All on one character or distributed amongst alts?

bladeheartwolfeb17_ESO · September 2016

I'm a returning player from 2 years back and, I have to admit that my recollection of many aspects of this game is such that in reality I'm really a new player.

However, I have a character that is high level which has had all of it's skill points refunded, so I was considering making that character my single 'Crafter' for all. Are there any notable disadvantages with such a choice? Or notable advantages with distributing the manufacturing amongst alts?

Many thanks.

Sharee · September 2016

One convenient advantage of an universal crafter is that you do not have to constantly change characters as you craft a set. And there are enough skillpoints to be had in the game so that the crafter can still be an effective combatant.

bladeheartwolfeb17_ESO · September 2016

Cheers.

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Rosveen · September 2016

You want blacksmithing, clothing and woodworking on one character so you need to learn the motifs only once. Ideally, they'd also have enchanting so you can fully prepare an armor set without relogging, but this is less important.
Alchemy and Provisioning can go to whomever. Ideally, all your characters will train it anyway for the passives extending buff duration.

WuffyCerulei · September 2016

My main has all her crafting skills maxed so if I need anything done, I do straight to her. All my other toons are really for PVE or PVP. My main also is my achievement character.

solangesimondsen · September 2016

I agree that Clothing, Woodworking and Blacksmithing on one character is super convenient. Like you, I just got back from a two year absence, but I already had those three on my main. It is SUPER great now, since materials are in one place that doesn't take up bank space. So any of your alts can casually gather materials more easily.

SpAEkus · September 2016

Crafting Passives allocation is the easy part. The other question is how much research did you do prior.

If that character was doing all the research before then prob the best one to be master. If not then you might consider making the one with the most complete research master, if they also have as many crafts mastered.

If you are starting research from scratch then definitely put it on the one that has the most crafts mastered to allow maximum research passives.

Glaiceana · September 2016

Yeah there's definitely no problem having an all in one character. My main character is my crafter in all aspects, theres plenty of skill points. Take pride in having an awesome character that can do everything

I think one reason people may split the roles up is to give their alts something to do. But like others have said, you wont need to constantly switch characters. You can use the other ones to focus on different play styles etc

bladeheartwolfeb17_ESO · September 2016

Thank you all for the insight and advice.

mdylan2013 · September 2016

My main is also the main crafter for all my toons. Reasoning being that I won't have to relearn motifs and convenience.

Synfaer · September 2016

One of my main reasons for 1 crafter is style motifs. There are that many styles out now that getting the styles you want on multiple crafters would be painful and/or expensive.