first of all be calm and rational
as i said in a previous post the game is designed to be competive and is marketed as such.
on the battleborne main webpage https://battleborn.com/en/info/
“Choose your hero and fight alone or co-operatively alongside friends in story missions, or battle against them in fast-paced COMPETITIVE multiplayer matches.”
“Battleborn’s team-based COMPETITIVE multiplayer action can be experienced by up to 10 players online in 5v5 matches, and includes three distinct multiplayer modes.”
so from a competive and a long standing player viewpoint it matters. meta provides stability in the game
but sure you can certainly ingore it you can do what you want. but it will still exist. how long do you think casual players will play battleborne for before they jump on the next smoking big title release?
its mostly for the players who are going to spend long time in the game admiral bahroo has put 5k plus hours into borderlands 2, and has made a guides for the original borderlands,TPS. and you dont have to follow them at all but the people who will keep comming back to play them will.
and by the way minesweeper does have a meta game here are 2 part 20 min long videos on how to Properly play minesweeper