It has begun!

[loreleidiangelo]

It IS important to note that meta comps really only affect something like the top 10% of the playerbase, and that people who blindly insist on said comps for their PFs are kinda shooting themselves in the foot tbh. (You'll spend just as long waiting for that dream party sometimes as you'd save time clearing stuff faster - just my two cents.) So some of that is clearly on the community to quit being boneheaded and realize that people playing their best or favorite job is more likely to result in faster clears than a full raid-perfect speedrun comp.

Know that I'm not trying to poo-poo on the fears or concerns of the WHM/SCH community, as I'm just as cheesed about their Stormblood adjustments as you are. I guess I'm just trying to point out that the community also needs to be aware of how little "the meta" actually effects their PF farm groups and recruit accordingly.

[Risvertasashi]

It IS important to note that meta comps really only affect something like the top 10% of the playerbase, and that people who blindly insist on said comps for their PFs are kinda shooting themselves in the foot tbh.

I'd wager it's even narrower than that. Like top 5% of raiders, the ones that can actually competitively speed kill stuff. Yet ironically... those top players are often a lot more open to trying different comps than those that aren't the 'aim for world first' types. It is a shame but it's those that blindly follow the trickle down that really kill.

I think the only thing holding back more PF locks right now is, fortunately, that healers and tanks are in somewhat short supply again.