The Fast Mage Problem

[Gilihere]

This :

The result is always the same. One meta emerges, everyone follows the meta.

And this:

Just run a dungeon as an Ice mage or a full tenacity tank, see how long before some people call you out on this.

The combination of both is the bigger problem here, people being sheep and following the "meta" instead of developing their own style and shaming people that actually try to create a style of their own.

[Supersnow845]

This :


And this:



The combination of both is the bigger problem here, people being sheep and following the "meta" instead of developing their own style and shaming people that actually try to create a style of their own.

The problem with that logic is 14 enforces its “correct” rotation and melds so hard you are actively griefing the party if you don’t follow it

Blizzard wizard isn’t a “style” it’s doing 15% of the damage you could be doing even doing a botched attempt at the correct rotation

Square even actively removes optimisation choices that people develop when they decide they don’t like them. Non standard BLM, smuggle WAR and Freeform loop SAM are all examples of style/optimisation the devs have quashed