I personally have never had an issue with not being accepted to groups or anything even close to it for meta reasons. I was just trying to highlight areas where a divide in the community already exists and that people feel another barrier is being created.
If I were still maining hunter, I fully intended on picking night fae despite which Cove was BiS. As a WW, though, I think i will need to take a hard look at what is generally considered BiS since I have never played the class before. Need to make sure I give myself every opportunity to succeed.
I believe to each their own and if you don’t want to believe in the meta, don’t. I have a friend who plays feral exclusively and he carries groups on the charts despite people thinking feral is garbage.