I'll say it's convenient to just switch crafting stations instead of switching characters. Also, if you've done Trait research on that char you'd have to do it over if you re-did the crafting on a different one.

It is doable, yes. I have mine split up as they are all played characters and I run multiple writs on most of them, but I know many who have one Do It All character for crafting. Be forewarned, you may have some major inventory issues for awhile.

Cha1ky wrote: »

Hi everyone,

Coming back to this game after leaving early on. But before I left I managed to max out provisioning and work on a couple of other crafts.

So, coming back, seeing all my skills reset I was thinking about just using that level 37 character as the only crafter and have him max all the levels out in all of the crafting. I've got quite a few skill points to distribute so I'm thinking I'll just bang them all into the crafting.

My question is just whether any others have done this and is it a good Idea or a bad one?

Want to start fresh with new characters for actually playing the game. So this way I can just ignore all the crafting with them and leave it all to my jack of all trades.

i have just 1 character,that's it.and i invest in all crafting as well as fighting,and werewolf too.

Jack of all trades!!! The only thing that it's not lvl 50 is enchanting... not by choice. Honestly it's awesome to know everything, and there is zero inventory problems. Right now I'm trying to get every skyshard and skill point from quest of dungeons. By the time I'm done I should have a few extra. Keep in mind you don't need every skill in a crafting tree... who needs snake blood anyways!?!?!?

My main character is at level 50 crafting for all crafting skills now and actively crafts light/med armour, wood stuff, alchemy, provisioning and enchanting.
I've got a few traits left to research on a couple of light armour pieces and about half to learn in blacksmithing.

Sometimes I was running really short on skill points, but just spend a few hours skyshard hunting and it solves that. No reason why your main character cannot be a master of all trades.

I have one character that crafts for everything, and it's definitely do-able. At VR11, I still have extra skill points and can do all crafts.

Endgame, I'd recommend one or two crafters: one for consumables and one for equipment.
Many crafters is great at the beginning when inventory counts are low and SP are precious. I started with many crafters and have migrated to just three: I didn't want to re-level enchanting at this time and my provisioner has 300+ recipes.

There are three superior advantages to have a master equipment crafter.
- You just need to learn the motifs once (and saving a lot of money on the rarer ones)
- Making crafted sets are easier as you just need to make one trip for weapon(s) and armor of the same set
- One-stop-researching and deconstruction

Once you level a character into the veteran ranks, leveling your crafter will be pretty quick deconstructing the stuff you find. For example, I went from 5 clothier to 50 within a week and a half just deconstructing loot found and junk loot donated by my guildies. At the moment, I have a twenty-something character with 50 Blacksmithing, 50 Clothier, and 50 Woodworker able to make the highest level gear. While his adventure skills are minimal, he can deconstruct all level mats and has the improvement passives maxed.

To manage inventory, I place all raw mats and trait material in the bank. They are found by all characters so dumping them in the bank minimizes duplication. Refining the raw mats also moves the mats from the bank to the crafter. When the hoard gets too large, I can see all the refined mats in one place and either move the excess to the guild bank or guild trader. After refining and deconstructing, I head to the bank and deposit the trait material and deal with any excess.

Maxed all crafts on 4 characters to maximize writs and it pays off. You will want at least one for this if you want to earn some cash and avoid spending as much when it comes time to make things. But as has been said above, points come in fast later, so I wouldn't gimp yourself to soon if you are only playing a single character.

In that regards, only one of mine (VR14) has ALL the points, extraction, temper reduction, etc... and has learned ALL styles and research traits. No need to have more than one do that.

That character is basically retired, except for crafting and harvesting related duties. with about 150 pts still sitting there after this last free respect.

While it is possible to have one character do all your crafting, it's just not a good way to go about things.

I have one Clothier/WW, one Blacksmither and one Enchanter. All of them can do Alchemy and Provisioning to one extent or another. I am currently getting my Clothier/WW up to speed on Blacksmithing traits, but she has no points in the skill other than Research passives.

Nestor wrote: »

While it is possible to have one character do all your crafting, it's just not a good way to go about things.

I have one Clothier/WW, one Blacksmither and one Enchanter. All of them can do Alchemy and Provisioning to one extent or another. I am currently getting my Clothier/WW up to speed on Blacksmithing traits, but she has no points in the skill other than Research passives.

@Nestor, why would you say it's not a good idea? There are many posts here from those who have done it successfully, myself included. I just started researching the very last nirnhone traits on my main. In fact, until the last month, I have only played that one character since early release. I have solo'd the majority of content. I find it incredibly convenient to be able to perform any crafting I need without relogging. It's also freeing now that I have started playing some alts, knowing that I have the ability to fully support them from one character. They only down side to doing the all-on-one is that it does require extra inventory shuffling and frequent trips to town while leveling the crafts. But I still have not maxed my bank on my main. Why is it not a good idea, so long as one knows the pros and cons?

