Originally Posted by
vmagik
Being "gifted" at WoW is a combination of things, and more akin to having decent spacial awareness and the ability to multitask. The majority of people who have been brought up playing computer games will have some sort of aptitude for WoW.
People who play at a "Paragon Level" are great wow players, exceptional in fact but it's not because of some sort of natural gift - frankly I find that comment slightly laughable. People hit a "skill ceiling" in WoW due to many different things like what sort of guild you're in/environment that you're being exposed to, do you fundamentally understand what your abilities do and how stats, range, priorities work etc.
Simply put; the largest factor in even a casual player being exceptional at playing their class is research and practise. Paragon are great at what they do primarily because they do the research, they min-max gear and reforges, they know their characters and abilities inside out and, above all they have the time and the enthusiasm to dedicate an inordinate amount of effort to WoW.
I firmly believe that, given enough time and with enough effort even "average" players (which is what, anybody doing normal modes?) could raid in a heroic team and push ranks on WoL. Getting to world-first level requires an amount of dedication that most people just don't have - it's not about natural ability.