No idea who Deltia is. Reminds me of an airline company at first glance...yeah I stay far far away from streamers and FotM ideology.

Funny how everyone makes their own build yet think the game can only be played by dk/sorc in specific sets.

I use his base build and then build around it.

No offense to the guy but his solo/PvP builds are complete trash.

I remember gearing up for VMA and even before testing the build he listed I knew it wouldn't work. It was only viable for a 600cp build and even then was just single target/sustain which made no sense.

During one of his streams I asked,"When are you going to update your solo/PvP guides - especially VMA?" To which he responded ,"What are you talking about? It's the newest thing I've updated - it is current."

I then explained how it's not viable and of course in his arrogance said,"Whatever - don't know what this guy is talking about. You don't like it go somewhere else."

Deltia is very arrogant and smug when you don't agree with his advice. Seen him say stuff like that to viewers more than once. Guy can't take criticism at all.

But yeah, his builds have a good foundation at best and are terrible at worst. His best stuff he stole from other players and just copy pasted to his website.

I like to look at deltia but he wasnt keep things updated like Alcast was. Alcast had some good builds but some of his youtbute comments suggested they werent min-maxed so I was weary, but I find lot of people on these forums post the best stuff. With all of that I also try to make my own but I'd rather play the game instead of theorycrafting, which to me would include spending time farming different sets with the right traits to properly theorycraft - and that is where I dont want to invest time in theorycrafting.

Heck, still trying to farm a lich resto staff, DROP FOR ME! =p

I have never copied a build. Usually because I don't have the sort of resource where I'm at endgame and everything ever is in my inventory. What I do like is understanding exactly how skills work and what they play well with (and what they don't). Sure, if my comprehension of tooltips was higher, I might could figure that stuff out. I certainly never sit down to do math. I knew builds weren't for me when the first one I saw mentioned something a long ways off, if ever, for me. But the specifics really help.

I come up with concepts for builds on my own, check to see if anyone has made a similar build to what I was planning, and then usually end up using around a third or two thirds of what they recommended and the rest is my own design. I do look up pre-made builds to recommend to my guildmates who don't know their class well enough to design their own yet.

I build entirely my own stuff. I have no interest in meta, and only a passing flirtation with min/maxing.

I have a magplar build I use that is based on others advice, taken from multiple sources, then mixed and matched to suit my slower playstyle without too much attention to DPS.

For example, I still insist on using purely crafted sets (apart from jewellry).

I have been looking at the post morrowind stuff about sustain being an issue, and sat there laughing when I realised that sustain is not something I will ever have a problem with as I built a balanced set-up (I have magicka recovery built in using sets that give this)with extended sustain and slightly less DPS. In post-morrowind, that sustain remains. Its not as strong as it was, but that isn't a problem as Heavy attacks have always been a part of my rotation anyway. She still pulls 20-25K DPS regardless.

For those curious -

Dark Elf Magplar, 5 Julianos, 3 Magnus' Gift (all divines), 3 Transmutation. Thief Mundus. All gold, Lightning destro staff with flame enchant. Resto staff with health drain glyph.

I have noticed an interesting shift in the coverage of ESO lately. And I'm really playing it fast and lose with the word interesting, but the shift from host carried content (Deltia and Sypher) into content carried content (Alcast and Gilliam) is quite a major one. Before it was all showmanship and bling and now it's all very academical. Sypher was/is a very skilled player and obviously built his fanbase on said skill but the show was always about Sypher as a product. Same can be said for Deltia. What mattered was the Nugget Nation or the Sypherhood and the brands. What matters now are dry, to the bone analysis of meta combat mechanics.
I'm not saying one is better than the other, and there is definitely a gap to be filled after losing two so large personalities on the youtube/twitch scene, maybe KevDuit will fill some of it, but his product is one of pure entertainment.
Personally I much prefer the new style and certainly do not miss "let's pk inferno nugget sorcy porky like a truck", but that's just me and I'm a grumpy, old man.

Anyway, on topic, the word "Deltia" just becomes the term used for something you picked up whether on the Alcast HQ or Deltia's Gaming or wherever and obviously the theorycrafters lend inspiration from eachother, would be foolish not to.
I always had a feeling that Deltia did not craft his builds himself, neither did Sypher. I bet a lot of Deltia's videos contain the wisdom of people like Gilliam only spoken with Deltia's voice.

Lastly, I'll say that though I am not a fan of Deltia I don't appreciate people knocking him on the forums. Bad form.
He worked his proverbial and literal ass off to cover this game and has made a very convoluted and tbh weird combat and skill system available to newer players. Don't want to study for a degree in eso theorycrafting? Just watch Deltia.
Same goes for Sypher. His displays of PvP skills have spawned dreams and ambitions in many new players and you really can't measure the value of that.

Jitterbug wrote: »

Lastly, I'll say that though I am not a fan of Deltia I don't appreciate people knocking him on the forums. Bad form.
He worked his proverbial and literal ass off to cover this game and has made a very convoluted and tbh weird combat and skill system available to newer players. Don't want to study for a degree in eso theorycrafting? Just watch Deltia.
Same goes for Sypher. His displays of PvP skills have spawned dreams and ambitions in many new players and you really can't measure the value of that.

Very, very well said @Jitterbug, this is an uncomfortable thread because it singles out one person for criticism he doesn't deserve. No one was or is forced to consume what Deltia had to offer, but he did provide useful information to many players. A lot of his information was not about builds, but about other aspects of the game. That info is still very useful.

When playing a new class i compare many build on internet to see what they have in common then i make my own with that

I like Deltia and his builds. I learnt a lot from his site and youtube when it came to sets and builds. Hes not afraid to use his own builds instead of following BiS. Certainly opened my eyes to all the different kinds of sets available and also how to play each roll.

As for my builds being the best i can possible make them i follow Alcast.