The Raven Council

Who is your Character?
Ûber, Hunter, Beast Mastery and Survival, http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/t ... ber/simple.

Emil, 20 years old, Sweden

To which Raid Group are you Applying?
Raid Group 1

Experience
My Prior raiding experience mainly comes from the Cataclysm expansion. In Cataclysm I raided with a solid guild that managed to get 4/8 bosses on Heroic in Dragon Soul before the Mists of Pandaria pre-patch hit. During the Mists of Pandaria expansion I decided to take a break as I did not like the direction the expansion was moving towards and thus I did not raid at a high level. With Warlords of Draenor I started with a clean slate and feel't it was time to start raiding on a high level again. In Warlords I have at the moment a full 7/7 HC clear in Highmaul and a 10/10 HC clear in BRF. I also have Kargath, Butcher and Tectus Mythic progression.

Raid Role
My Current raid role within my guild is being a damage dealer, as a damage dealer it's very important in my opinion that you come prepared for every encounter. That you take your time to study the mechanics, which specialization is better for the specific encounter. I evaluate myself after every encounter, What could I have done better? Was I attacking the right target when supposed to? This is also how I learn new things when I raid, comparing different ways I approached the encounter and seeing what made the difference. Pushing myself into becoming a better player also keeps my focused during all times during a raid.
I also keep myself up to date on how the Hunter class is performing on websites such a Icy-veins and the blizzard forums for Hunter changes.

Your Spec
1. Cast Kill Command
2. Cast Kill Shot
3. Use Barrage, if the encounter benefits from this talent
4. Keep Steady Focus up, If the encounter benefits from this talent
5. Cast Arcane Shot dump any excess Focus.
6. Cast Cobra Shot to generate Focus.

This is my opinion the best rotation for doing single target damage as a Beast Mastery Hunter.

As a Beast Mastery hunter the most preferred stats are Mastery for AoE and Multistrike for Single target. A good mix of these makes for an excellent BM hunter.

[Posthaste vs Narrow Escape vs Crouching Tiger,Hidden Chimaera]
Crouching tiger is good for almost every fight as the Cooldown reduction on both Disengage and Deterrence are really beneficial.
Narrow escape does nothing for PvE as the root Mechanic is most of the time useless
Posthaste can be a valid talent to use on fights where you can benefit from the increased movement speed to avoid incoming damage or to get a better position.

[Binding Shot vs Wyvern Sting vs Intimidation]
Binding shot is the most useful one out of these three PvP oriented talents as it can be used to stun adds during trash or sometimes during a specific encounter.
Both Wyvern sting and Intimidation have almost 0 interaction during any encounter.

[Exhilaration vs Iron Hawk vs Spirit Bond]
I tend to swap between Iron Hawk or Spirit Bond depending on what kind of damage intensity the encounter brings. Iron Hawk is better for fights where large intensive damage can be reduced to help the healers. Spirit Bond is better for fights where damage will occur during the entire fight but can be healed up quite fast with Spirit bond such as Imperator or Blast furnace.
Exhilaration in it's current state is just a 2 min healing tonic that takes up a GCD and thus is a DPS loss overall.

[Steady Focus vs Dire Beast vs Thrill of the Hunt]
Steady focus is better overall on AoE/Cleave fights as you benefit from the increased focus regeneration.
Dire Beast is better overall on Single Target fights as the extra damage from the beast helps a lot.
Thrill of the hunt is weak compared to the rest and is never used.

[A Murder of Crows vs Blink Strikes vs Stampede]
Stampede brings the most burst, especially during fights that last longer than 5 min+.
Blink Strikes can be a valid choice on Cleave fights but is not used most of the time.
A Murder of Crows are far too weak to be considered viable as a talent choice here.

[Glavie Toss vs Powershot vs Barrage]
Barrage is by far the most viable option in this tier compared to the Glavie Toss and Powershot. It excels at both Single Target and AoE damage.

[Exotic Munitions vs Focusing Shot vs Adaptation]
Adaptation is the preferred talent in this tier as the increased damage from your Pet greatly increases your overall damage. Both Exotic Munitions and Focusing shot are far too weak to even be considered.

[Glyphs]
I like to run with Glyph of Disengage for the extra range
Glyph of Deterrence for the reduced damage
Glyph of Tranq shot is useful during encounters where enrage or magic effects need to be dispelled.
Glyph of Animal Bond is also a viable option to help the healers a bit.

