Warrior Application. Seeking new home to blossom and a place that I can contribute!

Alakuu — Mon, 06/08/2009 - 08:30

Character Info

Name:

Duriden

Server:

Gorgonnash

Race:

Dwarf

Class:

Warrior

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?:

Mods are tools, to help improve our view of the fight and assist our performance, they're great and without them things would be much more complicated.

PvE

Raid Experience:

All vanilla wow, BC, and wrath of lich king five man instances.
I raided in Vanilla WoW.
Completed Zul’Gurub, Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj, Molten Core, Blackwing Lair, Temple of Ahn’Qiraj Up to Twin emperors. I was playing as an arms warrior and a protection warrior.
I led Zul’Gurub, Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj, and Molten Core raids weekly with major success.

Burning Crusade I raided Karazhan.
Magtheridon’s Lair, Gruul’s Lair, Tempest Keep: The Eye, Serpentshine Cavern, Hyjal Summit (to Archimonde), Black Temple (Illidan to 27%).

Wrath of the Lich King I have raided completed 2Drake Obsidian Sanctum
All of Vault of Archavon, Including the New Boss on both 10 and 25man flavors.
All of Naxxramas.

Personal

What timezone are you in?:

Ohio

Tell us a little about yourself.:

My name is Marshall. I am 19 years old and male. I live in a small country town and have for a large part of my life.
I’m not going maybe a little too compassionate but I am a fighter, I like to see performance and people doing as best as they can, I don’t really like a laziness under performances and a good thing if you’re here to do something give it 100% if not go home.
As many ways in words I can use articulate why am. BUT the best way to get to know me is really simple touch me and then in game and easily get along with an pretty decent conversations.

Open/Closed:

Closed

re: Duriden - app denied

Shihli — Sun, 01/03/2010 - 04:31

No activity in months means no invite, sorry.

Shameless bump

Alakuu — Wed, 08/26/2009 - 12:46

Yes its a bump yes I know they're useless. No I can't make bumps less useless but maybe this will make it a little less useless?

+50 DKP for Aidin style

Aidin — Wed, 08/26/2009 - 13:26

+50 DKP for Aidin style bump....

Aidin approves.

Good to hear lol

Alakuu — Fri, 08/28/2009 - 18:57

I just love that pic, it makes me realize how wonderful truly random placement of objects can lead to completely funny situations.

Something to Work on

Dragon — Mon, 06/29/2009 - 07:50

Here is a link to the late night kill of Kel'Thuzad finally last night.

http://wowwebstats.com/hzflfc1fetzay?s=1264332-1314828&bl=1264332&filter...

What this tells me is that you REALLY need to pummel more. You are in beserker stance with a much steadier rage generation than an arms warrior.

In general Arms warrior's should be the very last people on interupts due to just how much of an impact it has on their dps. That being said I still did it but I would like to see more from you :D

Agreed.

Alakuu — Mon, 06/29/2009 - 08:23

I completely agree. My big problem right now is wow isn't working right at all with my internet. All of tonight I've been running at 500-1500 ping. But only in WoW. Vent and CS are showing a good 150-200 ping; So I'm going to look into why WoW is showing lag where everything else isn't.
Towards the last two attempts I stoped pummeling when my CD was down and was attempting to hit it when I saw the Cast bar get past 75% but with my lag I think 99% of the pummels I threw were a second two late or something.

I'm going to call Alltel and find out whats going on. Wow was working fine a few days ago and now I've got this obsurity that people on timewarner or Comcast are having and I don't understand why =(

Yah looking through WWS. My connection was running decent 270's ms from sap to when the main Malt raid broke, then that 10minute or so wait seemed to do weird stuff. But than again my connection has been choppy all night.

Blizzard or maybe Alltel is messing with my connection and its just unexceptable

Somewhat fixed.

Alakuu — Wed, 07/01/2009 - 18:46

So its somewhat fixed. I've got a lemon antenna that died aparently so I'm getting a lack there of signal. Did a few changes with the setup and things are working decently but till my refunded antenna comes in I can't say its as good as it can be.

Working connections are useful!

Alakuu — Sun, 07/05/2009 - 10:40

So new antenna is up. Ended up buying a dualband Yagi antenna and a long mast to put it on. Things or working pretty great. And no ingame lag anymore. Its useful being able to pummel in pvp once again!

