Do you have a dedicated crafting character?

Arundo

Sorta. One of my characters is more of a crafter but all can craft and my crafter can adventure

My main is also my crafter, got everything on him motifs, traits etc.

VyersReaver

Sorta. One of my characters is more of a crafter but all can craft and my crafter can adventure

I didn't spend *** of time collecting Skyshards to be able to put points into all necessary trial skills and passives, plus all crafting skills, to just sit on that character and not playing.

Fischblut

Other. It's complicated.

My main is my crafter, quester and character on whom I generally do most of achievements. Only she has luxury of learning all motifs, all recipes, having hirelings, having many points in different crafting passives, knowing all traits. She has all Skyshards collected, points in all 4 weapon lines (she is stamina character), points in alliance lines, in werewolf, in guilds, all class abilities and still has some points left for jewelry crafting and Psijic lines Only thing she didn't do yet is complete IC main story for that 1 skill point I completed in on alt back when we had more campaigns and only person I ever saw during questing there was another quester from enemy alliance and we didn't fight of course. Now I don't have much wish to go there until we have more campaigns again

But all my alts have all crafting lines leveled to 50, most of them have all points in to always get ruby mats, all of them always have points in alchemy to increase duration of potions. They are only allowed to learn basic racial motifs (except for Imperial style), 4 special motifs (Daedric, Primal, Barbaric, Ancient Elf), all green recipes and some blue recipes. They all are certified to do writs And each of them has some achievements which my main character doesn't have, so each character is important.

GiggleGoat

They all become full-level crafters eventually ... but only one will (one day) have all the styles learned

stimpy986b14_ESO

Other. It's complicated.

Other: My main is also my master crafter, it's not at all complicated.

Klixen

Yes. One character does all my crafting and little or nothing else.

I certainly do and it's the smartest thing I could have done.

Sadly, I know for a fact that I can never complete all the content in ESO, so I'll never have enough skill points to do both crafting and combat on one character.

As I also find it impossible to play without crafted sets, I've temporarily abandoned all my combat characters and just focused on my crafter. She's level 50 now with 180 champion points and she doesn't have ANY combat skills at all. I leveled her up just by running dolmens.

For anybody who isn't a good player (and can't get all the skill points) having a dedicated crafter is absolutely essential in my book.

knaveofengland

Other. It's complicated.

with the amount of stuff you get i have all my 5 toons maxed on wood ,metal ,cloth ,food ,and 1 maxed all and another 2 maxed on enchant . just the traits many months to finsh them .

its so easy to max them all since there is wads of the stuff whatever you do .

Geekgirl

Sorta. One of my characters is more of a crafter but all can craft and my crafter can adventure

My main is my crafter, she’s also the character who chases achievements and is doing all of the quests. She gets first crack on all motifs, recipes and patterns.

All of my characters craft. It’s handy. It’s easy to do and the number of skill points in the game negates any conflicts associated with spending skill points on crafting.

Aurielle

Biased poll is biased. My main is my main crafter AND does all content in the game.

klowdy1

iannotinbjing wrote: »

umm ... what about,

Yes, my main character is my crafter, it's not at all complicated (what else am I gonna do with all those skill points from Cadwell's silver and gold!)

that's the one that would get my vote

Mannix1958

Yes. One character does all my crafting and little or nothing else.

One main crafter was my best fit. I have one who knows all motifs except for parts of Militant Ordinator and many furniture patterns.

However I have 6 others who know 7-8 traits & basic motifs but I only use them for dailies. Then for the rest they know enough to craft for the anniversary event and some have all there skills worked up just needing skill points.

They all can adventure.

Graydon

Other. It's complicated.

My main character is my adventurer and crafter.

Wasn’t that way at first. I did at the beginning make an alt character with different crafting paths. Later, when I had attuned such a huge surplus of skilll points I ended up training my main for all crafting.

Wran the sorcerer kicks butt and does it all.

And nothing complicated. It was the closest choice on the poll.

sudaki_eso

Other. It's complicated.

My main is also my crafter. i do everything with this char, not only crafting.

jedtb16_ESO

Other. It's complicated.

3 low level mules who are all 'jack of all trades' and only craft during events such as the anniversary. they were made before the eso+ bonuses were a thing.

one mid level who is 'jack of all trades' and only crafts during events.

7 max level. all 'jack of all trades'

2 are just used for crafting during events or i feel like doing a lot of craft writs, which is not often.

5 remaining are all capable of adventuring and crafting. often do writs on all 5 to farm master writs.

1 of the 5 is my main crafter. all research done, all motifs bar 3 mo known, all bar 1 recipe known etc.... this one does the master writs. probably the most effective combat toon too.

smtdbplus

Other. It's complicated.

My main is a crafter but my main crafter is not my main. My main crafter is a master crafter but does not do the master writs. My master writs are mainly sold by my main. Other than my main and main crafter, I have other 6 crafters mainly doing writs.

Narvuntien

No. I spread it around.

