Originally Posted by
Eapoe
Now, before I start, let me state I do not want the removal of LFR, I don't really care it exists honsetly. Moving on, the number side is based off of the fact LFR exists. If it didn't, those numbers would be completely different, with normal clears being roughly 60%+ seeing the content. Heroic probably being 40% give or take, with Mythic being still what it is. LFR gives players a reason to not feel a need to do higher difficulty. That being said, it's good for content seeing purposes for players without skill or time needed to do the commitment of higher difficulty.
Also, people are looking at the percent numbers wrong. To put simply: 70% did LFR, 40% did normal. That means that only 30% of players did no raiding at all if taken simply. However, the other way to look at there numbers is: Of the 70% that did LFR, 40% of that number also did heroic, or possibly the 30% that didn't do LFR did heroic with 10% of the 70% moving higher. To put simply, we have the raw numbers of player percentages, but we don't know the way they interacted overall. It's quite possible that 99% of all players saw a raid in some format thru LFR/Normal/etc. If you think that is stretching, keep in mind that just like all the players who do LFR might not go into a higher difficulty, there's normal+ raiders who never step foot in LFR. Before you say "you idiot!" or "that's horseshit," keep in mind this isn't an even 100% playerbase. The totals go to 135% (for those that don't want to do the basic math).