This is correct, I strongly advice to level up one caracter to max crafting, recommend the first as in the one you do all the quests and skyshards on.Dagoth_Rac wrote: »If they are not bind on pickup gear, and if you have not equipped the items and bound them, I believe you can hand them off to a crafter to upgrade for you. If they are bound, only you can upgrade them. Any character of any crafting level can upgrade an item, but as you progress crafting, you unlock passives that reduce the upgrade materials needed. Basically, if you are not experienced in crafting, you can still upgrade to gold, but it will cost more materials and thus be more expensive.
If you're still a low lvl character (below lvl 810) dont upgrade to gold. the weapon will be trash as soon as you hit lvl 50 and beyond, the materials will be wasted.
Do what you want, and makes you happy of course, the above is just advice.