I did get a big kick out of having an excellent DPS with less than superb gear - often out-dps-ing people in much better gear. That was fab. But when meters are used as a tool to differentiate between people is the moment it becomes wrong. It would be impossible to have one without the other *unless* you could only track your own results - and then what would be the point without being able to compare them.

But, this thread was about threat, rather than DPS - so sorry for dis-railing it somewhat. It's just that one wouldn't be far behind the other, in my opinion only of course. My crystal ball is at the cleaners.