<ul><li>WoW players are hyper fixated on numbers and perception on ‘how good’ something is.</li><li>Toxic meta culture can affect people stuck in the game.</li><li>MMOs such as City of Heroes and Guild Wars 2 have been exposed to toxic meta to some extent in recent years.</li><li>Dedicated high-end raid guilds often have to deal with the demands of optimisation, but clear communication and expectations can help promote understanding.</li><li>Ignoring toxic meta is often the best way to deal with the pressure of optimisation, especially with its growing presence in several popular MMOs.</li><li>PvP battles can get ugly when team composition requirements are not met.</li><li>Adhering to meta is not always necessary, with many players experimenting to create their own unique builds.</li><li>Player devs have tipped the meta very far from the original balance in City of Heroes.</li><li>MMO players have experienced explicit sexism when grouping in the earliest days of MMOs.</li><li>The MMORPG genre offers very little content that justifies hyperfixation on The Meta to the point of being little shits to fellow players.</li></ul>

Massively Overthinking: Have you ever been booted from an MMORPG group because your class wasn’t the meta?

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