Off-specs and Alternative characters
I'm very comfortable in both my Beast Mastery spec as in my Survival Spec and will have no issues switching when needed.
I also have a Raid ready Fury/Protection Warrior and a Boomkin
Warrior: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/t ... ekt/simple
Boomkin: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/t ... fik/simple

Communication
Using a Razor Headset and I have no problems talking as I am fluent in English. Using forums as a source for information is greatly appreciated.

Combat Logs
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/Q9tnAJcD7PYd6qm8/


Your UI
http://i.imgur.com/eSXNNf3.jpg

Guild History
I've been in Vanity on Defias Brotherhood for 1 month, Vanitys raid team has now disbanded and I am now looking for new challenges in TRC.

Raid availability
Have no problems with the current raid Schedule

References
Heard of TRC from guild members in Vanity.

About you
Generally a positive social guy that enjoys talking to people both inside and outside of the game. In my spare time I enjoy playing the drums, browsing the great internet or just being with my friends. As of now I am studying to become a behaviorist as psychology is something I am very interested in as well.

Miscellaneous
I hope you take your time to read through my application and I look forward to hear your response.

Best Regards, Emil

Gara as a pet, he has won me over!

Hey Ûber,
Thanks for your application, we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
Also one thing I'd like to point out is that the combat logs you've provided are us irelevant as normal Highmaul isn't exactly current content anymore. Preferabaly something abit more relevant would be nice, say HC BRF or Mythic BRF.


Kind regards,
Beast.

Hey, have a few questions regarding your application, mainly the rotation section.
First of alle saying that you prioritize barrage/steady focus differently depending on if the encounter benefits from it, kind of goes against what you state later, as the rotation you provided is an example of single target dps (so there's no difference in encounter if it's an example of single target dps.)

Furthermore, the rotation you provided seems a bit lackluster, the overall spell prioritization is acceptable but you've missed the most crucial one, Focus fire. The dps performance of a BM hunter is mostly based on the usage of this one single ability.
Would be nice if you could explain your Focus fire usage (Perhaps your Bestial wrath usage aswell, as these abilities often go hand in hand), and perhaps aswell your opening rotation as BM, as you've neglected abilities such as stampede/dire beasts in your rotation.

Regards, Imbajimba

Hello,

I understand your concern regarding the rotation, I admit it was quite lackluster.
I have some more relevant logs attached this time.
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/7Qqca4Tn2r96KMRk

Regarding the usage of either Dire Beast or Steady Focus, Dire beast is used on every cooldown to get as much out of it as possible. If Steady Focus is used then it will still be prioritized as before Arcane shot and cobra shot to maximize the amount of focus you get regenerate. The reason I included it in the rotation was that I had the single target rotation in mind.

The opening should be as followed.

1. Pre-pot 2 sec before pull
2. Use Stampede, Bestial Wrath and trinkets
3. Continue with standard Single/AoE target rotation

The AoE rotation is as follows.

1. Cast Multi-Shot , as often as needed to keep up the Beast Cleave buff on your pet to maximize AoE damage.
2. Use Barrage
3. Keep Steady Focus up, If this talent is relevant for the encounter.
4. Cast Kill Command.
5. Cast Kill Shot
6. Cast Arcane Shot to dump any excess Focus.
7. Cast Cobra Shot to generate Focus.

Regarding the usage of Focus Fire I use a Weak Auras macro to keep track of the usage to maximize my DPS as it can be quite hard to put your focus on the correct usage during the fight and instead let the macro provide good usage times.

To maximize the damage Focus Fire can provide any of these criteria should be fulfilled:

* Use Focus Fire whenever your pet reaches 5 stacks of the buff.
Delay using it if there are between 10 and 19 seconds left to Bestial Wrath coming off cooldown. The idea is to wait until there are exactly 10 seconds left.

* Use Focus Fire, regardless of your pet's stacks, whenever Stampede is active

* Use Focus Fire, regardless of your pet's stacks, when Bestial Wrath is active and has more than 3 seconds remaining, or when you are about to enter Bestial Wrath.

* Use Focus Fire, regardless of your pet's stacks, when Frenzy is about to expire.

* Use Focus Fire, regardless of your pet's stacks, when you are going to do AoE damage.

As you said, Bestial Wrath and Focus Fire goes hand in hand so it's very important to use these together as much as possible.

Best regards. Emil (Ûber)

Also, stuff to have installed for your first raid:
- Mumble
- Angry Assignments
- EPGPLootmaster
- Exorsus Raid Tools

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