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Aloriisa - warrior tank/dps

Aloriisa — Fri, 10/31/2014 - 17:08

Character Info
Name: 
Aloriisa
Server: 
Hyjal
Race: 
Draenai
Class: 
Warrior
Role: 
DPS
General Questions
Tell us a little of your history in WoW.: 
I used to play very serious back in wrath was in a top 1-2 guild on the server sargeras. At that time I played a holy priest. Started the warrior as an alt tank and ran many alt runs with the guild at the time. Had to leave the game due to change in hours. I played a little in Cata but not serious at all. For most of Pandaria I played in non serious guild with friends. My work schedule has now changed to so that I am able to raid any night so I am trying to be serious again in WoD.
How do you feel about the state of your class in the game?: 
All during Pandaria I have enjoyed where warriors were at because at low item levels you could compete as arms and once you got to higher gear levels you could destroy as fury. The changed for WoD I have seen so far for warriors are even better because they have made them a little less proc reliant.
What led you to our guild and what would you like to accomplish with us?: 
I have a friend in your guild Hadoukenn/Truesnipe since he has joined I have been able to run a few flex/normal runs with your guild and I enjoy your raid leaders. There also seems to be a lot of fun while raiding and people still get their stuff done.
Which days are you available for organized guild events? (Raids, RBGs, etc): 
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
UI
Upload UI: 
Which addons do you consider essential and why?: 

DBM - required to raid at a high level(or any level)
Grid - Very customizable addon for raid frames
Bartender - allows movement and arranging of bars to separate important abilities
Spell Flash - used to show important procs and buffs

What do you like in particular about the UI you are currently using?: 
When all of my addons work I enjoy having all of the extra things I need to watch for without taking over a majority of my screen. This UI helps with more vision and situational awareness.
PvE
Raid Experience: 

BC: highest level was grull/mag before end of patch nerfs
Wrath: Top guild during Naxx-ICC killed all heroics except for saph and LK before quitting for work
Cata: Casual due to work
Pandaria: Did heroics in MSV, HoF, and Terrace then stopped hardcore raiding because moving to a new state.

Describe Your Playstyle: 
Most of my raiding has been on a priest. I played through many expansions as a priest and each one comes with a different rotation. I raided as a warrior mostly as a tank and now started raiding as DPS. As a tank I prioritize making sure defensive abilities are a priority before putting out dps. As a DPS warrior Its all about awareness with procs.
What specializations do you have experience with?: 

Warrior - Prot/Fury
Priest - Disc/Holy/Shadow
Mage - Frost
Shaman - Resto

What are your most and least favorite boss encounters?: 

Favorite is probably Hardmode General Vezax. I was a healer during this fight and the challenge with no mana regen made the fight change how you typically played
Least is probably Grobulous I am not a fan of just tank and spank boss fights

Personal
Is English your first language?: 
Yes
What timezone are you in?: 
Central
Tell us a little about yourself.: 
I am 24 year old banker working at US Bank. I will be getting married this next June. Most of my spare time is spent on games I play WoW, LoL, Strife, Hearthstone and OSU ATM.
Open/Closed: 
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Elapsed's picture

Invited on 11/15 app closed

Elapsed — Sun, 11/16/2014 - 02:52

Invited on 11/15 app closed

Grasen's picture

what part of the country you

Grasen — Fri, 11/14/2014 - 10:42

what part of the country you in?

Hello

Aloriisa — Fri, 11/14/2014 - 19:26

Grand Forks North Dakota

Mehguy's picture

nice, someone I used to work

Mehguy — Sat, 11/15/2014 - 04:42

nice, someone I used to work with got re-assigned to the AFB there about 2 years ago.  I don't envy y'alls winters with the pics I've seen from them.  Hopefully I can catch you in mumble tomorrow when others talk to you.

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I'll be on tomorrow night A

badpenny — Wed, 11/12/2014 - 20:48

When you get a chance, hop in Mumble so we can chat please.

Sorry

Aloriisa — Sat, 11/15/2014 - 04:22

Have not looked at the app with all the leveling hype but I will be on mumble all tomrrow grinding out dungeons.

badpenny's picture

No worries

badpenny — Sat, 11/15/2014 - 08:59

I will be on late tonight after work.  If you're on, we can chat.

badpenny's picture

Thanks for joining us recently

badpenny — Sat, 11/01/2014 - 21:55

in Galaga's alt Heroic runs. Many of our regular raiders are missing right now and others were on alts. Regardless, we had 18 with us last time and Aloriisa was very solid on deeps and situational awareness. 

