My name is Dragonfyre the... frost mage...

Stryyfe — Wed, 04/22/2009 - 07:59

Character Info

Name:

Dragonfyre

Server:

Gorgonnash

Race:

Human

Class:

Mage

Role:

DPS

General Questions

Which days are you available for organized guild events? (Raids, RBGs, etc):

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Upload UI:

Which addons do you consider essential and why?:

I feel that they can have their uses. I love failmod and Recount for the DEEPS and stuff. pally power is a must have!

PvE

Raid Experience:

fresh on the raiding scene as of Burning Crusade. ( I was still in school) since then, I have gone from casual to what I hope will become hardcore raider. RAID EXPERIENCE: Ruins of An'Qiraj - Cleared several times (post 70) Karazhan - Cleared several times as tank, heals, melee and caster DPS. Gruul's Lair - Cleared numerous times as melee and caster DPS and Off tank Magtheridons Lair - Cleared a few times as add tank and melee/caster DPS Serpentshrine cavern - once at 70. Melee DPS Lurker and that giant dude with the deadly water bubbles. ZA - Few times at 70 as tank, caster and melee DPS (full clears, never successful timed) no amani bear. QQ Vault of Archavon - Every week as Caster DPS, Melee DPS, and until 3.1 tank or secret tank (melee DPS that shifts and saves the day if needed) (also have not cleared the new boss yet with any pugged group) Obsidian Sanctum - Every week as most or all roles listed above. only experienced with zero and one drake strategies Naxxramus - several times as Melee and Caster DPS. a few times as Main tank and off tank. KJ died a lot. Eye of Eternity - a couple of times on each of my toons. caster and melee, healing drake and DPS drake. 1123 and 33335

Personal

What timezone are you in?:

US/Nevada

Tell us a little about yourself.:

Well I'm 22/M/NV I'm 6'1 Dark Blonde hair, Greenish/Hazel eyes, and I enjoy long walks on the beach. more relevantly I guess would be that I'm currently working and saving monies so I can buy some creature comforts. (a nice entertainment system and a super Beanbag chair.) after that's taken care of I'd like to get back in to college. If you REALLY want to know about my personal life, pst me in game lol.

Open/Closed:

Closed

What the heck is Malware

jaibyrd — Mon, 05/04/2009 - 15:32

What the heck is Malware Bytes Scan? Everytime I think I've got it secure you come up with something else I don't know Garreth.

Ouch that sucks... The

Ardea — Tue, 05/05/2009 - 11:37

Ouch that sucks... The Authenticator is worth it!! After I got hacked I put mine and my wife's account on it.

My new hobbie at work since I have a computer I know has a key logger and inacctive accounts I don't care about is to:

1. log into the account management section for one of my deactivated accounts

2. Wait a month or so then log in again... occationally I find that the hackers thinking they found a dead account paid for a month of service and started to use the account to move gold around... so I change the password and profit with their gold and a free month... once the hacker used his real credit card with Auto renew and I got 2 free months and the account was only banned for 2 days until Bliz could figure out who really owned it.

Most times the account gets banned before I notice it was hacked. Then I just email Bliz and say this account has been inactive for months why was it banned... and the account is restored with a few weeks of play time left... since there is only one naked lvl 60 on the accounts there is not much work to do.

Most times the hackers create lvl 1 character (always orc or human warriors) on many different servers to move their gold around. Some times they leave those lvl 1s in their bank guilds with full access.

One time I made off with 50,000g spread accross about 5 servers (the highest on a single server was 30,000g), but Blizz got mad at me for giving all the gold away... I guess it looks bad if a lvl 1 gives a couple thousand gold away... temp banned as they deleted all the lvl 1s and the gold as well as the guilds that belonged to the hackers.

I think I have done this about 4 times now (get the account hacked, take it back, steal their gold)... it's really fun! I estimate that I have taken about 100k from the gold sellers.

FYI: I got my key logger by clicking on a link in the gorg forums. Fun times.

you lost me...

Stryyfe — Mon, 05/04/2009 - 12:58

I know how to use software okay~ish. But overall I'm still generally a computer nub. as far as that egyptian text you posted, you lost me at "no script" and picked me back up at "antivirus" I like firefox though. :D I'll need like... step-by-step instructions for some of the other stuff.

p.s. I DO appreciate all the helpful advice though, even if I don't seem to. that's a why I ask questions. thanks!

Buying an Authenticator

Stryyfe — Fri, 05/01/2009 - 18:55

I'm wearing a disturbing blend of level 60-80 PvP gear. at least my helmet looks cool. talked it out with a GM who was very helpful and blah blah blah. lol.

my stolen goods should be restored within the next 60 hours according to Blizz. it's disappointing that t happened, but I'm just relieved I won't be permanently out of commission when it comes to doing stuff. <3

I am ordering one of those sexy little toys (authenticator) tonight and then I'll be back to secure account status. changed passwords for e-mail and for the craft of war. see you all soon! ^,=,^

IVE BEEN HACKED!?

