Discrimination of certain jobs - your opinion

[NovaLevossida]

The party finder community is just the worst part of this game.

[FallenWings]

People having problems with the meta when the whole point of the meta is to present the most effective and/or easiest method to beat content.

When you PF, you do your best to get the best tools for the job and to limit the possibilities of defeat. The META jobs are the best tools for the job no matter which way you slice it.

Sure you can bring the non meta jobs to clear content but the fact still remains that would have had an easier time with the META jobs.

And the constant parroting of "I'd rather bring a good Non-meta Job than a mediocre meta job." Well no shitake mushrooms. The thing is that, at the same time you'd do even better with a good meta job than you would a good non-meta job. This is why PF's prefer meta jobs because ultimately they're picking from a pool of random players. Sure they would rather a good SAM than a mediocre DRG, but they don't know they will even get that, so why open a slot to a Bad-Good SAM when you can open a slot for a Bad-Good DRG which will just, on average, do objectively better?

Do not cry or whinge about the community for being logical. If you want to point fingers at someone, point them at the developers who designed your jobs and made them objectively worse.

Or do this thing were you do really well at your job and your NAME will precede your job.

#inb4labeledastryhardelitistscum

[PuppytimusLeoroccanz]

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I agree with this. The truth hurts but in black and white, it is always better to take on a calculated risk in PF.

[Aniya_Estlihn]

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What you're putting forth implies that the PF group knows how to line up their CDs, knows their jobs intimately, and isn't just sheeping the meta because they think it will magically make them better; as most PFers are wont to do.

Your post is logical, most of what you say makes plenty sense and I support it, yet you still fail to address any of the realities we face due to people enforcing the meta. Espescially when they themselves simply aren't good enough to justify doing so in the first place. Those which in turn expose that these players lack the competency and understanding to support the play styles required by the meta. You're not being elitist, not at all, but you're being exclusionary with your viewpoint and assuming that someone playing a meta job will do better than playing well someone on a non-meta job, which is usually not the case.

Bad players exist, they also miraculously get clears in high-end content and think they have the know-how to do so regularly, when they often don't.

Or do this thing were you do really well at your job and your NAME will precede your job.

This is exactly what I tell others who are worried about the meta. Make a name for yourself and quite frankly no one will care what you're playing because your skill will speak for itself.