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hello and welcome

manleychaps — Sat, 11/01/2014 - 13:45

I am James and I play a warrior (fury most of the time)  I have looked over your app and your armory.  You say you use
Bartender but when looking at your UI it seems stock.  I am wondering if you are happy with the stock layout for now or if you use
Bartender more for your other classes?

I also looked over your build and was wondering what resources outside of the game you use for gemming and talent choices.  You have haste/crit in your red sockets. Most players right now do not run that build.  Is this leftover from when gems gave expertise?  It is not a bad thing; haste is alot more useful for warriors now.

You say you play prot as well. Are you thinking of going prot with the new Gladiator Stance at 100?  Right now the sim dps for gladiator is best for all warrior dps specs.

I noticed you picked Mass spell reflection for your 75 talent. Is there any fight you can tell me you have needed to use this?  I have not been able to find anything in SoO where it is worth speccing.  I find vigilance is very good for helping out the tanks when taking high damage on some fights.

Your glyphs seem standard for the most part. I see you use enraged speed; I use bloodthirst. It works well considering haste now speeds up the CD of bloodthirst. It's a nice little heal to have but it is not necessary.   One glyph I would say is good for minor is subtle defender--it removes threat from defensive stance.  As dps, there really is no time you want to pull the boss more then a one time taunt well at range.  But to be able to use your def stance as a 20% damage block is very helpful on many fights.  eg garrosh whirl

Hello

Aloriisa — Tue, 11/04/2014 - 18:31

Sorry for the late response First I normally use bartender but with the wod update messed up the settings on most of my addons. when wod comes out I will be using it again.

Yes most of my gems where when expertise was still in the game. I would normally change them but since haste is not a terrible stat I have not changed them with how close the new expansion is.

Really I will play whatever spec is needed and whatever class people want. I enjoy all the classes I have and am willing to do whatever the group needs

No I don't normally use mass reflect I was doing some solo old content and was using that talent then forgot to switch is back when I logged out.

Never even thought about the subtle defender glyph I will have to try that out. with me using sudden death and not unquenchable thirst I do not get as many bloodthirst so I didn't think that was as good of a glyph. I do like the added movement but it is also not a necessary glyph

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This depends on which site he

Mehguy — Sat, 11/01/2014 - 14:58

This depends on which site he is referencing when gemming his toon.
I'm assuming that the reason he is running haste/crit is due to noxxic.  They are still recommending Crit>Mastery>Haste.  Which fully explains all his gemming choices.
However, if he is going off of Icy-Veins (and a few blizz forums), they recommend haste (up to 11%) > Crit (% varies based on SMF or TG) > Mastery > Haste, etc.  So if he is following this, he is trying to get to the recommended crit % before working on mastery, then more haste.  Since he cant put crit/mastery gems into red sockets, he is left with haste/crit gems to put into the red sockets to maintain the socket bonuses.

Completely agree on the Vigilance talent as well as the Subtle Defender glyph.  Both should be required for fury.

I would also suggest playing around with either Furious Strikes or Unquenchable Thirst for your 45 talent over Sudden Death. While using TG, your Sudden Death doesn't proc as often as it would as SMF, so you're at a higher risk of sitting there waiting for longer white dmg hits while waiting on your Bloodthirst CD in order to get your Raging Blows or Bloodsurge proc for Wild Strike.  Where as if you have a lower rage costing Wild Strike, you could hit that a little more often as a filler without killing your rage and can still be able to use Whirlwind as an optional filler.  Or if you go with Unquenchable Thirst, you can spam BT to get your 2 stacks of Raging Blow faster, and also give you more Bloodsurge procs for free Wild Strikes.   However when you do run SMF, definitely run Sudden Death.  Your faster white dmg hits compared to TG will make executes all the difference.

Hello

Aloriisa — Tue, 11/04/2014 - 18:43

I use icy veins for most of my gemming. I don't know why but I am also a fan of obtaining the socket bonus. If it is a huge waste of matching the slot I will do the better gem but I normally think its a very minor difference cause I am gaining a little bit of a stat.

 

I normally use vigilance but I have never thought to use subtle defender but I will definatly use it and see how it is.

 

The 45 talent in the time before wod I have been messing with all three options to see which is good and which fit my playstyle better. Sudden death as a TG is definatly a high risk high reward talent. I use it and sometimes absolutly destroy  because it keeps proccing and I have also had fight where I feel it never procs. After playing with all three I am leaning towards using furious strikes but while the raids are still really easy I am testing them all.

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