1. Personal Details
Name: Jared Monkman
Age: 20
Location: Uk, England, Kent
Occupation: Casual assistant in a sports shop and Diploma student.
Do you have a working microphone and are you willing to use it? (if the answer is No please stop here)
I Can use my mic and I do use my mic.
How often a week can you reasonably be available to raid? Monday-Friday and Sunday.
Do you know anyone in Lemniscate? Izzak, aa real life friend.
Do you currently have or will you in the near future have any circumstances which will affect your ability to raid?
Nope, not for the next few years atleast.
2. Character Details
Class and Spec: Mage, Arcane &/or Frostfire/Frost depending on encounters. 57/3/11 as Arcane, this could change as of the new patch with trhe encanters absorbtion nerf depening on how major it turns out to be.
Level: 80
Server: Sunstrider, EU, recently transfered here.
/Played (Total & 80):
Professions: 450 Alchemy, 450 Engineering (Sonn to be JC or Tailoring)
450 Fishing, Cooking and First Aid.
Armory Link:
Please provide a link to your level 80 raiding spec: Armory currently down for my character, will update in a following message as soon as possible.
Do you have any high level alts (i.e. lvl 60+)?: A level 80 Paladin, who I leveled over a weekend when I hadn't much to do, haven't played it since.
State an achievement that your proud of: I have 9100 points, but I have yet to see another person with Collectors edition: Mini Diablo, Hero of Shattrath (Exalted with scryers AND aldor) - I need 9 Strand of the Ancients wins for Battlemaster, PvE based achievements: All Sunwell, TK, SSC pre-nerf. 40 Exalted used to be proud of, but now I see lots with it.
3. Previous Experience
Please list the guilds you have previously been a member of. What experiences did you have with these guilds and why did you leave them?
Well, I played on Burning Legion since the game was released, I've had this account since the day the game was released too, hence the origional collectors edition ft of str! Anyway - I played through vanilla in Fire of DUNE on BL and achieved every realm first kill (Except AQ20/40), including Kel'Thuzad. In TBC I transfered realm and played in a guild called wipe faster in which I achieved the BT / hyal first kills; I was a little inactive through SSC/TK times, although i still managed to get hand of adal and champion of the naaru etc! I cleared SWP too. In Wotlk I wasn't very active at the start, although I returned to raiding in Ulduar where i completed most Ulduar hard modes, the guild had the meta, although I wasn't there for a few kills, so i miss 2-3 of the achievements there, although I have 50/70 achievements there or so. I raided Trial of the Crusader and got realm first twins kill.
4. Character Knowledge
What stats do you value when choosing a new piece of gear and why? Orange sockets, SP/Haste gem, purple: Spirit and SP. Red gem/useless socket bonus is always 23 SP gem. Haste and SP are dominant for Arcane Mages.
What do you feel your role in the raid is? Choose a fight which you are familiar with and you feel displays your classes role well and explain how you perform your task in this fight: Well, since Mages are no longer a table class, I like to be up at the top of DPS, competiting with others, I also like to offer you the Arcane Intellect buff!
What glyphs have you chosen for raiding purposes and why?
I choose the 3 default Arcane Mage Glyphs:
Arcane Blast, for obvious, damage increasing reasons.
Arcane Missiles, same as above!
Molten Armor: Most optimal 3rd Glyph. Dps reasons once again.
What addons do you feel would help you perform your role in a raid?
I use recount, Scorchio 2, Deadly boss mods and Grid and sometimes Decursive.
Apart from that I use bongos, Buffalo, Chinchilla and Buttonfacade/caith, for looks.
5.Mandatory questions
- Top 3 favourite songs:
Sweet Child o' Mine
The 900 Number
Glen Miller - In the mood
Beatles/The Jam songs must be mentioned!
Oh wait.. This was a seirous question:
Then it must be - Miley Cyrus songs, Britney, Glee Cast and Rick Astley if I'm in the mood.
- Top 5 favourite movies / series: Family Guy, Futurama, Prison Break, YouPorn, The Italian Job.
- Favourite book (one will do, even if it's just the Ikea catalogue): Cannabis Culture - Patrick Matthews
- Name 3 WoW related sites and discuss how they are useful tools for bettering your raiding ability: mmo-champion.com, mmowned.com (Sometimes), ensidia.org forums are quite helpful sometimes, wow.com
- Are you a keyboard turner? Nope, although during the Undead beta I was!
- What is your greatest weakness as a WoW player? What do you do to counteract this? I'm often weak when exposed to Kryptonite, If i'm honest, this is the only weakness I have. I'm generally very focused.
- What is your your greatest strength as a WoW player? Abaility to play for hours on end without realising last time I checked was the same time as it is now (Helpful in progress times!) And I focus well in all circumstances, especially when being shouted at, this really helps to get me going. I can pull off all roles, not just simple DPS tasks.
- Are you the original owner of your WoW Account? Yes, since the Beta.
6. Motivation and Ambition
What do you believe you can bring to 'Lemniscate' and what do you feel you can get of the guild?
I feel I can get a friendly environment from the guild aswell as a progressing with a hardcore environment, social events as well as in-game events outside of raids. Always willing to help others.
We are going to attempt a new boss this week, how do you prepare yourself for the encounter? Haste pots, more pots, more sleep the night before. Red bull, beer, jaegermister and food. Making sure I have a clear head for the night!
Is there anything else you have to add that you feel could help your application? I'm an achievement 'whore' which means I won't whine about any achievements! I also love playing WoW outside of raids so can help when needed and can be called on demand!
7. Final
- A good joke: My last application. Or.
So, terrorists....... What makes them tick?
Thanks for reading this application, and appologies for the last. Hope to hear from you soon, thanks, Wispx!
