@beardalaxy
I think this image says it all. LOD is a great technique. And an important one. But, is has to be dome manually, and set with some reason. But then, a real genius manager came in, and asked: But couldn't we automate it?
And somehow, they ended up with LOD so dinamic, that it can decide to use the lowest model for a character, that is standing right in front of you.
People are trying to make engines, that rewrite 1/2 of the game on the go, and then, it takes 1 slight hickup, for all the ststems to collapse at once.