Mine was can you easily down content as any dps. Go read you moron. And yes, you can indeed easily down any content as any dps spec. Same for the tanks and healers. That is EXACTLY what viable means. Viable, possible, feasible. You are being willfully stupid just to win an argument that makes zero sense.
That’s not what anyone has ever meant when they asked for their class to be viable, and you know that. Stop being so obtuse.
That is EXACTLY what everyone is stating. Not one person has said you will be competitive dps. Noone, ever, claimed that. On the otherhand they ARE saying, over and over, that you can easily do any content with any class/spec. The only obtuse one is you.
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Go read. At all. Ever. And look up what viable means while you’re at it. There is zero meaning that viable = competitive. At all, anywhere, ever. Period. You’re a willfully ignorant moron spouting nonsense.
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Lets see how viable your enhancement shaman is when hes oom 3 minutes into the fight
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So when people complain that their DPS spec isn’t viable, you think they mean that simply existing in the group guarantees a wipe on every pull? Or they mean that their very presence means that the group will always struggle?
Or is it possible they mean that they are massively behind other specs in DPS output?
No, they are saying they can easily do the content but are not even given the opportunity to because they are not OPTIMAL. But they are indeed still VIABLE. You still have yet to even do a single bit of research into your own argument, clearly. I am done trying to convince a wall of basic logic. Scratch that, the wall has actual value and use. Done trying to argue with the willfully stupid. That’s better.
See that’s where bring the player, not the class comes in. Guess you missed that part. Someone that knows what they are doing as an enhance shaman takes into account their mana usage and spreads it out so as to minimize oom downtime.
Hey man if you wanna bring an enhancement shaman that runs oom 3 minutes into the fight because your guild can’t speed clear, by all means, be my guest.
No one said you can’t. We’re just saying its not optimal.
And WE are saying it’s VIABLE. Hence the thread title?
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Other classes can do it better. The average player won’t be knowledgeable enough to reach the level of play required to play at the level of viability on classes that are sub-optimal.
He seems argue that the only viable DPS is one that meets or exceeds a yet to be defined absolute value DPS as measured by meters. In this usage Viable would be defined as: Capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately (Merriam -Webster 2019)
For this argument to work, viable performance must be defined. It seems that a viable (in his opinion) DPS must meet some acceptable absolute value, apparently by his arguments, expressed as a percentage of maximum DPS output shown via parsing combat logs.
His strawman argument that a dead or afk is as viable as a DPS who is performing below the yet to be defined viable DPS value.
His actual argument seems to be that new players should be warned that some classes and specs will be excluded from raids or will be accepted only by groups who are willing to include class/spec that are equivalent to a zero DPS raid slot.
These groups are seen as inferior and should not be considered a real raiding group.
Thus: Certain classes or specs are not viable.
And now we will see a line by line dissection of the above that allows more out of context argument.
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Noone said other classes couldn’t do it better. I even said that yes, other classes are indeed better. But I also said you bring the player, not the class. All of which is not disputed by your statement but it does agree with OP.
Yup, exactly.
Rets are viable, just be prepared to load up on consumables and pay attention to every mechanic
So you’re saying I should bring the player over the class in a situation where the raid has, lets say, 0 druids? Bring the player no the class right? Who needs brez, innervate, etc… bring the player! not the class!
See how dumb that argument is?
It depends on the situation -.- That statement refers to bringing the players for skill not just filling with only top end everything cause “erh ma getd ma numbaz”
I’m not necessarily disagreeing with you, if you aren’t in a try hard guild, it won’t be the end of the world if you have an enhancement shaman (save nightfall duty) etc etc.
Find a good group to take you and you are fine. If you cannot than the issue is not the spec but the player behind it. Seeing as you are a Warlock I am assuming this is a troll post and is being reported accordingly. Good luck.
Really? I had no idea that was the case at all!! LoL!! 
Does explain why classes and roles have become so homogenized and cookie cutter in Retail though. I actually had no idea that Blizzard were using Arena jockeys to run their show.
And now that I know, I DO find it amusing. 
Thanks.