Need help about using crafting items or not

Osira · October 2014

Hi

I'm posting here because I have a doubt that using my iron ingots, leather etc would be more profitable to me than just trying to sell them.
I mean I get more XP from desconstruction ( which is really badly designed imho, you should get better by actually crafting stuff, not salvaging them).

I could use someone so we could trade our crafted gear but I highly doubt I'd find someone.

I ask this because I'm already in Stormhaven zone and there's tier 2 crafting material there. And I need some space both in bank and with my mules.

Ourorboros · October 2014

It's been a while since I leveled my crafts, but I'm pretty sure you get more Inspiration from deconstruction of someone else's crafted items than from just deconstructing loot. That makes it worthwhile to trade items if you want to level faster. Best options to find a trading partner is guild or zone chat, unless you have a friend who is also leveling crafts.

wayfarerb14_ESO · October 2014

Think of it this way, while that stack of iron ingots at 400g looks tempting to sell, if you use it to make new armor or weapons, you'll be saving lots of gold in repairs as well as leveling your crafting skills. Before I had enough traits researched for the fancy sets, I found myself making a new set of armor every time I had to make a town run. That, plus deconstructing EVERYTHING that I didn't need to save for research had me at level 50 in blacksmithing, clothing, and woodworking before I was even level 50. Of course, I sold the mats that I wasn't going to use, but I would hang on to the mats that were useful for making the armor and weapons that I was using at the time, especially since it helps you save so much in repairs.

***Edited to add***
Of course, this strategy works best if you don't have a higher level character that you wanted to craft for right now. There are still new people joining eso, so I'm sure you could find someone to trade deconstructing items with. In my case, I found it wasn't necessary to trade items, since I was making my own armor so frequently (and also deconstructing everything). I also jumped all over making sets for people wanting to buy from a crafter either in guild or in zone chat, tho now I mainly see people "WTB Warlock items! Pst!"

In any case, do whatever works best for you.

robeauch · October 2014

A crafting partner would be ideal, but if you are reluctant to ask around, you have an alternative. You can get the same bonus by rolling up an alt to make stuff with your extra mats, which your main crafter deconstructs.

Since you're talking about tier 1 mats, your alt won't even need to allocate any points to the skill -- just have him use up all your extra ingots on daggers for you to deconstruct. Later, as your main crafter continues to level, you can just give the alt enough craft points to stay one tier behind your main.

Eventually your main will hit 50 in his crafting skill, and at that point, you can respec your alt to make better use of the points you no longer need for crafting.

A crafting partner would still be easier and faster, but barring that, a crafting alt will be a lot more efficient than trying to hit 50 from deconstructing your own items.

Osira · October 2014

Well I actually sold them, desconstructing was really underwhelming I could barely see the xp bar increasing lol