the aggro somewhat nerfed this patch) and have some good survivability and self healing. We have some good personal CD's and ofc the CR! While we may not have much in a sense of raid wide CD's we bring what we can through talents, with some being quite important on specific fights! (AMZ on Thok, Asphyxiate on Galakras, Nazgrim and others including Garry).
When it comes to abilities, with a tank its a little different when it comes to priorities. But I guess what I go by is Survive, Keep aggro, Minimize Damage taken and therefore healing required, support the raid and then deal as much damage. This pretty much sums it up so anything that aids with this is what I hit.
With regards to stat priorities it is a little up in the air when it comes to DK tanking, and tanking in general. There are a few paths I could go down but I aim for the High Mastery/High Haste route. As lovely as Dodge/Parry is, it's just a little too spikey for my liking. I find that Haste smooths things out a little. I do however constantly check around the internet and if something appears that is miles above the others, I will check it out and have a try! I constantly ask my healers to see if my changes that I have implemented have made a difference and I always get a "nope" back at me, which leads me to believe that there is not much difference with the different paths.
Raid experience: I'm currently 1/14 HC in SoO with my current raid. Previous to 5.4 I was not in a raid group capable of killing many bosses when they were current.
My favourite raid by far is ICC and I don't think that will ever change. I took a break in Cata due to it being terrible imo and RL commitments and I wasn't playing in BC sadly, and with the guild I'm in, previous to 5.4 it was impossible to kill any bosses of current content. I have always told myself to move to a different guild and maybe this is the time?
Guild history: I started in a guild called Rogue Traders when I first joined the game, that was due to a real life friend being in that guild. Shortly after I hit level 80, I moved to a guild called VanquÃsh and started raiding ToC. This was when I didn't know much at all about the game, I was young and naive and this was where I learnt the basics of WoW and raiding. We managed to get to Deathbringer Saurfang within the week that ICC was released (it was released in stages) but a day after doing this, the guild leader decided to move realms and disband the guild. So after leaving there, I joined my current guild, The Orgrimmar Massive, due to having my RL friends and the friends I'd made in Rogue Traders being in there (there was a bit of a guild merge) and I've been there ever since struggling through content until 5.4, when we had a raid meltdown and ended up merging Horde Evolutions with us due to their raid melting down also. This brings us to where we are now. I currently raid lead team 1 which consists of 5 HE players, 3 TOM players and 2 players pulled from another guild, S T O R M.
When can you play: I can raid Weds, Thurs, Sat, Sun from 20-23h ST if that's what is needed, and get back from work on Mon, Tues, and Fri at ~ 22:30 ST. I currently raid Weds/Sun 20:00-23:30/19:00-23:00 ST with the team I'm in.
Where are you from: England! Woot!
Age: 19, 20 in less than a month.
About you: Damn I suck at these things. Well I'm Moose (as people call me), or Joey in real life. I currently work in a fish and chip shop after dropping out of Uni. I'm just taking a little break from academic work atm! I live in a small town in the middle of nowhere up in the lovely place of North Yorkshire. I've never lived outside of Yorkshire (ha go me!) but I do quite like that. I sometimes have strong opinions and usually will put them across in some way shape or form. I've been told I can be a little too strong, but it seems to run the raid okay. I try not to upset people (because who wants that?!) but if something needs to be said, I will say it. I can be very blunt and I have been told I'm a marmite person, you either love me or hate me! This all doesn't sound too great but I guess I am who I am. I can step up and be a leader if needed and quite like that, but I will also sit back and be quite if required. I'm into most things computer/console. I have a PS4 with most of the games so if you do too then sweet! Lets have a game together! I love Tea and Beer, especially on raid nights! Also, I'm reliable and will never mess anyone around.
Why do you want to join and what do you expect from the guild: The main reason I want to join is because of the raiding. I'm just going to throw it out there, I like progression, I like gear. I want to be one of the best but I have a real life that can sometimes conflict with this! I also feel like it might be time for a change from the guild that I am currently in. But my mind still isn't 100% on this atm.
UI and keybinds: Shoot me now, I have never actually set up keybinds because I have found it has never really impacted my playstyle. I have always told myself that I will continue how I play until the point when I feel that complete keybinds will be necessary. This is mainly due to the fact that it will, admittedly, take me a while to get used to that way of play.
This is my UI out of combat:
Anything else: I'm not 100% sure if I even want to move yet in all honesty. I have many alts and this character all in one guild, I have many friends here and I lead raid team 1. We did amazingly well through normal SoO to say we were a new team (cleared it within 6 weeks of setting up) but we have moved to HC and seemed to have hit a brick wall. A lot of it has been the issue that we have 10 players and no more, so if one person is out, we can't raid HC. I'm wanting to try it after christmas and see if things pick up, but if they don't, I feel like this is the time for me to finally make a move and make more progression personally.
. You said you wanted to try after christmas and see if things pick up; any news about the situation?