Chance to get epics

Most people think that everybody else is getting more epics than they are, that is just human nature. But is your chance to get an epic in a raid independant of your class? No, it isn't, just the reasons for that are not what you might think.

In most guilds I've raided with there was a persistent rumor that in MC more druid and warlock stuff dropped than items for other classes. And the warriors always complain that for their class there is the least amount of drops. But if you look at the average raid, you notice that there are lots of warriors, and relatively few warlocks and druids. And according to the loot tables, loot for all classes drops about equally, and if anything the warrior set drops slightly more often than the druid or warlock set. What happens is that people automatically count the drop rate *per character*, and not per class.

I noticed the same with my raiding priest. Although our DKP system favors frequent raiders, and I raid less than some other players, I got quite a good yield of epics out the raids I attended. That is simply because there are usually twice as many warriors present than priests, and assuming equal drop rates of the might and the prophecy set, my chance as priest to get an epic is thus twice as high as a warrior's.

Actually warriors might be a specifically bad class to get epics, unless you happen to be the designated main tank of your guild. Many guilds have rules in place which let the main tank receive more than his fair share of epics, because the equipment of the main tank is so important for the raid group as a whole. But that obviously results in the other warriors in the raid getting even less epics. With warriors being one of the most frequent classes, and being most dependant on their gear for their performance, warrior is really the least favored class for epics.

In summary, not every class has an equal chance of receiving epics in a raid, but that is for simple statistical reasons, and not because the loot tables aren't balanced. By chosing a less frequently played class, you not only get into a guild or into a raid easier, you also end up getting epics more frequently.