MasterSpatula wrote: »Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »
Exactly my point.
But also consider: 90%+ of the game population is Casual gamers who don't chase and have no interest in chasing the Meta or FotM builds.
What do these changes and soul-crushing nerf to sustain do to them?
They won't have any inclination to "adapt" like the people who DO chase the MEta will do. They'll just see the game becoming vastly more difficult overnight, and they'll simply lose their desire to play.
These changes might not be so bad to the people on the Forums who chase that Meta, but to everyone else...
@Uriel_Nocturne i'm appauled you think so lowly of a casual player's attention span
if they play so casually as you imply, these changes likely won't matter to them with how patheticically easy the level of content they must partake in is to keep them feeling rewarded
Leaving aside the actual content of the conversation for just a paragraph here, I just want to point out how funny it is that @Browiseth gets on @Uriel_Nocturne 's case for insulting casuals then proceeds to rather nastily insult casuals.
I consider myself a "hardcore casual." I still enjoy overland content and I also enjoy stuff that's harder. I don't chase the meta, I couldn't care less about being on any leaderboards, and grinding for BiS sounds like a cruel joke to me. I play to do whatever content I have the chance to do and enjoy myself doing it.
I know this much: "Filthy casuals" who actually find base-game delves fun and actually consider Public Dungeons challenging may not find fights much harder, but they will notice they're spending more time waiting for resources to come back between fights. More time waiting, less time having fun. And casuals' money helps keep the servers running.
Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »Exactly my point.Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »And the issue will still remain.Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »SO, you're OK with ZOS forcing every Magicka character into playing the nearly exact same build? Because that's all these changes foster.Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »I dual wield for the bump in my damage numbers.Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »Deltia doesn't give two ***.
He was at ZOS's offices arguing FOR these changes that pidgeon-hole every magicka character into being FORCED to use a staff.
With these changes; if you're playing a magicka-based character, you either use a Destro/Resto staff, or you'll run out of resources so fast that even base-world mob fights become a chore.
There's NOTHING good about these changes coming with Morrowind, and the streamers are heavily to blame.
So no, Deltia won't help any of us out in any way.
@Uriel_Nocturne wait magicka characters are encouraged to use the mage weapons
whaaaaaaaaaat
when did this even become a problem
I like the way that plays for my magicka templar, and it's the build I have had since I created a Templar three years ago.
Now? Now it works vastly against me.
I don't chase the "Meta". I don't grind and scrounge for the BiS monster drops, nor do I have an interest in Trials, vMA, or anything like that.
But now a character that I have loved and played with for three full years is going to become a hindrance (and nigh unplayable) unless I play him like a Sorcerer.
That is where my post comes from. This patch and the changes coming with it are killing player build diversity in favor of trying to pidgeon-hole every player into following the BiS-FotM-build-meta. For a game that pimps out "player diversity" as much as the Devs do, they're sure putting a lot of work into killing off player build diversity.
@Uriel_Nocturne "play how you want to play" doesn't mean "that build you made that doesn't make conventional sense in a traditional video game will perform just as well as the best playstyles"
it means you can dual wield like a rogue on a mage if you want to, but it's not entirely intended and should be treated as such
It doesn't matter what class you play after these changes. If you're Magicka, you use a staff. If you're Stamina, you use a two-hand weapon.
Yeah, sure... great fun... really "diverse".
@Uriel_Nocturne there's four (soon to be five) different classes for a reason
Even when the Warden is added in;
If you're a Magicka Warden (or any other class), you MUST use a Staff and the exact same gear.
If you're a Stamina Warden (or any other class), you MUST use a Two-hand and the exact same gear.
Diversity still dies.
@Uriel_Nocturne there was never any diversity to begin with mate, and don't pretend that there was
the metagame is an absence of diversity by nature
But also consider: 90%+ of the game population is Casual gamers who don't chase and have no interest in chasing the Meta or FotM builds.
What do these changes and soul-crushing nerf to sustain do to them?
They won't have any inclination to "adapt" like the people who DO chase the MEta will do. They'll just see the game becoming vastly more difficult overnight, and they'll simply lose their desire to play.
These changes might not be so bad to the people on the Forums who chase that Meta, but to everyone else...
