Quote Originally Posted by GMERC View Post

But what's the difference? Even an Ice Mage is still doing damage. They don't have to do more damage than that if they don't want to!! It's their sub!!! There is no difference between a DPS who isn't trying to do their job and a Tank who mashes their enmity combo and nothing else or a Healer with 0 total damage over the course of a fight.
If they're with 3/7/23 other people, it's also their subs, so by that logic they should be free to kick you for doing intentionally poor dps.


Let's be quite clear here: roles are not primary professions, nor the limit to your responsibilities. They are specializations that make you the best fit for certain secondary functions which improve upon the raid's primary function — to clear the encounter, generally in as little time as possible.