We like ya, just need some

garreth — Sat, 06/27/2009 - 22:56

We like ya, just need some more runs with ya :) I know you're hear and have you on my friends list.

Is there a lack of...

Alakuu — Sat, 06/27/2009 - 17:56

Is there a lack of info? Did I miss something? Not sure what more you want to see from me and the lack of overall comments is leaving me to draw a blank. I've had bad luck getting into your guys' raids. And the whole not knowing what raids I'll get into is pushing me to do the raids pug side instead in attempts to get my gear furthered to ensure better performance.

If you guys want tell me and I'll lay off all raids for a week. But I don't like missing opertunities to improve myself.

I'm not looking for gear I'm looking for a place to improve my play and have a home. But you guys want to see performance and so I'm going to try and achieve 110% performance. One way or another.

Sit tight, our application

Shihli — Sat, 06/27/2009 - 19:40

Sit tight, our application process tends to take a long time because more often than not, the people we invite quickly turn into dramatic shitheads and bail. The long application process makes sure that if people apply, they actually WANT to be here.

I'll let you in on a little

Nellem1 — Sat, 06/27/2009 - 18:25

I'll let you in on a little inside info Duri, it took me over 3 months of application time before I was even considered for guild acceptance. I think in total, I spent about 6 months on the watch list before I got an invite. Be patient, if we like you enough.. you will get the invite. =D

Sorry duri, we didnt have

bluetouguyss — Sat, 06/27/2009 - 20:13

Sorry duri, we didnt have enough for a 25 man today so we had to go with our mainly core group. I would really like to see what you got but with the lack of people on lately on sat mornings it has been hard to get in as many guild apps. We will be running again inn 3 weeks (4th of july then guild meetup) and we will try again to get you in.

Like nellum it took me over 3 months to get a ginvite after I apped. It can be frustrating but I am glad I stuck it out. Downfall is a blast, the people are awesome and very skilled! This is the guild you want to be in!

Duri is definitely a good

Nellem1 — Mon, 06/22/2009 - 10:55

Duri is definitely a good guy, with a lot to offer. I've had the chance to talk to him quite a bit in the past month or so, and his knowledge level of the game is outstanding. To go along with the fact that he's continually pushing to make himself the best. Two thumbs up.

Thanks for the support!

Alakuu — Mon, 06/22/2009 - 15:29

Hey nellem! Finally we don't bump into eachother in a raid or 5man! Thanks for the support! Do gnomes have thumbs? Or are they just fingers seeing as thumbs kinda have to be meaty.

Turns out, my thumbs are

Nellem1 — Tue, 06/23/2009 - 09:13

Turns out, my thumbs are quite opposable. In fact, I use them occasionally to toss a finger or two at d-bags

What's your tank gear look

Aidin — Sun, 06/21/2009 - 23:06

What's your tank gear look like?

Protection Gear.

Alakuu — Mon, 06/22/2009 - 06:46

Well I can't say its great. But with the way every single instance I've done in the past 2 weeks has been; and if that continues to be the trend then my Protection gear will continue to get better as my Fury gear gets nowhere =(.

I forced armory to have me in my prot gear though my gemmage is all out of wack with all the changes to gear that I've had. IE t7 Chest and Pants. Pants currently don't have the Armor patch on them nor are they gemed correctly www.wowhead.com/ <-- = pants that I have been using.

Overall my gear needs to be Enchanted. I've both badge Bracers and Trinket in possibly one more week. Which should push my gear do something midly decent.

I've managed to MT All of 10man Naxx. And Primary OT all of 25man Naxx. Though I can't say if my gear was ideal or if the healers just managed to carry me.

TPS I can pull a decent 5-6k on patchwerk but than again I don't tank all the time so I don't know what my average would be.

**EDIT**

I forgot to put the armory link in. http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Gorgonnash&n=Duriden

I'm no expert on Tanks that's

Aidin — Mon, 06/22/2009 - 08:38

I'm no expert on Tanks that's for sure....but I'll tell you why I asked. My 10 man Ulduar group (currently on Yogg, doing a few hard modes) is looking for a tank. We'd prefer a warrior. Unfortunatly I'm not sure you're gear nor our amazing healers keep you alive in the later stages of Ulduar.

As a DPS warrior, you should really take advantage of that prot dual spec...dps warriors are a dime a dozon...tanks are always in demand.