@Uriel_Nocturne i'm appauled you think so lowly of a casual player's attention span
if they play so casually as you imply, these changes likely won't matter to them with how patheticically easy the level of content they must partake in is to keep them feeling rewarded
Ep1kMalware wrote: »Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »Exactly my point.Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »And the issue will still remain.Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »SO, you're OK with ZOS forcing every Magicka character into playing the nearly exact same build? Because that's all these changes foster.Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »I dual wield for the bump in my damage numbers.Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »Deltia doesn't give two ***.
He was at ZOS's offices arguing FOR these changes that pidgeon-hole every magicka character into being FORCED to use a staff.
With these changes; if you're playing a magicka-based character, you either use a Destro/Resto staff, or you'll run out of resources so fast that even base-world mob fights become a chore.
There's NOTHING good about these changes coming with Morrowind, and the streamers are heavily to blame.
So no, Deltia won't help any of us out in any way.
@Uriel_Nocturne wait magicka characters are encouraged to use the mage weapons
whaaaaaaaaaat
when did this even become a problem
I like the way that plays for my magicka templar, and it's the build I have had since I created a Templar three years ago.
Now? Now it works vastly against me.
I don't chase the "Meta". I don't grind and scrounge for the BiS monster drops, nor do I have an interest in Trials, vMA, or anything like that.
But now a character that I have loved and played with for three full years is going to become a hindrance (and nigh unplayable) unless I play him like a Sorcerer.
That is where my post comes from. This patch and the changes coming with it are killing player build diversity in favor of trying to pidgeon-hole every player into following the BiS-FotM-build-meta. For a game that pimps out "player diversity" as much as the Devs do, they're sure putting a lot of work into killing off player build diversity.
@Uriel_Nocturne "play how you want to play" doesn't mean "that build you made that doesn't make conventional sense in a traditional video game will perform just as well as the best playstyles"
it means you can dual wield like a rogue on a mage if you want to, but it's not entirely intended and should be treated as such
It doesn't matter what class you play after these changes. If you're Magicka, you use a staff. If you're Stamina, you use a two-hand weapon.
Yeah, sure... great fun... really "diverse".
@Uriel_Nocturne there's four (soon to be five) different classes for a reason
Even when the Warden is added in;
If you're a Magicka Warden (or any other class), you MUST use a Staff and the exact same gear.
If you're a Stamina Warden (or any other class), you MUST use a Two-hand and the exact same gear.
Diversity still dies.
@Uriel_Nocturne there was never any diversity to begin with mate, and don't pretend that there was
the metagame is an absence of diversity by nature
But also consider: 90%+ of the game population is Casual gamers who don't chase and have no interest in chasing the Meta or FotM builds.
What do these changes and soul-crushing nerf to sustain do to them?
They won't have any inclination to "adapt" like the people who DO chase the MEta will do. They'll just see the game becoming vastly more difficult overnight, and they'll simply lose their desire to play.
These changes might not be so bad to the people on the Forums who chase that Meta, but to everyone else...
@Uriel_Nocturne i'm appauled you think so lowly of a casual player's attention span
if they play so casually as you imply, these changes likely won't matter to them with how patheticically easy the level of content they must partake in is to keep them feeling rewarded
That's because the term for players who just want to unwind amd not get involved eith competative endgame raid teams is 'casual players'.
Take your nonsense somewhere else, you're just trying to start an argument. If those players wanted to hate the game they'd be in vmol/vma right now.
Shad0wfire99 wrote: »Tan9oSuccka wrote: »Shad0wfire99 wrote: »Tan9oSuccka wrote: »I personally think people like Deltia are bad for the game.
People need to make their own builds, and not follow the meta cheese someone else came up with.
I will continue using my Nord Magicka Templar.
Deltia isn't bad for the game, and, quite frankly, only 1 or 2 of his builds have ever been considered "meta" at any point. Even then, the meta isn't the meta because someone made a build video out of it. It's the meta because it's the most effective for the task at hand. You keep using that garbo Templar, and I'll keep making sure that no builds like that are ever in any raid group I run with.
Spoken like a true brain dead, meta following streamer groupie.
Also, ITG is not flattering. Grow up.
Spoken like a guy who has a Nord Templar "Questing Build." L2P
ThePaleItalian wrote: »
Isn't that 3 words, and 12 letters? With 2 spaces, as a total of 14 characters used? While "LOL" is an abbreviation utilizing 3 letters?
