Just like when placing talent points or choosing DPS rotations or knowing just the right strat for certain bosses, the raid composition you have will IMMENSELY affect your overall performance. You can't run into ICC with 2 death knight tanks, 3 priests and 5 mages thinking that just because you have your tanks, healz and DPS, you're all set. Not to mention the fact that everyone will be rolling on the same loot. It is very important you pay attention to having a wide variety of classes and specs to better maximize the little buffs each one gives. For instance (since I play a death knight) I know that a Blood DK will grant Abomination's Might (more attack power), a Frost DK grants Improved Icy Talons (extra melee haste) and that an Unholy DK like myself will grant Ebon Plaguebringer (increased magic damage for casters). Which is also why caster's /hug me in raids.
If you are thinking of putting a successful raid together, you MUST pay attention to your raid composition and know what sort of synergy each class will give other players. Conversely, you also want to know for yourself what other people are giving you so you can make allowances for or prepare to be floored by the buff.
So keep it varied and keep it interesting. In time you will learn on your own what to expect from each class/spec. Until you can faceroll the raid "aura buffs" though, there's a great site I used to use when I ran raids that makes it very easy and does the work FOR you.
http://raidcomp.mmo-champion.com/
You literally need only drag and drop what class and spec you're bringing with you into the appropriate boxes and it will light up on the right side which buff you now potentially have. This was an invaluable tool for me when I first started leading raids and I'm sure it will help others who would like to do the same. What you see here is the composition of the my raid team in Pendragon of Proudmoore [US]. As you can see, we maximize every last buff we can despite it being only a 10 man group.
So check out the link above and play around with it. You'll be surprised how much extra leet sauce you can add to your raid team by just changing up the roster.
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