Eta - Enhance shaman looking for a guild. - Valhalla

Eta · Poor

Eta - Enhance shaman looking for a guild.

Nedytred · Legendary

A really nice well thought out Application, I just dont know what the spaces are like in the guild ATM.

If space then a /vote yes for trial

Gervantes · Epic

which two weapons do you use for DW?

apply is good.

strength and critt is the ultimate stats for the enhancement shaman! You have mainly stam, hitrating and attack power.

Also you have specced into elemental which I dont find more usefull than none interruptet healingspells and 3% hit chance aka 46 hit rating.

It is ok to gem your gear with hit rating if you miss some, but if you choose the right talents you wont miss hitrating. An enhancement shaman need a max of 120 hitrating and all hit% talent points.

If you get the 3% chance to hit from resto tree you will be able to gain almost 50 strength instead of your hit rating gems. This will not only improve your melee damage but also your spell damage.

I vote yes if you enchant: Cloak, gloves, boots and then stop putting stam on your gear before you reach 28% critt and 1500 AP and completely stop using hitrating gems, unless you by math can prove otherwise :). Then you also have to respec into the resto tree and get the 3% chance to hit, unless you can prove by math again, that elemental devastation and revebaration is worth more than nature´s guidance.

and then I cant see why you didnt choose last talent in mental quikness :) dont you think it is important? Atleast instead of 1 point in toughness that gains you less than 100 armor

Lol-time!

-- Edited by Gervantes at 15:14, 2008-02-15

Eta · Poor

Okay, where to start? haha.

Guess I'll go with my one talent point in toughness.
The reason for the was that I was trying to get to the bottom of the enhance tree as quickly as I could whilst still getting all the talents I needed. In order to advance down the next line of my tree i had 4/5 points spent, and the extra point went rather uselessly into toughness, just so I could move further down the tree. If ofc I can see another way around this via forums or further practice, then ill take it. Rest assured that I will be looking into it. :)

Secondly Resto over elemental.
Where I gain the +3% to hit down the resto tree, which is of course very useful, I lose the 9% crit bonus talent, I also lose cooldowns on my shocks and redecuded mana costs, as well as the increased damage from them. Shocks make up no more than 30% of my dps granted, but to lose 30% of my dps for an extra +3% hit doesnt seem worth it to me.

Third.
I didnt realise my cap was 120 =O
Was always told that my cap was 220, so forgive my ignorance, that was just a lack of research. so if you say that may 185 hit rating is good enough, I'll start working on other stats.

Uhmm, fourth lol.
If anything I have is enchanted with stam, its because im a LW and have not upgraded from using my own patches which I used to level up, other than that I'd consder my stam relativly low. I'm working hard on getting any and all hit rating I can, so thats not a worry, until I hit my cap, which then ofc I will change my aims. As for my AP>Strength, a shaman gets his AP from his strength, which ofc you knew, but itemization for a shaman is pretty bad, and getting pure strength gear is tough. Any AP enchants I have are the equivelent if not better to thier strength counter parts, but please correct me if I'm wrong, caus I;'m always looking to improve. :)

Oh forgot to mention, my 2 dual Wielding weapons are - Malchazeen (the dagger from prince) and The decapitator (Also from prince ofc). I am aiming to replace the dagger asap, as I know it is truly bad for a shaman. I've been unlucky on Fool's Bane, am yet to see another Decapitator drop, and dislike pvp, so doubt ill be grinding for the main hand axe there. So trust, that I will be replacing the dagger as soon as I see an oppertunity.

I think thats about it.
Aside from my cloak and boots, I have the mats for more strength/AP enchants on my gloves, just need to find an enchanted really.

If you need to know anything else, or any suggestions, just tell me :)

-- Edited by Eta at 16:05, 2008-02-15

-- Edited by Eta at 16:09, 2008-02-15

Si · Epic

i can doo the strength ench on gloves just pm me in game, im called "Szi".

good application and well answered on gervs questions.

we have a fair deal of people screaming for windfury while we raid so perhaps theres a tiny little spot for you :)

still theres a issue about spots available in the guild atm since we have had alot good players applying and some old ones who have returned.

good luck

Sami · Artifact

Hey Eta

Nice app and thx for the interest in joining Valhalla, as has been pointed out recruitment is currently closed but exceptions can be made so the door isnt closed. We are discussing your app and will give you an answer asap.

Goodluck

Gervantes · Epic

Eta wrote:
Okay, where to start? haha.

Guess I'll go with my one talent point in toughness.
The reason for the was that I was trying to get to the bottom of the enhance tree as quickly as I could whilst still getting all the talents I needed. In order to advance down the next line of my tree i had 4/5 points spent, and the extra point went rather uselessly into toughness, just so I could move further down the tree. If ofc I can see another way around this via forums or further practice, then ill take it. Rest assured that I will be looking into it. :)

Secondly Resto over elemental.
Where I gain the +3% to hit down the resto tree, which is of course very useful, I lose the 9% crit bonus talent, I also lose cooldowns on my shocks and redecuded mana costs, as well as the increased damage from them. Shocks make up no more than 30% of my dps granted, but to lose 30% of my dps for an extra +3% hit doesnt seem worth it to me.

Third.
I didnt realise my cap was 120 =O
Was always told that my cap was 220, so forgive my ignorance, that was just a lack of research. so if you say that may 185 hit rating is good enough, I'll start working on other stats.

