Originally Posted by
Unahim
Consider this, 25-man raiders:
You can only do either 10-man, or 25-man, effectively locking the amount of items you can get based on which ones you run.
Suppose, for a moment, that 10-man drops 2 items while 25 drops 6.
Seeing as the amount of items is tripled but the raid size isn't, we get:
10-man: 1 item per 5 people per boss per week.
25-man: 1,2 items per 5 people per boss per week.
25-man is thus then a valid way to raid, as it gives everyone in the raid items faster than the ten-man raids. In the example provided the difference looks small but it adds up quite fast over time.
Also, it's only an example, blizz might choose to go with 2 items vs 7 items or something, which increases the gains dramatically.
So no, 25-man raiding will not die.
The mistake people make in this thread is assuming the "more items in 25-man" will leave the items per amount of players value the same as in 10-man, which is obviously not the case.