Originally Posted by
Tyris Flare
I mean, it is a metric. Like all metrics, it is imperfect. But some are better than others, and there's less disruption for a ranged class than a melee class in dungeons most of the time. A hunter can pump damage into most packs from relative safety without worrying about most disruption affixes (spiteful, storming) or front-cleaves etc. 20k with 275ish ilvl is pretty easy with just regular pulls, nothing fancy. You have a CD every single pull. It's nuts.
Most specs can't do that, or if they can they have far less practical utility* or a vastly more difficult AE rotation (like shadow, heh) or have to tie long CDs perfectly.
The main difference here with 8.3 fire mage insanity is that I guess at least a few different specs are busted at the same time.
*soothe, lust, and nothing else is better than most specs in the game honestly. Those are things you need to have in basically every group. Compare that to the utility of a random plate melee spec and it is pretty lol. No one is forming a group around AMZ or Blessing of Protection or rallying