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Refusing anyone that isn't the most potentially optimal for your group is completely stupid. By setting ridiculous limits you actually drop your efficiency.
Of course it is, but that's how things are now. I don't approve this practice, but I'm far beyond the point of getting upset or whatever about it. Easier to accept it.
I have a raiding tree druid. Can't solo a thing unless I bring plenty of time. So when it came to the final grind for the swift flight form gold, I went and respec'ed boomkin and restokin in between raids to speed things up.
Put myself into the queue for heroic ramparts which happened to be the daily at the time, making sure to put "balance dps" into the comment section.
Two hours of questing... nothing. I'm finally getting a whisper "How much spell damage"... and never heard a thing again after I answered.
Now... I'm sitting on over 1k spell damage in my dps gear, while being hit-capped and having a decent amount of crit. If 2k+ Wraths and 4k Starfires aren't enough for freaking Ramparts anymore, something is apparently very wrong.
I've had my fair share of being left out for nothing other than the fact that druids can't sap or sheep, so I'll be the last one to approve this new trend of elitism.
If people want a fast and smooth run and think that only a certain group composition and imaginary gear level can get them that, then I sure can't blame them for that - especially if that has become common practice and they just don't know any different anymore. I just don't think that I need to be part of such a group at all costs.
I have my guild... and we've done heroic Ramps with 4 people: tree, mage, and 2 prot warrior gimps. That's something some people will obviously never experience
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