[Mehrunezzz]

i felt the same way before getting into a guild that runs 25 mans. i had only done heroics with my RL friends and pug'd kara a couple of times and my only goal was to keep all dots up and shadowbolt, shadowburn, and seed of corrupt my way to #1 on the damage meters.

i died. alot.

once i started 25 mans it became obvious that i could easily be replaced with equally geared subs (we've got some lock competition) if i started wiping the raid. so i toned it down, and now i get invited to all the raids. our raiding group has excellent synergy, everyone knows their role, and i hardly ever die unless its a full wipe. priorities, man. topping damage meter means nothing if you spend 4+ hours and accomplish nothing but wiping.

ps. doesn't mean you can't still top the damage meters....if im not on cos duty, im 1 or 2 everytime.