Originally Posted by ildon
Is there really any reason you shouldn't *always* take the better player? Hasn't TBC raiding just been a series of idiot checks up until SWP, rather than gear/spec/class checks (post 2.1 at least)?
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Will not the better player know what spec is best for the raid and be that already before coming along?
I do not know how many other servers operate but right now the focus is on gear when I watch pugs and even some internal guild runs. I have run into some lousy players who only got into the instance/raid/etc because they were all epics; even if the majority of them are pvp epics. Having a plug in that identifies where the items they are wearing and where they drop helps eliminate those who simply welfared their way into their armor versus those who can listen, be patient, and do what they are told.
Too much of what passes for play today is built around "how safe and routine" can we make it. That returns the game to a a gear and spec check. To some point it also becomes a class check. The majority of calls for DPS really mean DPS + CC which routinely means mage CC. (even though I will willingly take a hunter just as much if not more) Until you form your close knit group that forms the basis for everything from simple heroics to raiding what other means do you have for measuring other players?