BullNetch wrote: »

But a diamond would give your ring the impenetrable trait in ESO. You'd be more resistant to critical hits.

Jewelcrafting could be something done with blacksmithing, woodworking, or clothier... -snip-

Yes, the mechanics are different for what a "ruby" or Diamond" means between armor and jewlery...

And that is also a problem for just adding it to existing crafts. Not to mention that technically and historically speaking, the skill sets where very different...

Sure, a blacksmith worked with metal. Pounbding red hot iron into shape on an anvil with his hammer.
A goldsmith worked with metal too... pouring molten silver and gold into forms, and then cutting gems to set them.
Not at all alike, a blacksmith wouldn't know the first thing about all that...

And while it is true that some well doing blacksmiths did also learn a goldsmiths craft to make "fancy" ornate swords and gilded armor for noble customers, most blacksmiths throughout history merely made plain but functional blades, simple servicable armor, and outside wartimes, mostly horseshows and plowshares

Thus it would make more sense for them to add Jeweler as seperate skill... the trouble there is, righs and amulats make just two things to craft and research, which looks rather lean to justify a whole skill line, even compared to woodworking (which at least has six things... both clothier and blacksmith have fourteen things to craft/research...)

They would have to add things to craft, to make jeweller viable.

I would love to see that!

A jeweller could for example also craft circlets, facemasks and crowns.

Then I always keep talking about wanting an alternate weapon option for destruction and restoration magic, only having staves to choose from is boring... I keep mentioning the idea of some "Spell Focus", which would merely have different looks and animations, but otherwise work just the same... stuff like dunmer holy symbols, breton ornate spellbooks, altmer meditation crystals, imperial red diamond replicas, khajiit moon amulets, argonian shaman rattles, barbaric gemmed skulls, whatever. That'd be four more things to craft.

And presto, jeweller suddenly has things to do without them even changing the game structure... though they could add more jwelery options as well. I'd love to see more slots for stuff like bracelets, anklets, earrings...