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[Khalla]

I tend to agree w/ Techorse on this, least work for greatest reward is a road many players tend to go down. However, this is an inherent issue w/ a game of this kind (as previously stated above), an indeed, many other MMOs. It's the people who play said game, who try to squeeze as much out of it as they can, that create "the meta-game".

Although it's not even in the same genre as MWO, WoW comes to mind, and the PVP facet of that franchise. In the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, world PVP was introduced, and with each subsequent patch and/or other expansion you get stuff injected into the game that many people opt for instead of creating something more unique/diverse.

Going back to MWO; there's always going to be players who take the quick & easy route for money/victory. For some of those people, it may be because the current Meta appeals to their play-style. For others it might be because they just don't have the same level of skill in developing their own unique/effective builds. Whatever the reason may be, the Meta-game is always going to be a part of this game, and whether it shrings to a specific category of players, or blossoms into a giant, overgrown, poorly-tended monster that everyone and their dog seems to get behind, we'll have to deal with it as it evolves.

Speaking only for myself, I don't subscribe to the train of thought that poptarting and using meta-builds all or most of the time is the only way to go. IMHO, it shows a lack of imagination & narrow-mindedness. Now, that's not to say that I haven't tried some of the Meta-builds, only that I don't see the value in playing Meta-builds to the exclusion of EVERYTHING else, all the time. I enjoy experimenting, and that's the idea we should empress upon others. Thanks for your indulging me

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[Rizzelbizzeg]

'Metagame' is just a buzz word that doesn't really mean anything. It's like 'organic' or 'synergy.'

[Turist0AT]

Metagame are loadouts and potarting tactics they use in competetive 12 man setting.

Edited by Turist0AT, 13 April 2014 - 02:26 AM.

[A Man In A Can]

This

[Turist0AT]

Mechwarrior Mousse, on 13 April 2014 - 05:26 AM, said:

This

Not in MWO. I wish the devs were that clever.

Instead if anything is better that anything in anyway its getting nerft.

"our stats show that ppl use X to much = make X bad so ppl dont use it as much."

Edited by Turist0AT, 13 April 2014 - 06:25 AM.