This is a discussion that comes up with mages a lot because of the ridiculous amounts of misinformation regarding our specs and talents. I find from all the mages I help that they are often given incredibly bizarre orders from their raid leaders. Hell, I had a raid leader of a 8/14H 10 man guild PM me asking me if there was a way his guild's frost mage could track his icicles because he's losing 50k DPS... I'm like "icicles fire automatically who would ever say that." His reply: "Our hunter analyzed his logs and said he lost 50k dps because he didn't fire his icicles." WTF?!
So a couple questions directed at a couple audiences:
1) As a non-mage, do you feel your class has this problem too?
2) Raid leaders, do you try to filter through the BS, or do you latch on to any idea you hear as to why X is doing Y less DPS?
3) Would you guys like to see a Blizzard developer watercooler acknowledge some of these points to help clear up confusion?
Already in the mage forums, mages are in a scared state and filled with anxiety about WoD. Because a majority of us HATE Rune of Power and are terrified that even if it isn't the best talent, it might be "perceived" as the best talent, therefore become mandated. Here are my thoughts on the matter:
http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...2#post26758052
My strategy as a leader for years has been to focus on results only. I don't really care how conventional or theoretically optimal something is. If the player yields results, I don't hassle them to change.
So what's going on here, why have raid leaders in MoP made unusual, drastic, and often completely misguided demands on DPS, hoping to get better results?