Master crafter/Professions expert?

KATObloodpaw

I'm not sure if this has been disccussed in the past or if this is the right thread. I'm relatively new to the game( only have been playing 2 weeks or so) and my question is can you make a character that is primarily skilled in professions instead of fighting? This character would not be used in pvp often, if at all and would focus most of its skills into professions for trading so that my other characters can focus on dps.Basically a character intended just for trading and crafting. How many professions could I expect to master ?

BenevolentBowd

There has been at least one good thread on this topic in this forum.

Here's one of the latest.
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/161399/one-character-to-craft-them-all/p1

I believe by endgame you will have enough Skill Points one character to master all of the professions and fill your two ability bars with fighting skills.

The primary advantage, imho, to have one character to do all the equipment professions is that you will save a lot a money on style books (primal, daedric, imperial, ancient elf, etc.). If your main crafter is an imperial, you will save approximately 50k right there (motif book).

KATObloodpaw

That was going to be my next question. If any race would be better for trading over another? I guess I'm thinking back to the older elder scrolls games where imperials had a racial ability that made them get better prices from trading.

Rosveen

KATObloodpaw wrote: »

That was going to be my next question. If any race would be better for trading over another? I guess I'm thinking back to the older elder scrolls games where imperials had a racial ability that made them get better prices from trading.

No such skills here, but Imperials are still the best because they can natively craft in Imperial style, which you'd otherwise have to learn from a gold (therefore rare and expensive) motif. But it's cheaper only if you already have the Imperial Edition, of course.

My crafter is v1 and does blacksmithing, clothing and woodworking. She's a poor fighter, but that was fine so far. Not so much now when new IC crafting stations are locked behind a PvP wall, but I'll manage. The rest of crafts I split between my other characters. Only equipment crafting should be on one char so you need to learn the full set of motifs only once. This is particularly important with new grindy motifs like Glass - I don't envy those who will try to complete the book twice.