Quote Originally Posted by Azerhan View Post
RDM is very constant in his own dps, but can't reach a high dps. For prog, RDM is quite good. This a part of the meta I guess.
You keep the BRD, but you can replace the MCH by a SMN for exemple.
When people say Meta, they dont usually mean prog.
(Though as in this case, its obviously up for debate)
So I'll rephrase it to Speed running, as speed running uses the Meta tactics.

Also, MCH is more desired than BRD, and BRD more so than SMN for speed run/meta. (most groups dont use a MCH, not because it isnt the better option, but because its not as fun and too frustrating for most BRD players. The difference is small enough that a BRD can fit the spot of a MCH easily.)

The point of a meta group, is so that you can be MASSIVELY under item level, and get past dps checks at the start of the patch. And its dependent on the tier of savage, but on average, the meta groups clear easily, and say "there's no DPS check, and we were 10-20 item levels lower than the suggested minimum" almost every patch.
And yet, a normal set up, or those same people in a non meta group, will suddenly see enrage timers, and just assume everyone else must be doing terrible, rather than because of group composition.

A properly maximized group, can make up the difference in those item levels by quite a bit.
(That same amount of obsession over group comp, was also around in 3.0, and even still had to go up a few item levels, in order to clear DPS checks, which is why they are always surprised, because they assume that should be the standard for DPS checks, when those DPS checks were solely based on item level, grinding a few weeks 1st.)