Originally Posted by
Torchbringer
Having tested all the encounters on beta I can say your concern is valid. Most of the fights definitely favor ranged multi dotters, and classes with better aoe than us. Melee-wise theres also not much of a reason to bring a ret over a rogue when they can just flip blade flurry on and get a 50% damage increase. There's a few fights where burst is useful and of course we will have our use on those, but other than that i'm anticipating a good amount of sitting on the bench.
If you are part of a more casual raid group I wouldn't worry about it, but my guild runs a 12 man roster for flexible comps, and having finished US 5th in DS 10 man, the bar only gets raised higher and higher.