Quote Originally Posted by GunksFoy View Post
I didn't say meta isn't popular, just that most people outside the forums don't care that much. I only meant that most groups aren't going to turn you away if you're a Bard and they don't have a Dragoon or vice versa. People on the forums make it seem like n one plays anything but meta.
You have that second part a bit backwards: you're going to turn groups away if you're a bard and they don't have a Dragoon, so they're going to turn away SAM and MNK because they want a BRD.

Besides that, my main point was that "most people outside the forums" also means "lots and lots and lots of people who don't raid in the first place." Most people on the forums don't raid either, but the issue becomes when people playing the top end of content come and say "Hey, Disembowel is not a very well thought out buff that locks a job in not because it can bring powerful damage additions to the group through smart play, but rather ridiculously powerful additions to the group through sheer virtue of existing", a response like "Most people off of the forums don't care about meta" is a strange response.

To elucidate further: yes, we can agree most people don't care about meta. Most people also don't play content where it matters.