APPROVED - App: Arrahlyn - by Astuur

[Arrahlyn]

The application submitted by Arrahlyn is as follows:

[Somz]

She is an awesome healer and a cool person who healed me all the way through WOTLK.

[Baihu]

Hi and thank you for your application,

A few questions for you:
1- Can you ellaborate on what your keybindings are and what addon or mouseover macros you use in conjunction with Grid?

2- Your Grid looks pretty default, what do you have set to Grid indicators to display during raids and heroics?

3- What was your reason for speccing into 2/2 Enlightened Judgements over say 1/2 Improved Judgements?

4- Armory is showing some pieces are reforged for haste while others are not; what are your stat priorities at this time?

5- Armory is showing your Earthen Ring & Ramakahen reputations at Exalted but you aren't using the reputation epics from those reps?

6- And finally, what made you decide on the Glyph of Holy Shock over Divine Favor?

Thank you again and I look forward to your response! =)

[Tift]

How do you feel about the following?

- Broccoli
- People being "pathetic"
- Side Projects
- Wiping when you and the entire raid are already ghosts
- Syrup Sandwiches
- Not Like this...
- The hello Kitty MMO
- Being....In the mountains...
- Snatching my people up
- Hiding your husband
-Raping errbody out here
- Left 4 dead
- Saying things in O-chat to screw up a certain Raid Leader while he's trying to explain the fights.
and finally,

This video -

[Arrahlyn]

1- Can you ellaborate on what your keybindings are and what addon or mouseover macros you use in conjunction with Grid?

-I don't really use keybindings since I use Grid and Clique. For those 3 to 4 spells that are secondary that I cannot access via Clique - they are all positioned on my hotbar as keys 1, 2, 3, and 4, which I can access easily. The only keybinding I created was for Lay on Hands, which is bound to my E key.

2- Your Grid looks pretty default, what do you have set to Grid indicators to display during raids and heroics?

-It is a pretty basic config. I have debuffs in the bottom corner frames, aggro alert in the top left frame. Health indicator is vertical, (for some reason it is easier for me to see that way), also health deficit/incoming heal amount is displayed in the center text. Boxes set to gray out of target is out of range.

(Doing this from memory since I'm at work, so it may or may not be all the settings I've customized. I can update this response this evening when I return from work.)

3- What was your reason for speccing into 2/2 Enlightened Judgements over say 1/2 Improved Judgements?

(Again, doing this from memory will update when I return from work) I believed I was specced 1/2 Imp Judgement, if I'm not, that was an oversight that will be corrected. I didn't notice the lack of range in Judgement since I try to stay a little closer to melee than I would pre-Cata in order to get maximum effectiveness on the LoD and Holy Radiance spells.

4- Armory is showing some pieces are reforged for haste while others are not; what are your stat priorities at this time?

Int first and foremost. I've read on EJ forums that Mastery is uneffected by 50% of our healing anyway, so I've been playing around haste since it's quoted as being the best stat for output.

5- Armory is showing your Earthen Ring & Ramakahen reputations at Exalted but you aren't using the reputation epics from those reps?

True. I honestly had no immediate need for the epic pieces. I was healing heroics comfortably, only really logging in at this time to do dailies to increase reps and run a couple of random heroics to get raid ready. The guild I was in is very casual, not more than 6 or 7 active players, with no current intentions of running raids in the near future. My plan was to be fully raid ready before apping, however I was very eager to move forward, so some of the upgrades I have available to me weren't yet purchased.

6- And finally, what made you decide on the Glyph of Holy Shock over Divine Favor?

I have both available to me, and have been playing around with Glyph of Holy Shock recently to determine which one worked best with my play style. While the Glyph of Divine Favor does increase that spells duration which is more haste/crit at the time it's up, I'm casting Holy Shock way more often (6 sec cooldown) and wanted to test the differences in keeping up conviction for the addtl healing throughout the fight, vs increasing haste/crit/healing output only during times of divine favor. I'm still getting the increased haste/crit/healing with Divine Favor unglyphed, just for a shorter period. Again, as I've only healed heroics, this may be something that will change when/if I begin raiding.

Hope this answered your questions Baihu.

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[Arrahlyn]

To answer Tift's questions:

Broccoli
- Get some

People being "pathetic"
- Makes me laugh from the memory of Somz's disappointment of people in Ulduar.

- Side Projects
Mark's excuse for not putting out as much damage as Tab .

- Wiping when you and the entire raid are already ghosts
"Ok guys we're ghosts, let's wipe it."

- Syrup Sandwiches
The breakfast of champions! (when you can't afford pancake mix)

- Not Like this...
"...not like this!"

- The hello Kitty MMO
It's Kittyriffic!

- Being....In the mountains...
Damn gauntlet!

- Snatching my people up
Hide yo kids...hide you wife!

- Hiding your husband
-Raping errbody out here
You are so dumb...you are really dumb...forreal

- Left 4 dead
"I thought you would have gone back the way you came." Thanks a lot for that SOMZ!

- Saying things in O-chat to screw up a certain Raid Leader while he's trying to explain the fights.
All I could do was LOL here because I can hear your voice stumble (and Flank's when we did it to him) while you read the crazy shit we'd type.

and finally,

BEST CRY EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[Baihu]

1- If you have important spells like Divine Shield, BoP, Salv, Sac, Freedom and preferably cooldowns such as Guardian/AR/DF & Plea bound to something or other then that sounds good!

3- "... since I try to stay a little closer to melee..."
Unfortunately this isn't usually possible in raids so the extra range is certainly felt. I've been getting by with 1/2 in both Enlightened & Imp Judgments, so I don't think you'd have to worry about finding 2 talent points for Imp Judgments. =)

6- "...Again, as I've only healed heroics, this may be something that will change when/if I begin raiding."

In raids I think you will find the extra length on the CD very nice for when tanks are taking a lot of sustained damage, as it will allow you to cast holy lights a lot more in those situations, giving you more mana for the duration of the fight. Conviction has had a pretty good uptime with the non-stop casting in raids, but this is more an issue of preference than anything!

"Hope this answered your questions Baihu. "

Yep! Astuur will be going on vacation soon so I don't know quite when you can get an interview, but hopefully soon!

[Arrahlyn]

Thanks Baihu!

1 - I've macroed some things like Guardian+Avenging Wrath, Holy Radiance+Avenging Wrath+DF (which are on my 3 and 4 keys I believe) but I'll certainly make the changes and add some keybindings for those individual spells, as well as the other's mentioned. Divine Plea is currently part of my Clique config (Shift + Middle click I believe).

3. Thanks for the tip. I'll certainly have that fixed asap.

6. Awesome! Thanks again for that tip.

I'll be spending time making the changes to keybindings, getting the available epic pieces, and trying out some some pug raids (if possible) in order to iron out the differences in heriocs vs raids in cata.

I appreciate you guys' time and consideration and hope to here from you soon!

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