Feesibility of taking multiple tradeskills

NerfYou · April 2014

When I was in Beta, I tried to take two tradeskills early on, and it did not seem like it was feesible. Now that I've gone through the game in beta and seen what long term is like, as well as seeing just how many skill points are available now that the game is live, I'm reconsidering this.The sheer number of Skyshards I missed in beta makes me think it's possible to do two trade skills, and three if you go heavy into Veteran ranks and AvA.

Has anyone tried two, or three different trade skills? Do you believe it has reduced your combat effectiveness?

Varivox9 · April 2014

400+ possible skill points, it's feasible, but not until you get a bit further into the game. I wouldn't start out at level 10 and plan to do 2 crafts, but when you hit the vet ranks, it's easily doable.

Abeille · April 2014

You can level all of the crafts on the same character, there are more than enough skill points. You don't need all the skills of the crafting skill lines, too, so that helps.

Malediktus · April 2014

You can easily max all tradeskills on one char with some planning.

Phranq · April 2014

Once you hit level 10 you can pick up a bunch of skyshards in Cyrodiil and then you will have plenty to do 2 crafts easily without gimping your combat ability.

NerfYou · April 2014

It seemed like 2 before even 50 would be doable, if you farm all the skyshards as you go. Three also looks easily viable once you hit VR levels and start going through the other Alliance areas.

Thanks for the reply everyone!

imowen70_ESO · April 2014

I have provisioning, Blacksmith and Alchemy. Those skyshards and some larger quest chains give me tons of skill points.

Valmond · April 2014

Got all but enchanting at 50 (enchanting at 28).
Doable, but enchanting, alchemy and provisioning will be murder on your bag/bank space.
Skill point usage is not all that high, unless you want all the bells and whistles like hirelings, upgrade improvements and stuff.
Just pick up the actual crafting skill, research skill and maybe rank in keen eye and you're good to go (extra servings in provisioning/alchemy are to be suggested though).

Chrisu · April 2014

It's definitely possible. I'm doing all the professions on one character and have all but enchanting maxed (not all the skills, see here). I'm VR4 and have spent 95 skill points for crafting so far and can still heal in dungeons and do VR5 solo content without a problem.

Beryl · April 2014

One more vote for "Yes, it is possible!".

I was using all 6 crafts on my main character from the start. Now she is VR 5, 5 crafts are at lvl50 and enchanting is about lvl24. I do collect all skyshards (including all but 4 harder-to-access skyshards in Cyrodiil) and do all quests, I also completed some of the challenges in public dungeons. Most of my skill points are invested in crafting, some things are skipped though (no Keen Eye, no drinks from provisioning, no negative effect reduction from alchemy). I do great in PvE both solo and as a healer in dungeons. I have some skill points left for future and I keep getting more. Because my crafts do not require any more points, I started unlocking weird combat skills which I don't even need. At VR 10 I will make another skill points reset I think.

Note - I do not PvP, so I don't have skill points from PvP ranks but I also do not spend them on the PvP skill trees. I am not a ww/vamp so no spending here either. I feel comfortable with just two weapons (destro and resto staves) and two types of armour (light and heavy), it would be my only choice even in the world without crafting. If one wants bigger variety of roles, a possibility to perform as either a tank or a healer or a dps, more cc options for PvP and so on - having 6 crafting professions maxed may become harder, at least till you collect over 300 points. For my playstyle and preferences with 183 points I am already out of ideas how to spend the new ones.

Tecova · April 2014

I'm currently level 32, and I'm doing ALL the tradeskills. I'm 25 smith, 27 clothing, 26 woodworking, 46 alchemy, 50 provisioning, 13 enchanting. My character hasn't been gimped combat-wise either. My secret, as others here have described, has been to collect EVERY skyshard. I've been playing a Templar in the Aldmeri Dominion. Of all the shards available to my faction before I hit veteran, I'm only missing 4, and with the exception of one of them that requires me to complete a mages guild quest to get, they've all been relatively easy to get. I thought I'd be hosed getting the ones in dungeons, and they've actually been just as easy as ground based shards. Every dungeon I've walked into has an absolute gaggle of people farming boss mobs, and so it's been relatively easy to fight my way through the dungeons, get the shard, and even do some boss farming myself. Breaking down boss loot has been a big boon too.

As for Cyrodiil shards, I had to get a group for a lot of those. Of my 4 missing shards, three are in Cyrodiil. It's just a matter of people not moving to that area to farm bosses yet, as all three are down in dungeons that are beyond my ability to solo at 32.

Long story short, you can do all trades with one character, do them well, and have PLENTY left over for combat.

Cheatingdeath23 · April 2014

I'm level 20 and am doing blacksmithing, enchanting and slight woodworking.

I don't do every skill in each skill line, but blacksmithing/enchanting does use up the majority of my bank space. I wouldn't be good at alchemy or provisioning with it, but I am leveling up provisioning just because I get recipes and then burn mats until I'm out of mats.