Welcome to the app process! 

I like to leave the priest stuff to our resident priests, but I have a few questions about your app. Also now, handily your armory has me asking a question!

1) You aren't finding much fun in normal healing? I think the most fun we healers have in normal is Thok or Siegecrafter (when things start to get hairy in progression.) 

2) Looks like whomever you're raiding with benched you for Malk (which raids are want to do given disc's inadequacy on that fight when compared to any other healer) But also for Thok. The thok benching confuses me, because Disc's absorbs and CD's make that fight much less chaotic and spiky. This is presuming you're raiding with a consistent group and you're not just getting in on pugs on random bosses of course.

3) Just as much as raiders make mistakes, Raid leaders can often over-reach with their backlash over the mistakes, which is a mistake (of course presuming the leader isn't also making them lol.) Do you have a tolerance for that?  Do you grant people the benefit of the doubt when you're 50+ pulls into a boss that night and everyone is a little on edge?

4) Spartan UIs often point to a PvPer. Are you into that? Were starting some RBG groups and an Ashran group in WoD.
5) If no, then why do you enjoy your UI like that? So many addons, when used properly make big quality of life changes. From being able to see more of the floor beneath your feet, to being able to more quickly identify what the debuff on the target is and issue a proper response.

I look forward to the next couple of days, getting to know a bit more about you.

WHAT?!?! what just happened? I look away for an evening and we have an app go up, and down?

Let's try and restart this here, because I feel while first impressions count, the internet all needs a second impression before dismissing it. Also I'm in a great mood as it's not looking to be a bajillion degrees today and I'm just getting started on my first coffee of the morning.

Hi, welcome to the downfall recruitment process! I'm Elapsed GM of the guild and it seems others have started off without me, as they are want to do being my officers. 

A couple of notes to how this works, because while it's spelled out on the front page of the app, it's buried under a bunch of crap that we need to edit (and are actively discussing now in the officer forums.) The app process, although taken to an extreme sometimes due to passion, is to get an idea of a couple of things.

1) How you answer questions, and reply to critques.

We are first and foremost a community of friends. I know a considerable ammount of guildies in real life, and anyone we recruit is generally someone I'd like to meet (I'm both using the personal I and the royal I there.) So no, while it's not a 6 figure job, it does tend to lean towards a "jobby" feeling. Something were discussing and getting ready for 6.0 and WoD, trust me on this.

2) Do you actually know how to critically think about how the game works?

I don't care if you've gemmed everything wrong, don't or do use some ability, or are accidentally wearing your PvP trinket as you logged out. We can help teach those things. But if you can't answer questions that critically look at how the game works, how haste BPs work, etc etc, then you're probably not going to be a raider with us. That doesn't mean we don't want you along for the ride as a casual member! But it's very important we get to know you!



So that's why the app is the way it is, yes we will be changing it for WoD and trying to make this more upbeat and less "TBC/WRATH top 50 US raid guild", because.... we're not. I cannot speak to your dealings in game with Hax, and Shatner. But one thing I will say, Painhax is easily one of the most passionate players of the game I know. He undoubtedly got very excited to talk shop with another disc priest and offer tips. Because of the inadequacys of chat it could have come off in the wrong context (more of a taskmaster telling you what's what.) To that I only say, be glad you're not a holy pally! I'm super clingy and would be chatting you up over every minor beta note to discuss!

Jackburton (I also enjoy typing that name for some reason) Had a great app! (give it a look) took a couple of days of people asking questions and then me hopping onto mumble with him and a couple of officers to hear his voice and what a great guy he was. I invited him, not seeing him raid at all. I recommended the raid for him and had him sign up asap and talk to their leader. Then we ran a Flex wing 3 with him and his friend Stankylips.

First impressions, they matter. Ours here was poor. Not saying you couldn't be a bit more light hearted about things in your app. But given where this has all gone I don't feel the need to actually talk about the app answers. Let's try this again, if you're willing, to start your app off on the right foot for both of us. We're not horrible cubicle task masters, some of us are just so damn passionate about our classes/specs that we need new people to talk to about them!

OH! I did have one question, since we already have a Kilani in guild. What does your name mean? What's the origin? I was thinking your priest the other day was one of her many many alts! I'm taken back to see that was a wrong assumption.