Quote Originally Posted by HReincarnate View Post
Haha, no offense taken. I was making a point more than anything. My group has competent players that can put out above average dps and learn mechanics quickly - an ability that served us well - and if the real difficulty was doing the mechanics & not the dps check - we'd have been through with no problem. But fair enough, you do need to do proper dps while doing mechanics - but as I see it the balance has shifted far more to the "proper dps" side of the scale than in previous raids which we found more satisfying in difficulty.
That's just part of raiding though. It's not just a game of simon says, you have to do the mechanics while playing your class in the most optimal way possible. If you can't do both, then you shouldn't clear. A1S just leans more on the side of knowing your class more than the fight, I think.