08-02-2008, 02:47 PM
Fanae Wrote:Basically, you can spec however you want, but unless you can show that your spec is effective in the situations in which the group might find itself, you can't really expect people to want to group with you. I don't think that's mean on the part of other people, I think it's understandable.This is how I feel as well.
The game has progressed beyond some of the old spec biases that used to exist prior to the expansion. The old, "Resto druids, shaman and holy paladin only" raiding mentality where raiding groups outright banned Retribution, Enhancement, Feral, etc. Burning Crusade has completely turned all that on it's ear, and now virtually every spec has both a use and a place in raids.
Virtually.
Ironsong was a great place to be during the old MC days because raid leadership didn't let specs blind them. If a warrior wanted to be Fury or Arms, they could be. If a druid wanted to be Feral, they were welcome to. However, now that almost all specs are viable there is a lot more of an emphasis on having the right talents and speccing the "right way" to make those specs as optimal as possible. All this means are simple things like a Holy healing paladin not putting talents Improved Seal of Righteousness over Illumination, or something like that.
Generally our opinion is, has, and always will be that people can spec whatever way they want as long as they can do the job they're assigned, and do it well. The only time we ever get involved in people's spec or in their gear is when their performance is noticeably sub-optimal and isn't up to the level of the rest of the raid. Pretty much, that's all we shoot for: Spec how you like, do what you like, but perform as well as everyone else or what's expected of your class, and you're fine.
And if that's too much to ask for...well, I mirror Efluvious' sentiment.