I ' m a firm believer that skill outweighs anything else , especially if you ' re in anything other than a top 100 guild . Being ' skilled ' player doesn ' t suddenly make your abilities hit harder . Like , it doesn ' t matter if you play your monk 100 % correctly if other people in your raid do the same with their classes . And i assure you , you don ' t need to be in top 100 guild to play with people who have a clue what to do with their classes . so why focus on what your class does against other classes when you can focus on your own potential and how you do against other monks ? Because a raid spot isn ' t a given for every player . This is directly linked to the first thing i quoted . If your class doesn ' t do better other classes , why would anyone bring you to the raid ? This is again assuming that your raid group is made of people playing at equal skill levels . I assume this post came from a pretty casual player and this kinda thing might be true in some casual guilds but there are tons of guilds where these kind of things just don ' t mean anything . The bench is a very real thing in guilds and often your class and how well it performs matters when it ' s time to decide who is warming it .