The folks here really like complaining about “the meta” and how overpowered Fire Mages, Balance Druids, Outlaw Rogues, and whatnot are in keys. Well, raider.io is hosting an event where your off-meta specs, like Frost Mage, Feral Druid, and Subtlety Rogue, can push keys for prizes like 60 days of game time, store mounts, and store pets:
I know very few people here are particularly interested in this, but I’m personally curious to see how good the off-meta specs really are when they aren’t living in the shadow of Fire/Balance/Outlaw/Shadow. I think Frost Mage/Ele Shaman/Fury Warrior are going to be DEMONIC in a format like this, even if this isn’t really an actual tournament or anything.
The people who tend to play off-meta aren’t generally the people who roll out the red carpet for raiderio. This will probably only attract the alts of meta players.
This literally isn’t a lottery. This is quite literally “off-meta specs are tasked with pushing the highest keys.” There’s no luck involved there; it’s all player skill.
And do you really think an organization with as much of Blizzard’s goodwill as Raider.io would put everything on the line by doing this without researching the ToS first?
The problem will always be human beings wanting the best edge, so they eliminate entire classes and specs from invites, and then the point system reflects that. Whether you point the finger at the human being or the point system isn’t especially important.
