You don’t seem to understand. Your “meta” is designed around cheesing the content in the fastest quickest way possible, taking the path of least resistance. The DPS benchmark aren’t compared to what DPS is actually needed to reliably beat a PvE encounter(which is the only thing that matters).
Your trying to tell me Power PS cannot reliably clear out all raids? Power PS who also has access to everything you just listed.
Instead of a compilation of walkthroughs that show exactly how to counter every move that a boss does for every profession (like in dark souls). Instead we have Metabattle and DPS benchmarks, and people prejudicing against other players for using different builds that can reliably beat PvE content. The fact that there is prejudice in PvE is even more hilarious. This isn’t PvP or roaming.
You keep saying ‘my’ meta. As if i personally just arbitrarily decide what’s good and what isn’t.
Firstly, a good player tries to do things efficiently and with the path of least resistance given the rules of the encounter. EVEN when given a handy cap, the smart player will choose that path. Not waste time doing something inefficient just to placate the casual scrubs that arbitrarily value an encounter taking longer.
Most raid bosses perform their mechanics at % hp benchmarks, there is no skipping them, and the ones that do have mechanics you can skip, are due to efficient play, which good players will already be striving for.
I never said anything about the DPS benchmark, you did. Wanna know something about actual damage? Condi PS still out dpses power PS. especially in wing 4, in which bosses have high toughness, and mechanics you need to dodge or path around.
The average player isn’t good enough to reliably clear raids at all. Why would you choose a build that locks you into animations, is clunky, and puts you out of position, in encounters in which mechanics interrupt your rotation frequently, because of moving bosses, and deadly aoes?
Power PS cant cleave a target 800-900 meters away.
Power PS doesn’t have good fury uptime on allies.
Power PS doesn’t have the benefit of being able to range bosses and not lose all of its damage and might generation.
Power PS doesn’t have the option of being able to take reflects without gutting its damage and might generation for the average player.
Power PS can’t even clear condi’s on itself.
Yes it had more CC….that’s it. One advantage that can be balanced out by a good team and proper cc application. Even on keep construct, condi PS can pull similar dps.
We have plenty of walkthroughs, just because you don’t bother to look for them, doesn’t mean they aren’t there. Hell [qT] uploaded Twisted castle solo’s this week for the lols.
Chances are if your build is bad, you are a bad player. There is a reason that meta builds, closely follow viable builds. Like the condi ele thats now meta? I’ve have a fully geared once since HoT i now get to raid with. Because the build wasn’t trash, just not meta.
I can’t say the same for your celestial death magic necro’s, and your carrion long bow rangers, and yes, they do exist.