Ep1kMalware wrote: »Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »Exactly my point.Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »And the issue will still remain.Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »SO, you're OK with ZOS forcing every Magicka character into playing the nearly exact same build? Because that's all these changes foster.Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »I dual wield for the bump in my damage numbers.Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »Deltia doesn't give two ***.
He was at ZOS's offices arguing FOR these changes that pidgeon-hole every magicka character into being FORCED to use a staff.
With these changes; if you're playing a magicka-based character, you either use a Destro/Resto staff, or you'll run out of resources so fast that even base-world mob fights become a chore.
There's NOTHING good about these changes coming with Morrowind, and the streamers are heavily to blame.
So no, Deltia won't help any of us out in any way.
@Uriel_Nocturne wait magicka characters are encouraged to use the mage weapons
whaaaaaaaaaat
when did this even become a problem
I like the way that plays for my magicka templar, and it's the build I have had since I created a Templar three years ago.
Now? Now it works vastly against me.
I don't chase the "Meta". I don't grind and scrounge for the BiS monster drops, nor do I have an interest in Trials, vMA, or anything like that.
But now a character that I have loved and played with for three full years is going to become a hindrance (and nigh unplayable) unless I play him like a Sorcerer.
That is where my post comes from. This patch and the changes coming with it are killing player build diversity in favor of trying to pidgeon-hole every player into following the BiS-FotM-build-meta. For a game that pimps out "player diversity" as much as the Devs do, they're sure putting a lot of work into killing off player build diversity.
@Uriel_Nocturne "play how you want to play" doesn't mean "that build you made that doesn't make conventional sense in a traditional video game will perform just as well as the best playstyles"
it means you can dual wield like a rogue on a mage if you want to, but it's not entirely intended and should be treated as such
It doesn't matter what class you play after these changes. If you're Magicka, you use a staff. If you're Stamina, you use a two-hand weapon.
Yeah, sure... great fun... really "diverse".
@Uriel_Nocturne there's four (soon to be five) different classes for a reason
Even when the Warden is added in;
If you're a Magicka Warden (or any other class), you MUST use a Staff and the exact same gear.
If you're a Stamina Warden (or any other class), you MUST use a Two-hand and the exact same gear.
Diversity still dies.
@Uriel_Nocturne there was never any diversity to begin with mate, and don't pretend that there was
the metagame is an absence of diversity by nature
But also consider: 90%+ of the game population is Casual gamers who don't chase and have no interest in chasing the Meta or FotM builds.
What do these changes and soul-crushing nerf to sustain do to them?
They won't have any inclination to "adapt" like the people who DO chase the MEta will do. They'll just see the game becoming vastly more difficult overnight, and they'll simply lose their desire to play.
These changes might not be so bad to the people on the Forums who chase that Meta, but to everyone else...
@Uriel_Nocturne i'm appauled you think so lowly of a casual player's attention span
if they play so casually as you imply, these changes likely won't matter to them with how patheticically easy the level of content they must partake in is to keep them feeling rewarded
That's because the term for players who just want to unwind amd not get involved eith competative endgame raid teams is 'casual players'.
Take your nonsense somewhere else, you're just trying to start an argument. If those players wanted to hate the game they'd be in vmol/vma right now.
@Ep1kMalware i don't think you really understood what i said, because i was speaking in the defense of casuals
and isn't it the nature of disagreements to argue over those disagreements? so yes, maybe i am starting arguments
@MasterSpatula
it wasn't an insult though, it was a hypotheical "if this is how you view things, this must be how things are in my eyes" sort of deal
besides casuals aren't people
now that was an insult
it was also a joke, i'd like to make that clear even though i hate doing that because it ruins the jokeness
CromulentForumID wrote: »Shad0wfire99 wrote: »Tan9oSuccka wrote: »Shad0wfire99 wrote: »Tan9oSuccka wrote: »I personally think people like Deltia are bad for the game.
People need to make their own builds, and not follow the meta cheese someone else came up with.
I will continue using my Nord Magicka Templar.
