Originally Posted by tetracycloide
You stopped just short of the conclusion. Druids will never see such a large relative increase in DPS from a single item the way other DPS classes will. Since loot doesn't drop all at once this is a problem while a group is progressing because a single drop could change raid composition by temporarily skewing the the difference in relative DPS. This couldn't happen in reverse unless the druid enjoyed several armor upgrades in a row before the rogue got anything. Given the nature of discrete armor drops this is far far less likely. The fact that eventually, after every armor upgrade is made, both will be roughly equal is irrelevant while a group is progressing, which can be a significant amount of time.
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Sure - if the difference between doing 80% of a rogue's dps and 85% of a rogue's dps was the determining factor. But lets be honest: no one brings feral druids to raids because they match a rogue's dps. People bring feral druids to raids because they do pretty good dps and are great OTs. Which, regardless of temporary dips of itemization that might drop their dps relative to a rogue by 5 or 10%, is going to be true.
Besides which, it's not as if druids still don't benefit massively from weapons; not as much as other classes, perhaps, but they can still pick up 100+ AP in a shot, which is not to be underestimated - a druid that gets a weapon before the rogue does is going to experience a temporary boost as well - just a slightly smaller one.