Quote Originally Posted by Dyvid View Post
DPS check is an artificial why to make all roles pull their equal share in the encounter. Healers and tank have a very visual indicator on whether they are good enough for the encounter, dps is less visible so SE added the "DPS Check". If tank can't meet the requirement, wipe. If healers can't keep up, wipe. If dps can't meet the requirement, just takes a very loooong time.
I wouldn't say its artificial, its really the only way to know if DPS are any good at their jobs.

There are level 60 dps that do less than what I could do at lvl 50.