krqllebqlle wrote:
Oh and FYI, the gap in gearlevel was bigger pre TBC, so no, all 40 man would have to do their best, at least in BWL, AQ and Naxx (and MC before ZG got introduced), or else it would lead to a misreable FAIL. TBH in TBC the instances are so closely geared, that it's only the fewer numbers that forces people to play properly...
In BWL back pre-TBC, we had 8 or so folks who sucked so bad that they would have been more useful AFK in the corner and we still had no problem downing Vael. Believe me, back then, a good chunk of your raid could fail hardcore and you'd still down bosses.
Can't say anything about raids beyond that, but I have heard that the same level of fail could be maintained and you'd still down things until late AQ40.