Quote Originally Posted by Stealthy View Post
DPS is the primary measure because many raid bosses have an enrage timer or similar mechanic which essentially makes the fight boil down to a DPS race to beat the timer. It's also a good way to see who is pulling their weight vs the gear they are wearing. There are, of course, some encounters that will favour a particular class due to movement, resistances, etc - but a good raid leader should be aware of this and judge performance accordingly.

Cheers,
S.
I have to disagree, if possible. If you got a whole raid doing 12k dps but fail to move out of any aoe damage and die then your boss isn't gonna die.

I think DPS or damage done is subjective, it depends on how you look at it.