Guild Wars 2

I’m just wondering since Anet said they wanted to shake the meta with their next update, and since they are pushing for esports, would it be beneficial for every class to be in the meta? I think it would allow for more entertaining gameplay and maybe a little more build diversity. Would something like this be possible or is it something that may never be achieved?

Nope. It’s possible only if Anet balance playstyles, like reward only bunker gameplay and make all classes same bunkers.

Like the meta right before Elite Specs/Hot was introduced and the only class not being meta is Ranger?

Yea. If Anet did it once, Anet can do it again.

Lytro.9305:

I’m just wondering since Anet said they wanted to shake the meta with their next update, and since they are pushing for esports, would it be beneficial for every class to be in the meta? I think it would allow for more entertaining gameplay and maybe a little more build diversity. Would something like this be possible or is it something that may never be achieved?

No, it’s not possible. ‘meta’ is just the evolving state of play. Meta will always exist in any game where the classes are asynchronous, due to how one classes interact with each other.

example: Necros are weak against anything with large amounts of CC, so if CC heavy classes are meta, then necro gets pushed out of meta. Conversely classes that are vulnerable to boonstips and condi tend to get pushed out of meta if necros become meta.

Here is a good video explaining this better.