Absolutely. Couldn't agree more.
But everyone in here keeps raging about 'maximize your dps or quit the game'. Which is just ridiculus.
In a guild that is at his progression rate, it is totally acceptable to raid in any spec you want. Since you WILL be pulling your weight if you know how to play your class.
It seems that the word casual is being used as an excuse not to pay attention to how you should be playing. I've played with a survival hunter that does more than a similarity geared BM hunter, but not by much. The only excuse you should have as a 'casual' is in the enchanting department, if you don't have enough time to make the gold for Jade Spirit / Dancing Steel / whatever expensive bracer enchants you don't have because you are bad casual.
Last edited by Exac; 2012-11-22 at 10:26 PM. Reason: Whoops, casual =/= bad.
Your guild is not a casual guild if they're trying to shove a spec down your throat to the point where they don't even let you raid with them anymore. I've been in that spot before and I quit as soon as the issue was brought up to me.
Of course i can compare simulations to a real raid(assuming the sims are fairly accurate) i however cant sim a patchwerk on a heavy movement fight and expect to hit the same numbers.
It is and will continue to be a good indicator for how much you're spec can(and "should") perform, this is why simulations are based on averages of 1k/10k/50k iterations, will rng sometimes gimp you ? Of course, will you sometimes have the stars align and beat the sims, of course.
Ok, lets ignore any form of premade gear profiles, he can just import his armory
If not using sims, What would you like us to do ? Guess ?
Either way, my point wasn't to discuss SimC (i seriously doubt spec is the OP's real problem)
It's more likely he's under performing and raid leader is seeking a way to improve his dps.
I also dont think we heard the whole story from OP.
Last edited by mmoc51f27689b0; 2012-11-22 at 10:34 PM.
If you're not pushing heroics EVERY spec can do the dps needed to down the boss. It's up to the player to be able to pull that top dps from the spec though.
i couldnt agree more on this casual part, oh its casual i can herp a derp its fine cause its casual. anyway back on topic semi, you probably did worse, you seem like if someone went wrong you'd flip. and in raids you have to make sacrifices, which you clearly didnt want to do so the simplest thing is replace your weakest link and move on, or atleast the link that wont do whats needed to succeed
Single target, demo only pulled ahead on static nuke fights, which would only be ultraxxion. (yeh, was bit eager to make a point, forgot about it)
http://elitistjerks.com/f80/t111390-...id_Performance
We have a Hunter in our guild that is hell-bent on Being MM and is always - always - last on DPS. Often behind or on par with our tanks and it's just so aggravating because we simply don't have the roster to replace him. He's a great guy and has been in the guild for awhile but when he is pulling 35k on most boss fights and being stubborn about swapping to BM or even Survival, it's just a lot more weight placed on the rest of the group when others aren't performing as best as they can and that's frustrating at any level of play.
We've actually had pugs do better than a couple of our DPS because of L2P issues and I'm now in the position to speak with the other officers and GM that pugs may be the ultimate answer until he realizes he's a burden on the rest of us and stops trying to justify his low numbers. After so many 1x% enrage wipes on Spiritbinder for nearly four weeks, something's gotta give with some of our DPS and it's no longer a gear issue since this hunter in question is ~475 item level.
Last edited by Triggered Fridgekin; 2012-11-22 at 10:35 PM.
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
Simulations simply isn't a good way to estimate his dps.
The only thing that matters is wether or not he is up to par with the rest of the raid. If he is, this thread wouldn't exist. If he isn't.. Well, the he needs to learn to play his class.
Simulations is just something stupid and elitist which have nothing to do with a real raid.
This is going to be a little harsh.
It sounds to me like you know that you could improve your dps and choose not to, assuming that mediocre is good enough. It doesn't sound like you are trying to do your best. That doesn't mean that you have to pull great numbers. It means that you owe your fellow raiders the respect and consideration to be applying yourself fully to your performance. If you don't care enough about the people you raid with to want to do better and make their lives easier... well, they probably don't like you that much, either.
Because of this, and because of your attitude here in your posts, I think your problem may be your personality. You seem to be a little entitled, argumentative, and seem like you may put down your fellow raiders-- "fuck this shit," telling them what to do even though you aren't the raid leader, making them feel like they are bad, "stuck on normal mode Tay'ak casual," or like you don't care about them, since you're not interested in making any changes that would benefit them.
My guess would be that your guild sat you for several reasons, chief among them being annoyance or displeasure at your attitude and at your lack of synergy with the personalities of the other raiders. They probably simply don't like you that much.
If your attitude was better, I would bet that your guild wouldn't mind letting you raid as your preferred spec unless they were wiping to dps issues.
Last edited by Daetur; 2012-11-22 at 10:46 PM.
Jeez, this game's community really does suck, just look at some of the replies in this thread. I feel your pain OP, when my guild was doing 10 mans I was constantly getting sat (though for me my only option would be to re-roll since I'm a hunter, my best spec is maybe 5-6k above my worst and they are all terrible). Blizzard has really screwed up balance so far with this expac and it's seriously hurting guilds and players.