The above list was compiled from http://www.wowmetero
nline.com, through a long, manual, painstaking process. I have confidence in my data, and wish to explain a few of the methods.
First, the runs are of the top 100 Guild kills of Professor Putricide. As such, I think it is logical to conclude that no one in this data set was carried. Every spec had to at least pull its own weight to make it onto that list. There are a few surprises (a subtlety rogue?!), and much of what you would expect.
This is not qualitative data, purely quantitative, I can't tell you WHICH spec performed the best, however if the top Guilds were running with that player for a top 100 kill you can bet your hard earned money that they deserved the spot. Every class was needed, and the representation was fairly similar throughout (no raid with 15 rogues, or mages).
Onto some quick Q&A:
How was the data gathered?
--- The data was gathered manually, probably much in the same way the 1st post that inspired this was, I just went one step deeper. I viewed, and copied, all raid information. Then I parsed it out, verified its accuracy, and compiled the list you see before you. The entire excel spreadsheet I used will be available soon (just have to host it somewhere). I will provide a link at the bottom of this post when available.
How thorough was verification?
--- I verified every raid individually (to check that class composition and specs were correct), and then I verified the data as a whole (no missing members, no class specs that didn't total their primary class). There is ALWAYS room for error, especially considering this was a largely manual process, however I believe I have provided the best data I was able to within a reasonable amount of time.
But wait, your class breakup is (maybe) different than the Top 100 "Who's Raiding" thread!?
--- I didn't verify, but this is entirely possible. The Top 100 Guild PP kills could have easily changed in the last 2-3 days (probably not by much, but it is possible). The best and the brightest raiders are always competing, if I ran this next week it would probably be different.
Could you check you X boss in Y dungeon?
--- If this data is received well and perceived by the community as useful in their discussions, I would be willing to potentially gather more data on other bosses in the same manner. It is no easy task, but it is relaxing to compile some statistics now and then. I myself am not a hardcore raider, I'm working through ToC on my 3rd alt now, and helping some friends level, so I really have no stake in the outcome of this dataset. I have not fought Professor Putricide, and probably won't for some weeks.
Why the Damage Dealing boards?
--- I play a Disc Priest now, but some of the best conversations (and heated ones) come out of this board. It is as much at home here as anywhere.
Known Problems with the Data:
1. Feral Druids: There is no way to tell tank apart from DPS. You can use your imagination with the other class breakdowns to figure out similar classes with tank and dps melee roles, but it is speculation.
2. Tank DK vs. DPS DK: The DPS surely outweighs the tank, but as with the druids, you cannot be sure which one is a tank, and which is a DPS. I think, given popular builds, you can make educated guesses.
3. Subtlety Rogue and some Arms Warriors?!: These were not mistakes, they were in the data. There were 2 Arms Warriors in the top 25 kills, but the Subtlety Rogue did not appear till further in the dataset (I only seperated the first 25 out, while I was testing my methods).
Since it was requested (people couldn't believe it!) here's the proof of the subtlety rogue:
http://www.wowme
teronline.com/combat/
11222879#damageout
It is the 97th best raid calculated in my numbers above.
From Lhivera deeper in the thread:
Q u o t e:
Just a list from top to bottom spec-wise:
205: Mage/Arcane
161: Hunter/Marksmanship
158: Death Knight/Unholy
157: Rogue/Assassination
152: Paladin/Holy
145: Priest/Shadow
136: Druid/Restoration
117: Warlock/Affliction
110: Druid/Feral Combat
106: Priest/Holy
106: Paladin/Retribution
105: Warrior/Fury
104: Warrior/Protection
97: Shaman/Elemental
94: Shaman/Enhancement
83: Average
82: Shaman/Restoration
80: Paladin/Protection
75: Rogue/Combat
69: Druid/Balance
66: Warlock/Demonology
54: Priest/Disc
38: Death Knight/Blood
35: Hunter/Survival
16: Death Knight/Frost
13: Warlock/Destruction
10: Mage/Fire
8: Warrior/Arms
1: Rogue/Subtlety
0: Mage/Frost
0: Hunter/Beast Mastery
As promised, the excel spreadsheet can be gotten below:
http://www.mtco.
com/~ckitch/wow/WoWDa
ta.xlsx
(When I tried to download it, it wanted to save it as a .zip, make sure you rename it to .xlsx which is Excel 07's format)
The spreadsheet is not that interesting, it is simply a list of parsed data from the websites and then some formulas dividing it.
