Comparison of squads for 5 man dungeons

[Gala]

That depends on the encounter. Some encounters melee just stack and DPS while ranged have to deal with more movement and decursing.

Ofc every boss encounter is different and makes one role easier than another
Nonetheless it's generally easier to multibox range damage dealer in a raid than melees.

There is no encounter in any classic raid tier that can't be easily managed while boxing. I would think mages would be a great class choice with this in mind. Stacking 6-8 mages in a raid is great with ignite stacks and decursing plays a big role in a lot of fights.

It seems like we agree on that point...

[Apatheist]

It seems like we agree on that point...

Sure but not because range are easier than melee. That is definitely the case in other expansions but in vanilla melee is frequently the easier role, not having to deal with any of the movement, CC or support functions casters do.

If his intent is to box as part of a raiding guild then the only two real options are mages and warriors since it's not viable to stack any other class heavily. Bringing 8-12 warriors and 6-10 mages is standard. All of the other DPS classes are limited to 2-4 slots.

[Gala]

Sure but not because range are easier than melee.

Then pls elaborate the reasons why you believe that mages are the better choice for raiding. It's a bit contradicting to what you actualy say here because according to you warriors would be easier to control in boss encounters and deal more dps than mages.
That are both solid arguments to pick warriors over mages for raiding as boxer.