The Dying Earth books by Jack Vance and the Songs of a Dying Earth story anthology edited by G . R . R . Martin . <| sep |> I doubt you ' re getting benched and booted unless you ' re in a shitty guild or top 20 . This just isn ' t true , im part of a mythic raiding guild , we have a 2325 person roster , because life happens someone has dinner with the girlfriend , mom is sick ect raid nights not over . On fights like Ilgnoth , or on Odyn where ranged dps in favored we have to make some cuts to melee , and pick the highest ranged dps we have . We had an officer fire mage and our UH dk sit out of the raid because there was a Frost dk and fire mage with bracers available . Its progression content , we understand you needwant the highest results . But its upsetting to know that the fire mage with Sephuz , Pyrdaz , norganons , blink robe is just dead . You have no more bad luck protection , no drop rate increasing to the one legendary that can make you 95 % on WClogs . Mythic raiders want to min max , being the top dps in the world on ursoc is a fun goal to reach for , but being gated behind your bracer drop , then hearing you have a million to one odds of getting it because no bad luck protection and you ' re using blink robes is a shitty feeling .