How to make a Rock Paper Scissors meta

"Shenanigans052;c-1934948" wrote:
They know how to. They dont want to

I think this is, at least on some level, partially true. We basically had an interesting and "open" meta, right before Malak dropped. There were at least 3-4 viable teams at that point - then the nerf hammer was dropped (on Palp and JKA) and Malak was released. And here we are.

CG doesn't want an open meta that lends itself to creative theory crafting. They want to prescribe the meta to us and the only decision left to the players then is to pursue it or not - which, for most players really just means spend resources or not (either well managed crystal stashes or money to make up for not hoarding or directing resources into other farms, gear, etc.).