Currently it is evident that every saison there is a meta comp, everone that wants to push high keys will play that comp. This meta very existence has an impact on a lot of players because playes start following the comp instead of just playing with other competent players that have as much chance of success.
How about comp bonuses.
Imagine the following: some specs if combined in a group get a bonus.
lets say non meta specs in a given saison:
DPS: fire mage, feral druid, sub rogue.
Rest: monk healer and warrior prot
using this DPS combo give us a small bonus: say group gets 2 minutes reduced CD on bloodlust
using the tank + heal : priest PI now affect all group
note: obviously these are given as example to illustrate and can be modified (because OP!) dont criticise this but lets discuss the concept of comp bonuses.
There is quite literally no way this could ever possibly work.
Unless Blizzard hard codes the meta comps into the game to allow for such “bonuses” to even happen, which would be stupid on it’s own and also impossible.
How will the comp bonus be strong enough to not make that comp the new meta? And if they’re not making it into a new meta, how would it change anything, as the current meta still prevails?
I get that the ultimate goal is to balance all comps so that the imbalances between comps are abyssmal, but it truly is an impossible task. You can get somewhat balanced, but not perfectly balanced unless you go for full homogenization.
As for the meta being an issue:
It’s enough if the meta comp is just 1% more effective than all other comps, the problem isn’t the 1% increased effectiveness but rather that the very existence of a meta trickles down in keys where a meta isn’t needed. It’s an issue of perception rather than balance, as you don’t need a meta for anything below +18 keys.
Slightly off-topic:
I’d rather see titles being handed out to the 0.1% best for each individual spec, rather than the 0.1% best in general.