Quote Originally Posted by Gorgodeus View Post
I get so tired of people spouting this nonsense. It does not matter whether you are "cutting edge" or "top world guild". No matter what guild you raid with, you want to play the best spec for progression reasons.
Unless you are racing for some sort of first clears or anything you should be able to play what they want. If you are not killing a raid boss because the mage went frost instead of fire, there is something else going on. In theory you should be able to clear the content with everyone in a sub optimal spec, it just might take longer.