Stryyfe — Thu, 04/30/2009 - 06:40

Holy crap. I just got home from work this morning and my E-mail had 3 messages from Blizzard. 0_o

I'm going through the steps to regain control and improve security via password and stuff. hopefully they/we cought it before I could be stripped naked and poor.

now if you'll excuse me there's a shit-ton of PANICKING I need to do right about now...

hope everything works out

Aurleas — Thu, 04/30/2009 - 23:36

hopefully your account didnd get completely raped gl getting it sorted out see you in game soon

emails

moriella — Thu, 04/30/2009 - 07:03

you DO REALIZE many of those 'bliz' emails are phishing, right?

Mori is right, in fact, I'm

Prime8 — Mon, 05/11/2009 - 10:44

Mori is right, in fact, I'm pretty sure this is one of the most common ways accounts get hacked.

pretty convincing fakes then.

Stryyfe — Thu, 04/30/2009 - 07:21

considering they were actually just warning me that the problems had already occured. -_-

Just remember, when they ask

Fjork — Thu, 04/30/2009 - 06:48

Just remember, when they ask what went missing:

You just had these crafted, and you are VERY upset that they disappeared!!!

I'll keep that in mind. XD

Stryyfe — Thu, 04/30/2009 - 07:02

Three things.

One. that's hilarious.

two. morals would get in the way. >_<

three. if morals didn't, don't they have logs for stuff like that?

I know, right? Your

Fjork — Thu, 04/30/2009 - 07:29

I know, right?
Your a friggin MAGE. How many innocents have you slaughtered for your 'quests? Hmmm??? How many kobold nests did you invade for the slaughter? How many magnataur? Centaur? Hmm???? Sheesh..... Morals.... pheh!
If you JUST had the crafted, how could they be on the logs? You only had them for a few hours. Those logs only really go through once every four to six hours.
Murderer.

Chaotic Good :P

Stryyfe — Thu, 04/30/2009 - 07:41

alignment would dictate that I should not kill an ally or any creature aligned with good/light/warm fuzzy feelings.

Kobold. evil

Centaur (in wow) evil

magnataur. evil.

I'm a hero! :P

^,=,^

Look at it this way. You

Felsteel — Thu, 04/30/2009 - 08:53

Look at it this way. You gotta do what you gotta do! Now get the damn BoE's :D

Keeping it alive.

Stryyfe — Tue, 04/28/2009 - 07:17

Just some quick filler to keep my app. "alive" and refreshed. ^,=,^

I love feedback and would love to hear from more of you, even the same few who have already posted.

The Drrecruit channel is always so quiet, even when there are 20+ people in it. Wow is down right now so I'll go chill in the IRC for a little bit. peace.

I think I saw you in there

garreth — Tue, 04/28/2009 - 10:44

I think I saw you in there last night. Heh, I think you caught us right in the middle of an intense Ulduar night.

Yea not much chatter when

bluetouguyss — Tue, 04/28/2009 - 11:19

Yea not much chatter when there was a 25 man ulduar and a 10 man ulduar. I was spamming in ther efor the daily heroic around 8 or so though and later to take care of a horde infestation problem around AN and OK.

I am not sure if TOrvo has set up next weekends run yet but make sure and sign up again so I have someone to look up at on the dps meters! ;)

Makes sense.

Stryyfe — Tue, 04/28/2009 - 18:33

That would certainly explain the high number of silent people in the channel. Hard to pa much attention to any forms of chat during an intense fight with people shouting out stuff in vent.

Ghli was explaining the Mimiron fight to me in the IRC. talk about melee's worst nightmare!

4-25 EP1 recap

Torvo — Sat, 04/25/2009 - 17:16

Dragon led the DPS charts on my partial parses (still was figuring out how to use them): http://wowwebstats.com/ujdfp6zbuajfw. Solid knowledge of all the fights, as should be expected in Naxx25 at this point. A pleasure to have in raid, both for his demeanor and his damage output.

Yea this guy was raping my

bluetouguyss — Mon, 04/27/2009 - 09:20

Yea this guy was raping my face in DPS!!! I havent had a mage beat me in DPS in a group since BC!!! Very knowledgable very friendly I definately approve!!!

Thanks for the recap. ^,=,^

Stryyfe — Sat, 04/25/2009 - 17:31

It was a pleasure to be there. excellent run overall. I'm falling in love with Bigwigs and quartz.

Stay around us long enough,

Fjork — Sun, 04/26/2009 - 12:04

Stay around us long enough, and we'll teach you ALL the addons that you'll forget how to play w0w without.

