Quote Originally Posted by Sebazy View Post
Progression raiders will figure out and settle on an optimal meta irrespective of how marginal the gains are and the sheep will follow it as gospel.
Maybe, but the issue we have at the moment is that the 'meta' (with regards to certain classes at least) is 100% correct... i.e. you can't point to WHM and say they have anything siginificant over AST; you can't point to MNK and say their personal DPS is worth dropping a NIN/DRG/MCH for; you can't point to PLD and do anything but laugh (am mostly happy with 4.0 PLD buffs btw)... so yes, while their will always be a 'meta', there should also always be an alternative... i.e. you should be able to point to WHM and say, they may not be 'meta' but they do have <significant advantage> over AST and SCH.