Deltia was definitely a major contributor to the early days of the game, and those stating he didn't know what he was talking about when it came to builds are not entirely off base... but you have to consider that state of the game at the time as well. I've been here since beta and the fact he even managed to get anything put together that was as effective as he made it, was rather remarkable.
He also had a sense of humour which was often absent from other places trying to do the same. My time in Entropy Rising comes to mind, with people like Atropos (founder of now defunct Tamriel Foundry) who was the other type of contributor, mainly so dead serious about themselves as to suck all the joy out of the game.
Last thing anyone could say about Deltia is that he was not fun.
BalticBlues wrote: »Deltia was THE MAN who taught us early players how to play ESO in his streams.
Here is a recent podcast of Deltia and company discussing the PvP changes and game enjoyment overall.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahOFIQL_W4w&t=3627s
UntilValhalla13 wrote: »Engine guardian on all classes for everything.
Massacre_Wurm wrote: »Deltia who ?
magnusthorek wrote: »I had the pleasure to play WGT with once him waaaaaaaay back, back when his kid was just a little baby. And he's good. MUCH better than some "famous" youtuber/blogger that claims to be the official sheet with not-so-good content. It would be nice to have him back, shook building community for a while, though I'd still be 50/50 between him and Xynode — problem with Xynode is he speaks too fast to me >.<
JanTanhide wrote: »
Ah, but do you remember HOW he did that? Remember when you could enter a dungeon or Trial on a CP 10 character and that set the level of the dungeon/trial?
That is what he did. He had two accounts so he would log in on two computers and set the level with a lowbie he grouped himself with then "solo" that dungeon. He explained it in a video one time how he soloed. I was like...whut?
Lots of people raged over the sustain changes with Morrowind. IIRC it came at a time when he was already getting a little burnt out and had a kid on the way to focus on.
starkerealm wrote: »Title is a typo... DELTIA was a big ESO YouTuber in the early days and definitely had an impact on builds and play styles. There is room for a lot more ESO content creators and the community will call out any BS or toxicity so I wouldn't worry too much. Its good that these big changes are interesting and will hopefully attract others to play and stream the game.
If we're being blunt, Deltia's main claim to fame was being there as early as he was. He had some... "ideas," about builds in ESO that are downright laughable now. To pull two things out of context, he repeatedly argued for a 0/49/0 attribute spec, "because you get more points in health than you do in stamina or magicka, and you can get those stats with enchantments." (We only got 49 attribute points back at launch. It wasn't bumped to 64 until after the level cap hit Vet 16.) Second, he also maintained that Dragon Knights were the only good class in the game, and would demonstrate this by trying to play other classes like DKs, rather than actually playing them, you know, like they were intended to be used.
I'm not sure when he switched to Templars as "the only class worth playing," but when Morrowind reworked sustain, he threw a fit, put up a video conducting a funeral for his Templar and left the game.
At this point, with the entrenched content creators we have now, I'm dubious that he'd be able to carve out a niche today.
not defending Deltia as i know enough about the game to form my own builds.
but iirc the main point of the health dump was that numbers were not balanced correctly across all sources, something ZOS has been adamant about fixing for years so that all sourced stats are equal.
it used to be very bad in that getting specific stats from specific sources just put you at a disadvantage compared to people that knew how to source stats properly.
i do recall that health attribute points gave a colossal amount of health comparatively and that was nerfed i think twice over the games life to were it is now. and to this day we see constant micro adjustments on numbers so stats are sourced evenly.
Sheezabeast wrote: »Just make a profit off of his return. Soon he will be recommending builds. If any of those sets are dropped overland sets or craftable, then make bank. Take advantage of his presence for purely monetary gain.
starkerealm wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »Just make a profit off of his return. Soon he will be recommending builds. If any of those sets are dropped overland sets or craftable, then make bank. Take advantage of his presence for purely monetary gain.
The current PvP test is limited to about a dozen sets. Those have already spiked in value. Somehow I don't think Deltia's going to be able to move the needle.
Sheezabeast wrote: »starkerealm wrote: »Sheezabeast wrote: »Just make a profit off of his return. Soon he will be recommending builds. If any of those sets are dropped overland sets or craftable, then make bank. Take advantage of his presence for purely monetary gain.
The current PvP test is limited to about a dozen sets. Those have already spiked in value. Somehow I don't think Deltia's going to be able to move the needle.
There will still be rabid fans that go "Omgz Deltia said to run XYZ I have to get XYZ" and even after the test he might stick around. Those sets won't suddenly become inviable unless ZOS nerfs them.
JanTanhide wrote: »
Ah, but do you remember HOW he did that? Remember when you could enter a dungeon or Trial on a CP 10 character and that set the level of the dungeon/trial?
That is what he did. He had two accounts so he would log in on two computers and set the level with a lowbie he grouped himself with then "solo" that dungeon. He explained it in a video one time how he soloed. I was like...whut?
So he abused an exploit?
That is not why he quit ESO. You are ill-informed. He quit due to personal reasons. And power to him for the efforts he's made in his life.
He cried when they nerfed templar.
He then stopped playing.
Then said he was quitting steaming, youtube.
Who knows which was the catalyst for what, but he cried and quit the game after templar nerfs. That's exactly what happened.
He was exactly what we don't need. Someone who likes playing a class or a specific way, and didn't want to try other things. When something changed about his class or playstyle, he didn't like it.
Those types of players are why we see stupid, nonsense changes to classes all the time. They refuse to try other things and complain that x class has that or does that.
ErythorBloodsheild wrote: »Grouping with his Nugs guild in pvp was always fun. His "Hit's like a truck" "Stack on crown" "Don't chase butterflies" quotes are still etched in my memory.
I wouldn't mind seeing him return, even if just for no proc pvp limited basis. He was always nice to me.