No I spread it around... and that was a mistake... now I am basically making every character a crafting character just so I can learn furnishing plans.

Violynne

Other. It's complicated.

I have two alts who have woodworking max (excluding Nirnhoned) and I'm working on a third who'll do it all. Since I've only been back to the game a short time, she's got lots of research ahead of her.

If my math is correct, she'll be done in 7 months.

Excluding Nirnhoned.

jwjackson5674

Yes. One character does all my crafting and little or nothing else.

My former main character does all my crafting and farming with just enough survivability to kill any trash mobs he may encounter.

Noggin_the_Nog

Yes. One character does all my crafting and little or nothing else.

Yes. One character does all my crafting and little or nothing else.

Klixen wrote: »

I certainly do and it's the smartest thing I could have done.
For anybody who isn't a good player (and can't get all the skill points) having a dedicated crafter is absolutely essential in my book.

When i started out on NA with a Catplar I did all the content including Undaunted/Trials/Cadwells Gold/Master Angler/Tamriel Hero/etc.He's my Master Crafter - 9 traits/most Motifs learnt - but not the ideal race for vet content - still he's CP900+.
Because I was worried about the lack of skill points I leveled two alts for Provisioning/Alchemy and Enchanting to the maximum level. In retrospect this was not necessary. They still do writs, but the Master Writs they get are completed on my main crafter. I did start trait research on another alt, but my heart was not in it. Do not see the point of doing it, and certainly not higher level Motif learning - just too expensive.
With 15 alts on NA, most are level 50 in all crafts - a couple of newer ones are nearly there, but each has only one skill point invested in the 5 Hirelings mails. I do like free mats.

Started out on EU about a year ago, with a better plan - only one Main Crafter, just for crafting. She's maximum in all crafts and 9 traits/most Motifs learnt. We go out together occasionally but normally stays at base as she has few points invested in class skills. I did complete the Mages Guild Quest line a couple of weeks ago just to get the Lore Library. It really helps with knowing what Motifs you have, and need to learn.
14 alts on EU. All basic crafters with skill points only in Hirelings Mails.

On both NA and EU my Main Crafter is also my Trader. Have MM and TTC add-ons installed on these 2 only. They do slow down loading times. All Green/Blue/Purple loot items are deconstructed on the Main Crafters with Inspirational and glypths used to level alts. Master Writs are completed on the Main Crafters.

The Anniversary Event is the best time for anyone with multiple crafters of any level. I was completing 6 writs on each daily!

Klixen has the best plan - "having a dedicated crafter is absolutely essential"

Soul_Marrow

Other. It's complicated.

iannotinbjing wrote: »

umm ... what about,

Yes, my main character is my crafter, it's not at all complicated (what else am I gonna do with all those skill points from Cadwell's silver and gold!)

that's the one that would get my vote

^^^

Orjix

Other. It's complicated.

I have one to one that does everything, crafting, pvp, please. Does it all

JKorr

Other. It's complicated.

Two main crafters; pre-craft bag I split smith/clothing/wood and provisioning/alchemy/enchanting. One got all the new motifs first, the other got all the new recipes first. Now the two are mostly balanced out, both have 9 traits researched.

However all of my characters can craft, and have the skills maxed. BUT I set the skill levels to find the lower level mats I need to craft for my guilds. My two mains are never going to see anything but rubedite/rubedo/ancestor silk again.

yiasemi

Wraith66 wrote: »

They all become full-level crafters eventually ... but only one will (one day) have all the styles learned

Yep.

Liddyenna

I used my Templar.

Well what else is a Templar good for?

Mic1007

Other. It's complicated.

Unfinished poll, so I just used the Other option:

One crafter, who has WAY more than enough skill points to also be a full-fledged Stamina DPS for endgame content. No other toon crafts.

Anotherone773

Sorta. One of my characters is more of a crafter but all can craft and my crafter can adventure

All my characters can craft. my main can do master writs and knows most motifs. The others only know a few purples.

Kiralyn2000

Sorta. One of my characters is more of a crafter but all can craft and my crafter can adventure

My main has All The Crafting, eats all motifs, does all the crafting. But everyone has at least lv1 crafting (writs, baby!), and I'm slowly developing a couple others for the chance at master writs.

Of course, my "main" also has a lousy build compared to my two later 50's, and so is slowly becoming less "main" for questing.

AlnilamE

No. I spread it around.

I have one character who is my equipment crafter, one character who is my consumable crafter and one character who is my refiner.

strangeradnd

Sorta. One of my characters is more of a crafter but all can craft and my crafter can adventure

My secondary character is my main crafter. He also tanks as needed and can do dps if he has to but most of his job is gathering and creating.

Ley

Sorta. One of my characters is more of a crafter but all can craft and my crafter can adventure

All my characters are crafters and all of my characters are functional (more or less) but the first character I made has all motifs and traits learned and the second character I made has most provisioning recipes learned. The rest are in various stages of me collecting enough skill points to get master writs.