^_^

Quick plug for this weekend

Torvo — Fri, 04/24/2009 - 16:13

Me and others have been working to build up a weekend raid that can compete with the weeknight raids for those with fam aggro, work commitments, and other inabilities to make those time slots. Since we're the newbies at this 25-man raiding game (and still trying to gear up some of our regulars) we're still in Naxx25, but have our sights set on Ulduar25 by next month. Where we lack in group cohesion, we make up for in the smart ass department, as well as a hefty deal of sarcasm I think you'd do well with :)

Serious need of ass-kicking DPS and a great way for you to get to know more people in the guild, as well as raid with some of the folks you already seem to know. If you're available Saturdays, we raid from Noon-5 and would love to get you in for some fun times with us. Anything ending with some combination of exclamation points and 1s is us!!1

Oh Emm Gee!!!111!

Stryyfe — Sun, 04/26/2009 - 15:29

I'd love to tag along for saturday's. I can't promise anything as I like my sleep and my schedule is a little bit awkward. (I DO work graveyard after all.) But I SHOULD be able to handle it once a week and like you said, it's a great chance to get to know you guys and I still get to hang out with a few of my old regulars.

good times, and good raiding. ^,=,^ ONE ONE EXCLEMATION POINT ONE

Staying active.

Stryyfe — Fri, 04/24/2009 - 15:16

okay, if that would seem to be everything. I'll keep cruising the DFrecruit channel in game and the IRC chat out of game. see yuz on the inside!

I raided with this guy a few

Xendu (not verified) — Thu, 04/23/2009 - 09:34

edit

I raided with this guy a

Xendu (not verified) — Thu, 04/23/2009 - 09:14

I raided with this guy a couple of months ago, me and him competed for top dps the entire time.

Just an FYI if you don't feel

Fjork — Thu, 04/23/2009 - 07:09

Just an FYI if you don't feel like editing your posts. (without the spaces) is "line-break", or "Press Enter". Might make it easier on some of us. This is for EVERYBODY. :p

I want to compliment you for staying active on your application, being able to defend your stance on why you do or don't do something, and actually listening to constructive criticism.

I don't think it has been said thus far, but the place to start is /join dfrecruit as well as staying active on the site and on your application. You're doing good so far, let's hope your skillz can match your attitude. :-) Good luck!

Please bear in mind I am not an officer and my random meaningless opinion is just that, meaningless. But good advice though.....

Please keep in mind that this

Alprazalam — Wed, 04/22/2009 - 23:05

Please keep in mind that this post is in good heart and should be taken as constructive criticism.

A caster without Quartz?? Did I understand that correctly?? Get Quartz, its awesome for any caster, and I know some melee that uses it as well. Another mod you may want to look into is Scorchio2. It is a very clean, simple layout with timers that shows scorch debuffs, Living Bomb, Ploy, etc. etc on ALL enemies around you. It will even keep track of your Hot Streak procs. I've also heard that ClassTimers will do the same thing, but I haven't tried it personally yet. While I'm on the subject of addons, don't get overwhelmed when you download all these things and then login to see your UI screwed up. Get in touch with someone, a lot of people in guild know and understand what a lot of these addons do and what they look like.

QUESTIONS!!!!!

Do you use RAWR¿?

When you respec DO NOT GO FFB. Go TTW/FB spec. It plays almost exactly the same as FFB, just you have to stack more hit and you don't have IV. (I <3 IV) and you gotta pay attention to your mana.

Secondly, I'd like to know when you pop your trinkets/CDs. Do you have them macro'ed into your main nuke or do you pop them at Heroism? Crap like that.

If you are in raid with an Arcane mage named Alprazalam, are you going to put your Focus Magic buff on him?

I haven't looked at your gear yet, nor do I plan to until I run something with you, but do you know what stats are best for a Fire mage? If not, FIND OUT.

PLS get grid and find a mouseover macro for decurse. It is a MUST!!!! You can also make a mouseover for slowfall, makes it extremely easy to save your pal from extreme embarrassment on Thadius. You'll start loving grid once you find out how it works and what all it can show you. I not only use Grid for decursing, but I also have mine to show the mana bars of each individual, that way I know if any of the healers needs an innervate that I'd LOVE to have. (I try not to take shit away from the people that keep us all alive =P)

Thats about all I can think of for now. Hit me up in game sometime and lets run something. My mage's name is Alprazalam. Long name, but at least I didn't put Dragon in it.

What are you trying to say?

Stryyfe — Thu, 04/23/2009 - 06:42

Lol, so I have a dragon fetish and found a name that wasn't already taken. sue me.

back to your serious points. if you didn't see it on my screenie, I don't have it. I've never even heard of quartz or rawr, but please feel free to educate me on their uses.

when it comes to timing and cooldown management, I generally do it myself. and I do try and sync them up with heroism.

as for your suggestion to change my spec, give me some reasons as to why it's better? instead of "you need to stack more hit for it" I appreciate constructive input to be sure, just don't recommend something and leave me in the dark about it.

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YES) It makes me feel more immersed in the game lore.

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YES) It encourages more PvP! (Please explain how in comments)

YES) I miss riding my ground mounts.

MAYBE) If you make all of my flying mounts able to be ground too.

MAYBE) if ground mounts are sped up to 200% speed (or higher)

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