Yeah, yeah, this is a few weeks late.  I wanted a proper screenshot and video.


Sue me.

As you can guess by the title, we've cleared all Heroic Dragon Soul content and finished World 662, US 153.  It's a weird feeling to be looking forward to the next expansion and knowing there is no more raid content until then.  I'm going to spend a little bit going over Despotism's history and accomplishments, so if you want to skip to the good part (aka, video and recruitment details) skip to the end.



Despotism was founded at the end of Wrath of the Lich King by a few friends who wanted to raid and actually achieve decent progression on a light schedule.  Half of our raids were PUGs and we got some heroic modes down in Icecrown Citadel, but nothing more than that.  I had just come back to WoW from a two-year break due to real life reasons and was enjoying the fact I could actually do damage as a Shadow Priest.



I raided during all of Burning Crusade as Shadow and it amused me that the rule of thumb was "Less DPS than Balkoth on Brutallus = /gkick," but being able to compete on the charts was fun.

And yes, I was playing Horde and Undead then.  Back then, only Undead got Devouring Plague.  How times have changed.



Tier 11 was quite rough for the first, oh, five months (which, incidentally, was when we finally killed normal Nefarian).  We started recruiting at the beginning of Cataclysm but building up a full raid roster from four people took a while.  Once we had a fairly solid roster, Heroic modes started falling and we wound up getting the Alliance first Heroic Nefarian a week or two before Firelands hit.



We plowed through Firelands with our drastically improved roster and got the Server First Heroic Ragnaros.  I also picked up a shiny new weapon.  The benefits of having two hunters as ranged DPS and no other solid caster at the time, I guess.



And now Heroic Madness is down (also Server First).  Incidentally, my least favorite end boss this expansion (or would that be Spine, as it could be considered an end boss).  But the progression is over now, we've proved we can do it...even though I really, really wish the 10% nerf had been delayed another week so we had a 5% kill (I'm looking at you, 2% wipe).



And while I believe I was the fifth or sixth person to get the Pureblood Fire Hawk, I was lucky enough to win the first mount from Heroic Madness.  Not that I'm sure any of us will actually use it over the Pureblood Fire Hawk...but at least the normal and Heroic mounts are different this time.



And Iggins was kind enough to capture our second kill.  Spring Break resulted in needing to change the strategy and composition a bit (2 tank/3 heal versus 2 tank/2 heal) and we had some new people in on the fight.



But this is probably what you wanted to look at, right?

We actually have several openings right now, due to the last month or two being hard on our roster for various reasons.  We're down to 11 people and looking to bump that up a few spots for Mists of Panderia.

1. We're looking for a non-Warrior tank, with Feral Druid or Blood Death Knight preferred.  Our current Feral Druid is looking to step down from raiding as soon as we can find a capable replacement.

2. We want one or two DPS.  If we pick up two, we'd looking for one ranged and one melee.  While we have some preferences on class, we're primarily looking for the skill we need and interest in our light schedule, particularly due to the buff consolidation in Mists.

3. We could use a Resto Druid or Resto Shaman.  Being interested in and capable of playing Boomkin/Elemental would be a plus, but not a necessity.

And of course, we will always consider truly exceptional applicants.  If you can convince us that you're the caliber of player we want, we'll do our best to make it work, even though it might require a little more rotation.  Attrition and real life take their toll (see above!), so we'd prefer to take a outstanding player to help in the long term if it's feasible.