Metafags ruin everything. They pass more time browsing the game's wiki than actually playing, exclusively minmax their builds, use items for their stats only despite hating them visually, and play only after having watched someone else's walkthrough on youtube.
This is not a game anymore, it's work, a chore, why would anyone play like this?

If something is meta that means it's good and more fun. I'm not going to gimp myself because of "honesty"

>>715723151 (OP)
Low self-esteem

Is studying lore a soi practice?

>>715723151 (OP)
forced reliance on other players to achieve victory is the problem because it promotes stricter adherence to the meta.

It’s a normie thing. People like feeding themselves a false sense of achievement by playing on the hardest difficulty & minmaxing to win it. All they did was give the enemy more health and use OP items to win. It’s all a cope to tell themselves that they challenged themselves

>>715723470
So basically every single multiplayer around?

>>715723151 (OP)
because they are losers with no lives lol
i play games for fun i hate meta fags

>be me
>playing dark souls
>get bored after beating it a few times with different builds
>not really interested in the lore
>think chameleon/prop hunt is funny as fuck
>decide to create a character dedicated to low level invading new player's on everyone's favorite nightmare: sen's fortress
>decked out in chester's gear, wielding the darksilver tracer and parrying dagger, min/max dexterity for one-hit backstabs
>hiding in plain sight, baiting niggas around corners into traps, waiting to one-hit 'em right before the fog gate, maximum trolling, etc...
>eventually get bored
>want to try something new
>mfw I ended up being a friendly, neighborhood chaotic-neutral invader that helped newbies find the second bonfire, avoid traps, ambushes, etc... and, if they would maintain the peace, leave amicably with a bow and a wave at the bonfire/fog gate so they could progess
White phantoms get the rope, as do their hosts. You don't get to cheese this shit, you undead homo.

>>715724051
No, only games smaller than 8v8

>>715723546
>Hard mode only adjusts stats, not the actual spawns/mobs/movesets/AI
I will never understand how or why this became the standard. I mean I guess cause it's easy, ironically, but who the actual fuck is playing these types of "difficulty" increases and pretending they did something?
Lookin' at you, CDPR. The Witcher 3 is the most braindead Action game ever designed. Makes The Legend of Zelda look like a masterclass in enemy design.

>>715724051
no. monster hunter and dark souls are good examples of how you don't require other players to win so it doesn't really matter what you do. they are also both made easier by participating in multiplayer. participating in multiplayer is also low-friction.

>>715723151 (OP)
>rock beats scissors

WOOOW FUCKING METAFAGS RUINED ANOTHER GAME HOLY SHIT I HATE METAFAGS

>>715723151 (OP)
>They pass more time browsing the game's wiki than actually playing
no they just read guides and they dont even understand what they are reading so they apply the guides advice in the most assheaded way

>>715723151 (OP)
>play game
>want to use cool character, weapon, creature, armor, hability etc
>it is shit tier
>the meta are characters, weapons etc that i dont like from a desing or even gameplay stand point
every single time...., this is why i stopped playing online multiplayers games

>>715724525
Idk either. But, I like when the AI changes with higher difficulty. This is why I like FEAR 1, DOOM 16/Eternal, and Mass Effect 2/3