Uhmm, fourth lol.
If anything I have is enchanted with stam, its because im a LW and have not upgraded from using my own patches which I used to level up, other than that I'd consder my stam relativly low. I'm working hard on getting any and all hit rating I can, so thats not a worry, until I hit my cap, which then ofc I will change my aims. As for my AP>Strength, a shaman gets his AP from his strength, which ofc you knew, but itemization for a shaman is pretty bad, and getting pure strength gear is tough. Any AP enchants I have are the equivelent if not better to thier strength counter parts, but please correct me if I'm wrong, caus I;'m always looking to improve. :)

Oh forgot to mention, my 2 dual Wielding weapons are - Malchazeen (the dagger from prince) and The decapitator (Also from prince ofc). I am aiming to replace the dagger asap, as I know it is truly bad for a shaman. I've been unlucky on Fool's Bane, am yet to see another Decapitator drop, and dislike pvp, so doubt ill be grinding for the main hand axe there. So trust, that I will be replacing the dagger as soon as I see an oppertunity.

I think thats about it.
Aside from my cloak and boots, I have the mats for more strength/AP enchants on my gloves, just need to find an enchanted really.

If you need to know anything else, or any suggestions, just tell me :)

-- Edited by Eta at 16:05, 2008-02-15

-- Edited by Eta at 16:09, 2008-02-15

1: If you dont choose the thoughness talent, it wont change anything, so I cant see at all why you have it!

2: Your shocks might do alot of damage, but we all know you wont loose 30% damage if you change your talents, you can still use shocks.
Also you gain 9% critt in 10 sec if you critt with spells, but you have under 5% spellcritt. That means you will get the buff once per 1 min and 40 sec.

You shouldnt aim for damage from your spells as an enhancement and melee shaman. You should max out performance as melee and see the shocks as a buff, atleast until you gear is so good, that you will have flurry running all time with some decent AP and not having to use gem spots on hit rating.

Spelldamage being 30% of your damage just means you do bad melee damage, even more because you only gain 20% and not 30% spelldamage from AP. This means you actually do quite bad melee damage :)

Anyway, short quistions:

What do you --enhance-- your DW weapons with? Like wf, rockbiter or flametongue etc
Your gems are AP and not strength gems, why was that?

Eta · Poor

First, my gems are AP and noth strength because as a shaman, my strengthbuffs my AP, and 1 Strength = 2ap for me, so a +8 strength gem works the same as as a +16AP gem, and the AP gems were cheaper at the time :P
My gems will always reflect my strength like that, so thats no worries.

Fair enough that 30% of my damage wasa bit exagerated with my shocks, but its never hurt to have that 2k earthshock crit buff my crit upto 45% (and I know you probably wont believe me because of percentage and chances, but does happen often, upto 2 or 3 times per mob encounter.

I can pretty much garuntee (90% of the time) I will have flurry and AP/cheap shocks active) because of my crit chane, so that wont be an issue in raids.

Ill look over my spec again and check the forums for a way to remove that toughness talent and a better way to increase my dps too.

As for my weapons Ill have WF on my mainhand and WF/rockbiter on my offhand. But in patch 2.4 rockbiter will generate extra threat aain, so that might have to change.

Look forward to hearing your replies :)

Gervantes · Epic

Eta wrote:
First, my gems are AP and noth strength because as a shaman, my strengthbuffs my AP, and 1 Strength = 2ap for me, so a +8 strength gem works the same as as a +16AP gem, and the AP gems were cheaper at the time :P
My gems will always reflect my strength like that, so thats no worries.

Fair enough that 30% of my damage wasa bit exagerated with my shocks, but its never hurt to have that 2k earthshock crit buff my crit upto 45% (and I know you probably wont believe me because of percentage and chances, but does happen often, upto 2 or 3 times per mob encounter.

I can pretty much garuntee (90% of the time) I will have flurry and AP/cheap shocks active) because of my crit chane, so that wont be an issue in raids.

Ill look over my spec again and check the forums for a way to remove that toughness talent and a better way to increase my dps too.

As for my weapons Ill have WF on my mainhand and WF/rockbiter on my offhand. But in patch 2.4 rockbiter will generate extra threat aain, so that might have to change.

Look forward to hearing your replies :)

strength is prefferable because it is a stat and stats can be buffed with kings. Also it gives block chance, which aint bad either.

You have 25% critt so I cant see how 9 will get you to 45% you will never get grace of air totem and almost never either get a feral in your group!

I hardly cant believe that you have flurry running more than the 25% critt you will have during average raids, and that is 75% of the time!

/vote no

Eta · Poor

Well you have a fair point with the base buffing of kings, so I'll take that advice on board and now replace my AP gems with strength gems.
Fair enough if I wont be getting my agility totem anymore, that reduces me down from my 28% to 25% which is my base.

25% is still 1 in 4 attacks, and with 2 weapons, thats still a high chance, so I can garuntee i have flurry/focus/unleashed rage up most of the time.
And 25% is still only my base stats, and gets buffed in raids ofc.

If theres anything else you want or need to know, just ask.

quri · Rare

this guys thinks, i vote yes =)

Gervantes · Epic

well dont change your gems you have :D and I am not the guy who can give you a spot!

But having a bad OH (really really bad), and you only say that you can get it from raids, is kinda no good :) what if it never drop? You should atleast get another one craftet if you eva join!

GL

Bigbobo · Artifact

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Bigbobo · Artifact

as u can see are we full on shamans no matter what specc..so i´ve to vote no :(

Ashibala · Hekate´s Bitch

Sorry but we are full on enhancement shammies. Application declined.

Good luck finding a guild.

/Ashi