Originally Posted by
Naraga
Also something interesting to think about for the "Its not mandatory crowd".
Wbuffs aren't mandatory either yet there is an incredible number of guilds that cannot clear Naxx without them. I know all of you will probably be in guilds that do 15/15 in one night with no wbuffs, consumes and while missing 15 players but for the majority of naxx clearing guilds its the difference between 13/15 and 15/15 as they have to go and get rebuffed in order to kill Saphiron.
You can make an argument as to whether this is good or bad but the reality is that the majority of these guilds will rather require or "incentivize" their members to get wbuffs than accept they will not progress beyond 6/15 without them, in essence making them mandatory for a large group of raiders. And this is for content that was not balanced around Wbuffs.
Now question yourself, will the majority of guilds accept not downing Brutallus over requiring their members to have leatherworking?