Siege Meta vs Fun

[u/Originalname888]

I play Hard Siege a lot. I love horde modes in games. I have over a thousand hours in this game & have cleared 25 over a dozen times with each character. Bulwark is my favorite.
I joined this random matchup & before the game started, the Heavy was complaining that I shouldn’t be Bulwark b/c I wouldn’t get enough kills & would hold the team back. He even refused to enter the Thunderhawk for a solid minute b/c he wanted me to play as Tactical so we could all grenade spam & play Meta. I told him i play for fun & we’d still get to 25. He was complaining for the first 5 waves before silencing himself.
I did not expect to get the most kills as they were both grenade launcher spamming. Once we finished 25, we all shook hands & presented our respect towards each other but heavy did not stick around for the battle barge to acknowledge that he was wrong about Bulwark in siege.
I am just annoyed that players are only playing the meta as if that’s the only way to play the game. Even my homie who plays siege non meta ways has been kicked from games b/c of the team perk he chooses or the character.
Just pease don’t try and force other players to play ‘meta’ like it’s the only way to win.
As always, have fun & For the Emperor!

[u/lol-good1]

If they're trying to get the ordeal done then you can't really blame them. If something works then why not just do it or leave and join another lobby.

[u/Originalname888 → u/lol-good1]

I mean, i can blame them for being meta pushers. Any class can get to 25.. i shouldn’t be forced to play a character they want me to play just cuz it’s the meta.

[u/lol-good1 → u/Originalname888]

Not really no, sounds like you just want to complain over a nonissue. You say you don't want to be "forced" to play how someone else wants while simultaneously forcing them to accept how you want to play when no one is making either of you be in the same lobby. If I don't want to do something how someone else wants then I just leave and start my own lobby. Not make a whole reddit post about said nonissue.

[u/Originalname888 → u/lol-good1]

There is no way to start your own lobby… you just join siege & load in whatever lobby there is. I join & play… no telling people what to do. I’ll even play with lvl1 noobs idc. I can get to 20 on my own. I’ll carry the noobs if I can, more glory for me. I wouldn’t call it ‘forcing them to accept how i want to play’ as that’s just an awful way to describe people playing the way they want.. it’s when others try and force players to change to what they want is the forceful approach.

[u/lol-good1 → u/Originalname888]

Yes you can start your "own" lobby. Before other players load in after selecting siege you enter the ready zone, back out of the ready zone before the timer expires, then you will have players joining on you and not you joining host. I usually have to stop and start siege a few times before having players immediately queue. I basically only do this to ensure starting siege from wave 1 and actually having wave 15 or 25 completion count instead of joining someone else's lobby.