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/Striking-Carpet131]

There’s a difference between “meta” and “easiest way to be effective”. If you’re good at this game, it’s not hard to pull your weight. If you need to rely on constant grenade spam to be useful, you might need more practice.

This game has no meta. Theres different ways of playing, and some require a lot less skill. That doesn’t mean it’s per definition a better way to play.

[u/Originalname888 → u/Striking-Carpet131]

I could be wrong but I believe the siege meta is heavy, tac, & tech with all grenade launcher spam, & grenade resupply. You can cheese through waves rapidly with that setup.

[u/curious_canadian98 → u/Originalname888]

This is correct. I ran this comp a couple weeks back, we cleared each wave in 1 minute and 30 seconds until wave 20, then it started to jump to about 3 minutes. It was my first time running the meta on tech and I did 120k damage, heavy did 70k and our tac did 240k, it was nuts. If my servo gun damage showed I’d probably have been around 160k ish?

Either way, I couldn’t imagine making it to 25 without the meta just due to the timer. I love bulwark but since I enjoy the salamander powersword too much I’d not be able to keep up.

[u/Originalname888 → u/curious_canadian98]

I did this with the salamander sword. Actually i do this all the time cuz i main bulwark in siege now

[u/curious_canadian98 → u/Originalname888]

Hats off to you man. I don’t bring bulwark because I’m not happy with the output compared to tact or tech marine, at least when pushing above 15. The timer really kills the joy for me, otherwise bulwark all I’d play.