a hardcore guild in WoW very seriously, it seems weird to me when people try to “meta” a single player game😂
Most people don't try to "meta" but they do try to have their choices make sense and not end up with them being gimped. Making builds and trying to find strong setups is a large part of the fun for many people in these games, and even then very few people literally abandon RP entirely, they just make the strong build and then RP around it. I like to RP as a killing machine, it's fun.