Deltia isn't bad for the game, and, quite frankly, only 1 or 2 of his builds have ever been considered "meta" at any point. Even then, the meta isn't the meta because someone made a build video out of it. It's the meta because it's the most effective for the task at hand. You keep using that garbo Templar, and I'll keep making sure that no builds like that are ever in any raid group I run with.
Spoken like a true brain dead, meta following streamer groupie.
Also, ITG is not flattering. Grow up.
Spoken like a guy who has a Nord Templar "Questing Build." L2P
They didn't mention their build and all in this thread that I can see. Did you really take the time to read and review dozens of their past comments to find out something they play?
Wow, that is some dedicated L2P research. Most people just say it.
luen79rwb17_ESO wrote: »I believe Deltia and many other streamers are truly valuable to ESO and its community, providing alot of knowledge about the game they love, investing many hours in the process, not only in the game per se but recording, editing and uploading their own content. They are awesome people regardless of your personal opinion on the game or their playstyle.
His opinion and his latest video shows a true bitterness towards the fact that Templars got hit very VERY hard on these patch notes. Damn I'm not a main templar but it's my second favorite class and I feel my 2 templars have been stripped off everything that made them unique. I think about those characters in their PTS shape and I honestly don't feel any encouragement to go and play them.
I also share his thought that the Major Mending nerf was one of the worst if not the worst hit of all, especially when you look at the warden passives.
Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »Deltia doesn't give two ***.
He was at ZOS's offices arguing FOR these changes that pidgeon-hole every magicka character into being FORCED to use a staff.
With these changes; if you're playing a magicka-based character, you either use a Destro/Resto staff, or you'll run out of resources so fast that even base-world mob fights become a chore.
There's NOTHING good about these changes coming with Morrowind, and the streamers are heavily to blame.
So no, Deltia won't help any of us out in any way.
The butthurt in this one is strong.
As per my other thread, go actually play the PTS and try it, do some theory crafting and stop proclaiming the death of the game because of some paragraths.
If you want to stop the changes, actually try and do something to convince ZOS rather than just posting trash on the forums (that's my job).
See his latest videos please. He literally burried his templar lmao. Havent met one serious player into this. I know alot will just overcome it and build to it but most are pissed. And this is not what the community wanted.Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »Deltia doesn't give two ***.
He was at ZOS's offices arguing FOR these changes that pidgeon-hole every magicka character into being FORCED to use a staff.
With these changes; if you're playing a magicka-based character, you either use a Destro/Resto staff, or you'll run out of resources so fast that even base-world mob fights become a chore.
There's NOTHING good about these changes coming with Morrowind, and the streamers are heavily to blame.
So no, Deltia won't help any of us out in any way.
No wonder sypher quit this game. He saw the changes and said nope, im out.
Good question, very good, now elitist has complained that the game is face roll easy and they can solo the veteran dungeons. The streames is in the elite even if not elitists but are likely to share some of the views.Yolokin_Swagonborn wrote: »Anyone remember this thread?
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/319337/wrong-feedback-source-streamers-dont-represent-most-players#latest
Remember when all the streamers went to ZOS headquarters? There were mixed feelings in the community about whether the people invited represented all of us.
So its interesting to see some of those same streamers distance themselves from ZOS's patch notes. Is this a case where inviting them was just a PR stunt and none of their advice was taken?
Or was this patch what those people recommended and if so, kind of proves the point of that post.
flguy147ub17_ESO wrote: »
flguy147ub17_ESO wrote: »
I know right. People like to think that ZOS and the streamers are in bed together while their top streamer sypher already quit the game over a month ago. If ZOS listened and really cared about streamers as their #1 priority like all of these ZOS champions proclaim, this game would be in such a better state but sadly it is not. Balance is still really bad both in PVE and PVP, and PVP still is has performance issues. If ZOS catered to the top streamers which are solely PVP streamers you would think that they would had fixed PVP already a loooong time ago. The only reason their last top streamer fengrush still here is because he has some friends that still play and he doesn't rely on streaming for a living. I don't see any player dedicating their stream solely on ESO because this game is not even popular in twitch to begin with. Due to the terrible direction this game has taken regardless of all the lies that the devs tell you that this game is successful. The twitch views don't lie son. I swear ESO community are one the biggest arrogant people ive ever come across. I don't know what is their vendetta against streamers it's hilarious.
Laughing my fat ass off On your Learn to play issues