Character Name: Kedreeva
Class: Druid
Primary Spec: Feral (tank) – 0/60/11
Armorylite Profile: http://armorylite.com/us/Ysera/kedreeva
Full Profile: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Ysera&n=Kedreeva
Nicknames: Ked,
Kedders, Kedster, Keddie Bear, Angerbear, Mei
UI Screenshot:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/SparkleItamashii/WoWScrnShot_011409_190214.jpg
Yes, I use a default
UI. I find this to be the least obtrusive and distracting to me. For the first
year of my game play, I had a computer that wouldn’t do add ons
at all. I got really used to my screen looking this way and have not yet found
a need for anything more. I use Omen threat meter and Deadly
Boss Mods, but I keep both turned off unless I am
running an instance. If there are others I need, I would just have to be told
which.
On the action bars-
left side bottom is bear oh-shit-healing!keys
and a few buffs, right side bottom are questing item links I switch for dailies.
Right side vertical bar is for things I typically use out of combat. As you may
have guessed, I’m a miner and an herbalist.
Previous raiding: Kedreeva was raised as an alt to my hunter, who was raiding
into T6, and as she was not allowed into the main raid group, she didn’t make
it very far in BC. I went into T5 pre-nerf, as that’s
about where I was at gear-wise, and where my friends were socially. Post-nerf I explored T6 with an off-guild just to see the place.
Post expansion, I have raided Arc 10/25, Sarth 10/25
and Naxx 10 (full clears). I have yet to set foot
inside an organized Naxx 25, and though I have the
key to Maly 10, have not been to 10 or 25. I have
done my best but there is only so much I can do alone.
WWS Parses: None available.
Consumables:
Blackened Dragonfin (+40 agi/stam),
Elixir of Mighty Agility(+45agi)/Elixir of
Protection(+800 armor). It might be cheaper to flask, but I find the for druid
tanks, it is cheaper in all senses of the word.
Tell us about your last guild(s) and the history with why are
you choosing us over them:
My decision to leave
<Citadel> was not made lightly, nor was it made in tandem with my
decision to apply here. They are separate decisions; whether or not I join
<Midwinter>, I would not have stayed with <Citadel>.
If the question arises
whether or not I would go back to them if an opportunity presents itself, the
answer is absolutely not. I will be honest and say that I do now and will
forever consider them to be my family; we have been through enough to have
earned that sort of bond. But I will not raid with them again.
Tell us how you play your class, and how it makes you
stand apart from others:
Kedreeva was born to be feral; she has been a tank
since her first talent point. I grew up feral, learning the ins and outs of the
spec. I strive to be a good, patient tank that isn’t easily forgotten. I think
it’s worked; I find it rare to log in without someone asking me to tank
something.
As for the
particular mechanics of how I play my class, my first objective is generally to
lay out a lead of threat (usually via maul-mangle-lacerate) on a main target so
the DPS don’t pull and enough on the rest (via swipe, glyph of mangle hitting
additional targets) that the healer won’t pull while I tab lacerate and mangle
through the crowd, swiping and mauling in between counts. I rarely have to use
my AoE taunt and typically rely on omen and growl to
keep errant mobs beating on my head instead of the members of my party or raid.
I gem and enchant
for stamina and agility, with stamina first and agility second. All of my gems
except for one are stamina (and the 1 is a red +16 agi
gem to keep my meta active). I’m currently using the
+32 stam/2% armor meta. I’ve put some consideration
into the +32stam/2% less spell damage taken meta, but
I haven’t had enough of a problem with spell damage to make a change.
The best quality I
have is a deep love for my class and for my spec. I love to tank as a druid. Whatever
it is, if I can tank it, I am in fatty-form, knee deep in mobs with a group at
my back, and that makes me a happy bear. I truly enjoy heroics, and strangely
enough, I enjoy running with pugs. I never know who will have better or worse
gear, who will attack with an aimed shot after I faerie fire, who will body
pull what group of mobs while the healer is drinking. I like being kept on my
toes! I’m also pretty sure I am one of the only tanks who, while tanking,
enjoys regularly finding ways to battle rez that DPS
or healer who just didn’t get out of the fire/WW/blizzard in time.
I also enjoy running
with a set group repeatedly. I feel this gives flexibility to a run, allowing
for experimentation and learning. It is a different sort of pleasure to run
with a group who knows everything they need to do and can do it without being
told.
A final point I
would like to touch on is that of feral DPS. I don’t often DPS (feral DPS, not
so fun akshully), but when I do I find I am freed to
perform a wider variety of tasks- innervate a healer, brez
people, off heal, cleanse poisons, dispel curses, etc. I find druids to be
incredibly useful tools to have in group.
What do you have bound to your 1-5 keys?
Of course this
depends on what form I am in at the time. Faerie Fire is bound to the same key
for all forms (5) and the first four keys involve attacks or pathways to
attacks (bear/cat form shifts). Oh-shit!keys
and finishing moves get to be on the right side of the number line.
Dire Bear
Cat
Caster
Tell us about yourself. Show us the man/woman behind the character. And
impress us, make us laugh. Convince us we want you in our guild. If you don't
take the time to sell yourself, there's no reason for us to want to take you.
We've worked hard to make this a great place to raid and demand incoming
candidates prove they're committed to continuing that.
Let’s see… I’m 23
years old, I write science-fiction and fantasy novels in my spare time (yanno, between school, working overnights at the police
station, Not Sleeping Much, mass quantities of homework, and harassing the
cat), and I live in Michigan. I loves me some snow, and we certainly do get a
lot of it; my house is buried under a foot of new snow at the moment.
I love to swim and
to scuba dive; I’ve been scuba diving since I was 12 and dreaming of scuba
diving since I was 8 and met my first diver. Since then I’ve taken many diving
trips, mainly to
For the most part I
am quiet, patient, and fiercely loyal to those I love. I generally have a good
sense of humor and like to share the good times with friends. My friends are in
the very bad habit of setting themselves up to be teased, but I get as good as
I give most of the time. Though it rarely happens, I am honest about being
angry or upset and will leave issues alone until I can be calm about them. I
try to make a habit of never saying anything about someone behind their back
that I would not say to their face.
I currently work overnights
at the police station on campus at my college as a dispatcher. At the moment my
shift is
I’ve been playing Warcraft since the fifth grade and the first game, when a
friend of mine brought me a copy of it for my birthday. I own copies of all the
previous games, and I’m really into the lore of the world. What can I say, I’m
a storyteller at heart and can appreciate when there’s an excellent story to
tell!
Fun fact: Originally
my druid was named after my retarded
cat, Aislynn (she aspires to be as smart as
bricks one day), and later changed the name to fit a female dragon character in
one of my stories. And yes, I’m a girl in real life too. We exist, swears!
