Skullbashing Affliction Warlock

[skullbashing]

1. Your age, gender, and time played:
17 Male 66 days /played 25 days at 80
2. List any alts and off specs you have gear for AND CAN PLAY COMPETENTLY:
I dont have any level 80 alts. Only a 72 DeathKnight
3. Armory links (mandatory):
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-shee ... ullbashing
4. Any WWS or WMO links or other clear indication of your performance in a raid (recommended):
None =/
5. We are a raiding guild and ended TBC top 200 US; it is expected you have raiding experience and know ALL fights you will be brought to. In your opinion, what is the most difficult boss encounter you have ever defeated and why?:
Thorim in Ulduar. It was probably the most difficult because people in the arena dont know how to watch their god damn aggro and wipe the whole raid. Its definately been the most frustrating.
6. Previous guilds/servers and reason for leaving, also include any references we may contact:
I transferred here from Smolderthorn with an old guild i was in, <Unspoken>. That guild broke up because the Guild Master decided to stop playing. The guild would have progressed when ulduar came out but the new GM was stupid as shit and everyone ended up leaving because of that. Since then Ive been in malevolent but was kicked because i apped to another guild. I only apped because i didnt get invites to raids even though i listen better and play better than other people. I am now in Murloc Patrol because i know a few friends in there.
7. It is assumed you will be available from 8-12 ST (Server Time is EST) Sunday through Thursday. If you can’t, please explain why you couldn't make our scheduled raid times (or why you even bothered applying):
I will be able to make those times.
8. Explain what specifically puts you at the top? We raid to be at the top and expect it of all our members. Do you take pride in topping meters, never letting the tank die, never pulling aggro, etc.? What separates you from the rest? Be specific, this will be a major indicator of the kind of player you are:
I definately do take pride in being high up on the meters. I make sure all of my gear is enchanted with the best enchants available at all times. I never show up to raids with ungemmed or unenchanted gear.

9. Post a screen shot of your UI (Thumbnail Please) or a comprehensive list of mods that you use for raiding. ARE YOU A CLICKER?
I am not a clicker. I use my mouse to move around, no keyboard turning. I have Xperl, Omen, Recount, and DBM.

10. If you have thoroughly answered the following questions and you are confident you are what we are looking for, you have a good chance of being trialed, but we'd like to know why you want to join us? What made you choose us over the other guilds out there?
Ive seen the people in this guild in trade chat and the shit i hear some of them say is funny as shitt. You guys are also progressing into ulduar and i would like to take part.
11. Add anything else you think we’d find interest, such as you’re a GM, you recorded WWS for your old guild, you were an officer or did assignments in a past guild, tracked DKP and distributed loot, or anything else noteworthy
Im always willing to put up summoning stones. other than that nothing haha.

[mondays]

You have 0/3 eradication. Why?
You have herbalism, which is not a competitive raiding profession. Why?
You socketed 32 hit (36 hit if you count the hit socket bonus that one of your hit gems provided). This puts you (raid buffed) @ 18.05% hit w/out draenei, 19.05% w/ draenei. Hit cap is 17%. Why socket hit?
You socketed a 16 crit gem as affliction (for a ~2 spell power raid buffed socket bonus). Why?
You have a cheap chest enchant.

I make sure all of my gear is enchanted with the best enchants available at all times.

[skullbashing]

I dont have any in Eradiction because i chose Death's Embrace below that. I chose it because when the boss is at or under 25% i use drain-soul. It literally makes my dps jump a few hundred with each tick (around 14k+ in raids).
The herbalism is because my last guild needed a guild herbalist to donate to the Guild bank. Not to mention its nice to be able to get flasks made.
I have the two 16 hit gems because i like to stay at 12% unbuffed. It helps a lot when there is no dranei or shadow priest like in a 10 man. Its just in case. But im always willing to replace the hit gems with spell power if you would like. Im always open to suggestions though. And yeah i fucked up on my chest enchant. I dont really know what i was thinking at the time... -.-
Thanks though, i hoped I answered a few of your questions.

[Burlock]

14k dps in raids? get this guy in.

[Burlock]

Serious post.

1. We aren't actively recruiting warlocks anymore.
2. Your gemming is bad for reasons stated above...
3. Your spec is wrong in too many ways.

[skullbashing]

[quote="skullbashing"] It literally makes my dps jump a few hundred with each tick (around 14k+ in raids).
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I meant the ticks get to 14k. Not my Dps. And i dont really see any problems with my spec seeing as i top dps meters in most of the raids im in. I mean unless you can give me a reason why my spec sucks. Im not gonna sit here and explain every little talent point.

[geng]

topping dps meters doesnt mean shit unless you give numbers.

[Burlock]

your 2 points you put into range can be put into eradication to make you not suck. or at least 1 there and 1 in life tap. both of those options are more valid

gemming for crit is bad


gemming for 12% hit doesn't make sense

why would you ever want 12? the reasoning you gave doesn't really make sense.

you do know what % the hit cap is, right?

[mondays]

The herbalism is because my last guild needed a guild herbalist to donate to the Guild bank. Not to mention its nice to be able to get flasks made.

This is better left to an alt. No guild needs a guild herbalist to donate. Especially not at the cost of sacrificing raid dps.

Trying to maintain 12% hit makes very little sense. In 10 mans where you aren't going to achieve proper buffs, they clearly don't care enough for group composition for it to matter. In a 25 man raid, you're wasting stats. Of course, if you deeply cared about both, and your 10 man group consistently lacked a 3% hit buff, you could utilize your second spec as a 10 man spec rather than for pvp. Or pick up hit gear just for those 10 mans (i.e. a hit trinket).

[skullbashing]

I only put 1 into range, and it was just to get to the next tier, Although it could have gone into Life tap or Eradication. And yeah you make a good point about a second spec for hit or some extra gear. I could pull something out of the bank if i needed too. But thanks for the consideration and the criticism. Im working on fixing most of it now.