Afraid to ask for help

failkiwib16_ESO

Hmm I play on PC/EU and I have crafted for a lot of my friends and guildies. You can ask your friends and guildies who seem nice and are social. Take your time, talk to people, and if they seem trustable then you can take the chance and have them craft for you.

Alternatively you could hire a crafter through a trading guild, and pay him in terms of gold or materials, and make a direct trade so you can confirm the items you get before you pay - wether the payment is in materials or gold. This is the only very secure way of getting what you want.

Oreyn_Bearclaw

I have done lots of crafting and trading and have never once been ripped off in this game. Best bet is from a guildie or someone you see a lot in the forums. Serious players care about their reputations in the game. I wouldnt worry about it too much. Usually when I craft with someone else's mats, they give them to me up front and when I give them the gear back, they will usually give a little something extra. Most crafters live for tips, not for stealing mats. The later is not sustainable. Back when Nirn originally dropped, I would even give people a token deposit because some people were scared to just hand me a nirncrux. If you ever see me online, I am happy to help.

found1779

Shadowstep2003 wrote: »

Vet 16 with enough silk to craft about 3 pieces ousing text chat to communicate set I'd like.

My issue is I'm a little nervous asking for help from a crafter in-game. How do I know they won't just up and leave with the mats I trade them.
If something like that happens is it a reportable offense and would I be able to get the material back?

Does anyone have any horror stories of this happening or am I fretting over nothing

* Console ps4 player if that matters

I know how you feel I couldn't get a crafted set made for me either i am use to using text chat to communicate not voice chat as I have anxiety of talking to strangers I got lucky enough to find the set I wanted in the guild trader otherwise I would still have no set plus I was afraid of getting scammed also

Nestor

I have had two situations that were my fault, fortunately I could resolve them. I got the email for the order, but my muscle memory deleted the email like it does for hireling mails after grabbing the mats. I had to spam Zone Chat to find the people who wanted the stuff made. It was my fault but still an easy thing to do, even with the additional confirmation that was added on email deletes.

So, what I would suggest is sending the mats with what you want in the first email, then send a follow up email about the order just in case. Even say, I am sending this just in case you accidentally deleted my earlier email. You could even mention this in the first email that you will send a confirmation.

Shardaxx

I'll do it for ya if I have enough research for what you want, contact me in game PS4 EU Shardaxx let me know how many traits needed. I'm a goodie so I won't steal your stuff my only price is that you join our guild.

Sleep

Do it yourself

failkiwib16_ESO

Sleep wrote: »

Do it yourself

I guess you are not a crafter, and doesn't know this yet.
-Set items require 1 - 9 number of traits researched on the specific item, before you can craft it.
-The research for traits take 1-2 months IRL time on 1 item.
-The maximum amount of items you can research within a craft is 3 items.

So players will have to resort to other players, in order to get the good gear they want. Untill they have finished researching. Because good v16 sets can increase your damage output from 7k sustained to 18k sustained.

Waffennacht

I feel ripped off, of all the things I've made, never a tip!

Make sure you have All the items necessary, nothing drives me nuts more than someone handing over incomplete materials. Please know exactly what you want before asking, we are online to play, we are going out of our way, please don't waste our time.

Personally I prefer being mailed the items that way I can just zip on over to the crafting station.

I typically craft for guildies, however if someone goes outta their way to message me, ill at the very least respond, usually create whatever it was they wanted.

failkiwib16_ESO

Waffennacht wrote: »

I feel ripped off, of all the things I've made, never a tip!

Make sure you have All the items necessary, nothing drives me nuts more than someone handing over incomplete materials. Please know exactly what you want before asking, we are online to play, we are going out of our way, please don't waste our time.

Personally I prefer being mailed the items that way I can just zip on over to the crafting station.

I typically craft for guildies, however if someone goes outta their way to message me, ill at the very least respond, usually create whatever it was they wanted.

omg this is so true x_x It drives me crazy, and I know crafters who have stopped offering help because of this.

OP you seem to know your stuff, but just in case...if you wish someone to craft for you, here is a list to avoid troubling a crafter with too much xD

description in mail to crafter:
-level of item
-name of the set
-quality of the item
-trait of the individual items
-style of the individual items

items to send:
-exact amount of trait stones for armor or weapons (some items have the same trait, but there is a difference in the stones for armor or weapons)
-exact amount of main materials needed (be ingots, cloth, leather or sanded wood - REFINED AND NOT RAW MATERIALS)
-exact amount of style stones
-exact amount of upgrade materials needed

A master crafter with all passives needed uses:
2 greens, 3 blues, 4 purples and 8 yellow upgrade materials per item.
-upgrades for woodworking: pitch, turpen, mastic, rosin
-upgrades for clothing: hemming, embroidery, elegant lining, dreugh wax
-upgrades for blacksmithing: honing stone, dwarven oil, grain solvent, tempering alloy

kenpachi480

I damn the person who made you this mistrustfull,.

Callous2208

kenpachi480 wrote: »

I damn the person who made you this mistrustfull,.

Agreed. I craft for free all of the time, made some good friends that way. Honestly, overall, I've found people pretty trustworthy when it comes to that stuff in ESO. Hell, back in the pre-trader days, I can't tell you how many times I accidentally sent money and items instead of COD, only to have that person send the money back and share a laugh in whispers.

kenpachi480

Callous2208 wrote: »

kenpachi480 wrote: »

I damn the person who made you this mistrustfull,.

Agreed. I craft for free all of the time, made some good friends that way. Honestly, overall, I've found people pretty trustworthy when it comes to that stuff in ESO. Hell, back in the pre-trader days, I can't tell you how many times I accidentally sent money and items instead of COD, only to have that person send the money back and share a laugh in whispers.

jup,. shame i cant name people here, else i would award a certain someone the-most-trustworthy award or least nominate her

her name was like similair to my ESO wife name,. but one R extra, so send like 3 mails to wrong person, and that person send it all back, without having to ask,.

Shadowstep2003

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for your advice.

I am happy to say I now have a full 5 piece of kagrenacs hope

A couple pieces I was able to have made from a guildie and the last two I was lucky in that I found a good group of guys through group finder. I added them to friends and began playing with them semi-regularly. At one point during party chat I mentioned that I was trying to finish off crafting the last pieces of my gear and one of them said they were able to help out!

For anyone struggling with this issue I highly recommend just playing the game and getting to know various people through guilds, dungeon runs, or even PVP. From your interactions you should be able to tell who is trustworthy and who is not and from there hopefully one of them can help you out.

Thanks everyone, I really enjoy this game

timmayyyboy

DannyLV702 wrote: »

I've crafted gold glyphs for a guy on forums before. He was a little hesitant, but ended up trusting me and sent me his kutas. If you're on ps4 NA I can craft stuff for you, but i mostly specialize in light armor, some medium and some heavy. Other than that, a guild member is a great option.

Id like to hit you up on ps4 if thats okay? Ive been looking for a light crafter lol

SemiD4rkness

Join a famous guild, ask who's the guild crafter then him you can trust. That's what I did and sent like 500k worth of mats in one mail.

Robotmafia

cosmic_niklas_93b16_ESO wrote: »

I'm kinda in a different situation myself as a crafter, I stopped crafting for people because they just don't want to pay for my time, and it's just not worth spending 2 hours on making a set because the person just don't know what they want and then getting a 1-2k tip just doesn't make it nearly worth the time for me, and most likely many others too.

here i would recommend charging them rather than hoping for a tip... depending on how much time it will take me to craft i give them a number on how much it will cost them... for friends and guildies i do it for free and they tip sometimes which is nice but strangers can be charged for a service provided