The first player I created, my main player, has all crafting skills and maxed in each. All skill points are in each as well, except for snakeblood... I have plenty of other SPs assigned to all other areas on my main player so he isnt gimped. It works fine this way for me. I have all traits, research, and motifs on one player, so it makes crafting easier to me.

Ourorboros wrote: »

@Nestor, why would you say it's not a good idea? There are many posts here from those who have done it successfully, myself included.

Why is it not a good idea, so long as one knows the pros and cons?

Skill Points and Inventory are the main reasons. Note I did not say it was impossible, just not a good idea. I used to think that making a character who is a crafter and deadly was a perfectly sane thing to do. Until I made a non crafting character. Wow, did the light switch turn on then.

Now, yes, once your to VR14, you have enough skill points. However up until that level, and certainly starting a new character in the game, putting all your crafting on one character is not going to work well if you want to be deadly, or deadly before you get to the VR Ranks. Or you can be a two skill rotation for the entire game (entirely possible with some skill lines)

Inventory management is the other issue. Even at 140 to 170 slots on the characters and more than 200 in the bank, I can't see one character being able to hold all the crafting inventory that they would need and be able to loot anything efficiently. NOt to mention being able to afford that amount of bag space before deep in the VR Ranks. The only reason my Templar is 200K to the 240K goal she needs to unlock the last 30 bank spaces is simply because she can vendor loot/sell loot in the guild stores. And, she has the bag space to make loot farming reasonable.

Heck, my clothier/WW can barely carry what she needs and loot. As it stands now, I am leaving dungeons and delves halfway through them to empty bags. No, I can't leave an unlooted corpse behind, it's not cricket I tell you. It was even worse back when she was neck deep in researching traits, she had no bag space to use, so she was parked for 2 months. Now, of course I have this silly idea that a crafter should be able to make stuff for any level character. Some only craft for VR14, and that does reduce inventory needs significantly. Me, I can craft for anyone at anytime, with the occasional mule log for large orders.

To split up the equipment crafting to WW/Cloth on one, Blacksmithing on another allows for characters to carry the inventory they need, but still have room to loot or whatever or have skills to fight with. Plus, they can pick up support crafts like Provisioning and Alchemy as skill points allow. Enchanting could work like this too, but I only have one enchanter because I don't make glyphs for others and I don't need enchanting that often. Enchanting is still not easy to level, but again, how many enchanters do you really need?

So, can it be done, sure. But when I have made alts who are non crafters and have no skills in crating at all, it is amazing how fast I can build them up as I am leveling them, and have all or most of the skill lines for combat and defense fully leveled by the early VR ranks. And how rich they get, money is easy to get from Vendors in this game if your not deconning everything. I used to think that Templars were the OP class of the game, as that was my first non crafting character. Nope it's just she has all the skill points she needs to be deadly in anyway I want her to be.

So, now I have characters who craft, and characters who fight. I find the game much more enjoyable this way. The crafters are deadly enough that they can farm or get to the crafting stations. The only time it is an issue is when I have to log to a crafter. But, I would be logging to an inventory mule anyway at some point, so what's the difference? I craft most things in batches, so I only need to cook once a week or so, make potions once a week or so etc. I don't make gear that often, so my two equipment crafters mostly just hangout in a crafting hub.

True, I have a bunch of characters doing Provisioning writs, but I am only doing that to chase recipes.

I agree that a master crafter will be a jack of all trades and will be a weaker all around character until the higher veteran ranks.

I disagree in part with the inventory comments. A single character can gain access to 410 inventory slots: 110 inventory slots, 240 bank slots, and 60 mount slots. It could be done without a high level VR character (but it certainly does help).

I only have two VR toons: a VR02 sorc alchemist that I haven't played much since 1.6 and hunter/gatherer VR06 that mostly does mostly does the odd Cadwell's Silver quest, provisioning, and PvP. I have been able to afford bank upgrades up to the max of 240 and the daily horse training of 250g on several characters. I've also, been able to afford the purchase of all my rare motifs for my 1 master crafter. I've funded these expenses by selling off my excess refined inventory, reagents, solvents, potions, and farming dwemer scraps and motifs on my < level 20 alts.

However, there will likely always be the need to have some of crafting stuff with you reducing the slots available for loot. Some people overcome this with mailing stuff to their friends to return or creating a "storage guild" for an additional 500 guild slots to share.

I prefer to have a single master crafter of all things. The only downside I can see to splitting up crafting between several alts is the Motifs. Unless you put all 3 of the Motif professions (Blacksmith, Wood, Cloth/Leather) on a single alt, it would be very expensive to have all the Motifs on multiple characters.