Other crafting professions worth it?

DeccanWolf · July 2016

I'm running a lvl 43 Khajiit stamina Nightblade. I use dw/b and I try to use only medium armor (passives are great, you know). I've really only felt the need to work on blacksmithing and clothing (for daggers and medium armor), which are both sitting at about 22. I haven't really decided to start power leveling the crafts yet. As bow is my secondary, I don't feel the need to master another craft just to make a new bow every once in a while. I just decided I could buy one, or trade for one (or of course loot one).

Am I wrong? Should I look into woodworking? What about the other crafting professions? I've heard provisioning and enchanting is essential for end-game pvp and pve. What about alchemy?

Thanks, in advance, for any answers I may get.
(Sorry if this is in the wrong forum area, this is my first post.)

RandalMarrs · July 2016

Yes, it is good to be self sufficient. Start researching now as it will take a long time to master each craft.

bebynnag · July 2016

I agree being able to make your own aromour & weapons is much easier/cheaper/satisfying

provisioning is a must - food/drinks are a must & the passives increase duration

Alchemy is great, the potions/poisons available to craft are (imo) far superior to your basic lootable/purchasable ones when it comes to end game content, again passives increase durations

enchanting again a must

all of this can eat a lot of skill points so do all your skill point quest/dungeons & grab all your skyshards

Vonovosi · July 2016

It really depends on how you want to play the game really. I have all the crafting professions maxed out on all my alts. I am in 4 trading guilds, and it is how I make my gold. Being able to harvest max level matts is a good way to make gold they sell fast and more the most gold. Provisioning, alchemy, and enchanting provide items that all players can make use of, so are good for any player to learn.

Just because you are currently only using medium armor and metal weapons, doesn't mean that in the future you might want to use other types of gear. If you want to craft your own gear, it would be nice to have those skills ready when you make that decision. If you are willing to buy/trade with other players for items that you can not craft yourself, that's fine as well.

DeccanWolf · July 2016

So, try to master as much as possible?

DeccanWolf · July 2016

Vonovosi wrote: »

It really depends on how you want to play the game really. I have all the crafting professions maxed out on all my alts. I am in 4 trading guilds, and it is how I make my gold. Being able to harvest max level matts is a good way to make gold they sell fast and more the most gold. Provisioning, alchemy, and enchanting provide items that all players can make use of, so are good for any player to learn.

Just because you are currently only using medium armor and metal weapons, doesn't mean that in the future you might want to use other types of gear. If you want to craft your own gear, it would be nice to have those skills ready when you make that decision. If you are willing to buy/trade with other players for items that you can not craft yourself, that's fine as well.

Should I start loading up on crafting mats in my bank then?

Rosveen · July 2016

DeccanWolf wrote: »

So, try to master as much as possible?

There's no reason not to. Alchemy and provisioning go very fast, research happens in the background with very little player input and deconning is just a standard part of inventory management. You don't need to powerlevel if you don't want to, it'll level up naturally anyway.

DeccanWolf · July 2016

I've read that bow sucks in PvP compared to DW/2H. As I want to be doing mainly PvP on my first character, I'm thinking about replacing bow with 2H. Would there be any reason to continue leveling woodworking if I do not use anything that comes from it? Is it too late to switch to 2H? I'm guessing it would be a good idea to max level woodworking just so I can craft for alts?

Vonovosi · July 2016

DeccanWolf wrote: »

Vonovosi wrote: »

It really depends on how you want to play the game really. I have all the crafting professions maxed out on all my alts. I am in 4 trading guilds, and it is how I make my gold. Being able to harvest max level matts is a good way to make gold they sell fast and more the most gold. Provisioning, alchemy, and enchanting provide items that all players can make use of, so are good for any player to learn.

Just because you are currently only using medium armor and metal weapons, doesn't mean that in the future you might want to use other types of gear. If you want to craft your own gear, it would be nice to have those skills ready when you make that decision. If you are willing to buy/trade with other players for items that you can not craft yourself, that's fine as well.

Should I start loading up on crafting mats in my bank then?

I would only hoard max level matts for later use. Any lower level matts you collect along the way should be refined. You probably hold on to the improvement matts that you get from refining for later use but you sell all the refined matts that you do not use. They sell pretty fast on PC NA in the traders.

As far as leveling weapon/armor skill lines, you should try and level all 3 armor skills, and a few different weapon types. You can level all armor skills by wearing at least 1 of each armor type as you level up to 50. If you get all the skill points in the game, and have the DLC's, you will have over 300 (not including those from PVP) That is enough to have a few different weapons mastered and plenty of points for crafting.

Another thing to consider about crafting is to research every unknown trait that you can in every skill line. If you craft some or all of your own gear, you will want to be crafting sets. All sets in the game require you to have a number (varies depending on set) of traits unlocked on each piece of gear you want to craft. Seeing that each research that you do doubles the time required, this is a long process. keep those research spots filled especially in the gear that you plan on using and make sure you learn the traits that you plan to utilize.

Vangy · July 2016

1. More than enuf skill points in this game to pick up everything.

2. Crafting dailies are awesome. One daily = 600 gold (660 if ur eso+). I do 32 dailies across 6 toons. That means just for the turn ins, I get around 22k gold per day. In one week I can make about 150k. About 130k profit after subtracting cost of doing dailies.

3. Most dailies have a chance to give u a survey writ or a gold material. ( esp blacksmithing and enchanting). Each temper or kuta is worth about 6k. I typically get anywhere between 5-10 gold mats per craft each week. In terms of gold, just blacksmithing alone can award me an additional 36k per week.

4. Roll around in gold and $x$.

Johngo0036 · July 2016

you want to level alchemy to level 50 as this will give you a passive that increases potions time to like 40seconds.

Provisioning with the right recipes can make you good gold by making and selling them in a Guild store.

SolarCat02 · July 2016

Provisioning and Alchemy can be leveled quickly if you have collected the others.

For the other skills, I would recommend leveling them by deconstructing, and for blacksmithing/clothier/woodworking, always have your research running. Only put the skill points in the ones you really care about right now (skill points are a bit scarce at lower levels but plentiful at endgame).

This way everything is ready to go if you decide to do the crafts you have been avoiding.