I don't like this either. My fully leveled, fully researched crafter is only that...a crafter. I never play her. So now, if I want the high level stuff, I have a play a character that I don't want to play.

Yeah I can see whats your problem there. Im glad now that I maxxed out all crafting on my main and collected most of the skillpoints you can get in the game, so its no problém for me.

Maybe, finally, we will see the death of the "Crafting character" and the "Adventuring character" and the "Mule character" and just get.... "Character".

A crafting alt that you have maxed and then don't play, you just use it to churn out the latest set your "main" needs? Seems pretty sad to me.

DenMoria wrote: »

They're probably trying to get people to not specialize so much. I mean, honestly, why wouldn't you craft?

I craft - with one character. Why would I need five master blacksmiths?

Rosveen wrote: »

DenMoria wrote: »

They're probably trying to get people to not specialize so much. I mean, honestly, why wouldn't you craft?

I craft - with one character. Why would I need five master blacksmiths?

To do writs... I've got 2 of my characters (the VR12 and the VR16) with all of the crafting skills at max, the others all have provisioning maxed, 1 has blacksmithing maxed, 1 has clothing maxed, and I'm currently working on maxing the other equipment crafting skills maxed on all of them. It's skill point intensive, but some days I just feel like doing a ton of writs rather than running around adventuring (it can be relaxing every now and then), so once they're all maxed out I can do that. Oh, and also that way their hirelings bring back higher level mats.

Mind you, I'm not saying you need to max out blacksmithing on all of your characters, I'm just giving you a reason why I want to, and a reason why you might want to consider it. Alternately you might think it's totally not worth it.

You only have to have points in the primary passive. You don't have to have a single other point spent (so you're looking at <10 skillpoints per line to get max level mats, hardly out of the realm of possibility)

It makes some measure of sense in the regard that only then would you be trained to look for the specific material.

Beyond that, it's not like it's the only place to harvest mats for your character.

If the "20 hours of Storyline" PvE content scales the same as IC did, you'll be done with it in a weekend anyway.

Same as @UrQuan for me. I dont do research on all my characters, only my "Masters" are completely leveled in their craft.
All of them, however are leveled enough for max writs and hirelings. When Psiijic Ambrosia came out, I was able to do 5 provisioning writs a day and I'll be able to collect max mats on anyone that goes to Orsinium.

It's easy enough once you have a vet character or two. You just pass down glyphs and items to decon to the lower levels.
Plenty of skill points available if you play the game and not just grind.

MikeB wrote: »

You consider it sad that those who dont want to spend hours upon hours, if not days, doing skill point questing and skyshard farming on ALL of their characters just to max crafting in addition to their build? I find it sad that people have the amount of free time needed to max crafting on more than one toon. We should be able to gather max level materials if our character is max level, not their skill.

This is a slap in the face to those with less time to play that devote just one character to crafting. I still want to be able to gather V16 resources when I'm playing on characters that are not my "crafting" character, this is a unwanted change @ZOS_RichLambert

How is it a slap in the face? All of the other zones work the current way. This is one zone you do not even have to purchase. I mean, come on, a game choice that does not line up with your preference is not a direct affront to you, or the developer twirling a gigantic black mustache. Or is every player continually getting smacked in the face as gameplay decisions are made that they do not agree with?

good thing is...im going to hv more business...

My main has all the crafting maxed but not sure if I like this especially because I am leveling a new Character and probably won't get all the achievements and skyshards like I did on my main.

I guess I am lucky that I have balanced my VR 9 NB main as mainly a crafter but still able to pve with decent dps/surviveability.

Trying out cloth dual wield/heal stave but I think I will go back to heavy armor shield/heal stave, as that enables me to survive alot better and I can kill mobs faster with traps and leaching abilities than I can right now.

I like it it's different.

All types of mats can be gathered in anyother zone than Orsinium.

I can understand why some with dedicated crafters would be upset. My friend I game with is set up that way and now he's dumping tons of skill points into crafting in anticipation of this move. I've always set up my main to be my dedicated crafter because I want to be able to do the highest level writs as well as have quick access to anything craftable. Anyone else set up that way isn't going to have any problems. Spoiler alert: that's how the game was designed to be played. I'm not one of those that has a ton of time to play. I have a job and a family and I get 1 maybe 2 nights a week. All my crafting is maxed, my build is solid, and I'm leveled up just fine. If I can do it anyone can. As for my friend, he has one main and had completed Cadwell gold and has plenty of skill points just sitting there so the transition for him isn't a problem either. Anyone who thinks there will ever be a game anymore that can always be played anyway anyone wants to play is living in a fantasy world. There will always be rules and updates and little nudges in certain directions. It's not always what we individually want but as long as the game is fun we play on. The word of the day: acceptance.