If you're interested, talk to me about possible tank upgrades you can obtain on your own, or with a little help, if we could possibly get you Ulduar ready...I'd give you a shot at the spot in my 10 man.

Dime a Dozen

Alakuu — Mon, 06/22/2009 - 14:12

Haha very true. But the shiny one out of the dozen are what matter. I've come across maybe 2 or 3 Fury warriors in my time that actually do things "correctly" which is why its my main spec. I can't say I'm perfect though I've never met someone thats perfect at any class in this game.

I've got dual spec and use my prot spec quite alot. I've been working on my gear. Why bring a fury warrior is a big question. And my main answer is because I can ot on the fly. Which is really the main reason fury warriors are raiding. Sure I'm not a dedicated tank. I used to tank and I'm decent at it. But its not what I do nor is it where I'm as geared.

Ulduar I don't know the tank reqs and I'll talk to Noboru hes my go to tanking guy. I've slowly been working on my tanking gear as I work on my fury set. I'll throw together what I can towards my prot set. Though I believe 30k unbuffed hp is the ideal spot. Of which I'm quite a bit away from. That'll just take more 25man Naxx runs with a tad bit of luck.

I'll see what else I can get gear wise; might grab the JCing ring so that I've got full epics there. That + the bracers and Trinket thats coming will put me at 16/17 epics only problem is there isn't any 25man Naxx epics (or higher) cept my t8 gloves.

**Edit**

Talked to Noboru. My gear is quite a bit behind lacking a few mitigation stats but the big problem is my ap is low aka lower tps and my health is like 5k behind. It'll take at least a week to get anywhere near what he wants me to be at and this if I get lucky and get all the prot gear that drops in say 25man Naxx. I'll see what I can do.

If you can get to OT ready by

Aidin — Mon, 06/22/2009 - 14:24

If you can get to OT ready by Saturday...and your interested, let's give it a go.

I've also posted a mAlt Naxx 25 for Sunday...feel free to sign up!

I'll get things up to par

Alakuu — Mon, 06/22/2009 - 14:38

Up to par as possible. Hopefully my gear will be fine for OTing. I'll do a lot of research towards whats actually required for OTing Ulduar and see what I can get. I'll sign up for sure.

Awesome! Lookin forward to

Aidin — Mon, 06/22/2009 - 14:59

Awesome! Lookin forward to it!

Ulduar and Oting.

Alakuu — Tue, 06/23/2009 - 07:51

I've spend a few hours skimming the web. Not a whole lot of luck on specific reqs as to what I should have gear wise. But I've found examples of what people are doing and in what gear. I'm not to far off. I'll get everything enchanted and gemmed right and pick up what peices of extra gear I can and I should be able to OT decently.

DURI!

Roronek — Thu, 06/25/2009 - 15:31

I am in Aidin's 10 man so if you tank with us we get to raid together just like old times. :) Its great to see old friends..

Give him more shots to show himself imo.

Derchlon — Mon, 06/15/2009 - 21:31

Sounds like a fun guy. Could possibly get along with Green chat quite well, me thinks.

More shots!

Alakuu — Sun, 06/21/2009 - 13:11

I'm up to it! Just point me where you want me. I attempted to go to !!1 raid this week but due to a lack of players and torvo not being here I didn't go.

I'm up for wherever you guys want me be it heroic raids or something on my own throw new content at me and I'll be sure to learn listen and translate it all into good performance. I just have to have a place to show my work. If I'm not raiding I can't show it.

On a side note I'm going to figure out how to do my own WWS so on raids that I do pug side at least you all can pick apart my numbers and performance of what you can see...

Dead 8600gts =(

Alakuu — Mon, 06/15/2009 - 20:21

So my videocard poped about 2minutes ago. It had been glitching for quite a while but now its finally dead. I've got a 4870 coming from newegg on wednesday.

Hope everything transitions smoothly and I'll be happy getting near 150fps max settings wee!

4870

Alakuu — Wed, 06/17/2009 - 15:26

Wow. This card is quite a nice upgrade. I'm not all that impressed with WoW and the shadow settings but meh its nice to be able to max everything out and still be at a more than playable fps. And now I don't have to worry about pc lag anymore in raids woohoo!

Bump. I like this guy.

garreth — Mon, 06/15/2009 - 18:05

Bump. I like this guy.

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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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