This top tier blacksmith writ requires more than other writs, bug?

Lord_Wrath · September 2016

Just a shout out to devs there is a top tier Blacksmith writ that uses 5 items all together. No other gear writ requires 5 items. I believe this is not as intended.

Todays Blacksmithing Writ:
Rubedite Helm: 1
Daggers: 2
Pauldrons: 2

Total ingot usage: 59 Rubedite ingots
MM price (69 sales/10425 items, 30 days): 51.45x59=3000g worth of ingots.

I usually abandon this one because it uses a lot if youre unlucky and get no alloys or surveys from turning it in. Is this as intended?

Evil_Rurouni · September 2016

The 5 item blacksmith writ needing noticably more mats than the others does seem odd, I'll agree.

Would changing it to 1 helm, 2 daggers, and 1 pauldron be reasonable?

Lord_Wrath · September 2016

Hm? I think this should be 1 helm, 1 dagger, and 1 pauldron. That would make it 3 items, just like woodworker writs, just like clothier writs, and just like the other blacksmith writs.

BergisMacBride · September 2016

I always skip this writ on my chars - the cumulative loss of materials over time just isn't worth it for me. Feedback submitted numerous times by me to change this to 3 items like all the other equipment writs, but I guess ZOS has bigger fish to fry.

AntMan100673 · September 2016

It does seem a bit odd that it's different to the other writs however I usually pick up more ore than I do the other materials so maybe it's intended

Lord_Wrath · September 2016

@AntMan100673 - I find ore the least when I hunt nodes, lucky...If it were based off the most for me id have 5 item woodworker writs.

schwarzman1 · September 2016

It's a lot of mats but I've been getting alloys quite frequently

Acharnor · September 2016

Yea - I have started doing writs agin for the tradeoff of hopefully getting gold upgrade mats but I pass at the ones that require so many mats.

Lord_Wrath · September 2016

@Acharnor - Are there other writs that require more than 3 items? Im a master crafter and only notice this one.

Integral1900 · September 2016

As long as you just cancel the 5 item writs blacksmithing works out okay, for gold tempers its certainly worth it, just remember that the rewards can be rather random and the judgement of whether its worth it should be taken over a period of weeks rather than a day or two so that everything can have time to average out

Nestor · September 2016

Lord_Wrath wrote: »

@Acharnor - Are there other writs that require more than 3 items? Im a master crafter and only notice this one.

@Lord_Wrath This is the only one of the Top Tier Equipment writs that wants more than 3 items. Tier 9 material writs on the other hand want way more items, like 9 Staffs for one of those. I would go through a 100 stack doing those writs each day, which is why I did not do any of them.

Lord_Wrath · September 2016

Thanks Nestor ive been maxed out before craft writs existed and didn't realize tiers differed. Ill edit my post to be more relevant.

Lord_Wrath · January 2017

Now its giving me that writ every other day.

Stopnaggin · January 2017

It is odd and I have. Wondered why for some time now. Although as mentioned earlier the lower writs take much more in resources. Nightwood was 3,3 and 3 for staves and such. I will say that tempers drop much more frequently for me over the last 6 months or so. And Ore is plentiful since 1T, I can get 1000 ore per hour if I dedicate to it.

Fudly_budly · January 2017

@STEVIL helped me see that crafting writs are profitable.
Check it out:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/302969/why-ill-never-do-another-level-50-crafting-writ#latest

Fudly_budly · January 2017

Stopnaggin wrote: »

It is odd and I have. Wondered why for some time now. Although as mentioned earlier the lower writs take much more in resources. Nightwood was 3,3 and 3 for staves and such. I will say that tempers drop much more frequently for me over the last 6 months or so. And Ore is plentiful since 1T, I can get 1000 ore per hour if I dedicate to it.

true but you must be a farming machine! lol I've done 200 an hour pretty consistently in some zones.

helediron · January 2017

Homestead drops the requirements of that quest to one helm, dagger, pauldron.

Stopnaggin · January 2017

Fudly_budly wrote: »

Stopnaggin wrote: »

It is odd and I have. Wondered why for some time now. Although as mentioned earlier the lower writs take much more in resources. Nightwood was 3,3 and 3 for staves and such. I will say that tempers drop much more frequently for me over the last 6 months or so. And Ore is plentiful since 1T, I can get 1000 ore per hour if I dedicate to it.

true but you must be a farming machine! lol I've done 200 an hour pretty consistently in some zones.

Yeah I gather quite a bit. I never ride my mount and never stay on the road. It does take forever to get somewhere because I pick up everything.

Lord_Wrath · January 2017

helediron wrote: »

Homestead drops the requirements of that quest to one helm, dagger, pauldron.

Awesome! Problem solved!