I realise a lot of this will be player preference, but just after any thoughts/advice people have.
I'm a returning player. I have a lvl 50 DK from launch that I migrated to PS4 and never played again with craft skills around 30 but not a lot researched. A lvl 28 sorc that I started one other return with craft skills around 30 with most traits researched (except nirnhoned) that is intended to be my main crafter, and a newer 'main' nightblade that just hit 50 and I'm at around 100 CP with craft skills around 30 but not much researched. I like crafting my own stuff, and the idea of crafting writs seem cool, but I'm confused reading around about the cost/reward for maxing crafting on characters to do writs.
Do I need to do full research and get a bunch of styles on all max crafters to make max writs worth it? Or can I just push crafting to 50 and pretty much just have the craft ability skill (along with extraction while levelling) and it still be worth it?
I read somewhere that lvl 1 writs are just as rewarding as max level if you're not after master writs, does that mean that if I don't want to actually craft on a char but would like to get some writ rewards my best option for alts is to just put a single skill point into the crafting skill and then leave it?
When it comes to levelling crafting on alts, is the easiest/best option to get it to max on my main and then send loot and craft max level gear for my alts to dismantle? Or should I be trying to keep them about the same level so the gear they dismantle will be around the equivalent level of their crafting skills?
Much as I love the game, I don't have a heap of time and don't want to burn out by spending too much time and energy on crafting on all my chars, but by the same token I like the idea of getting some easy gold and mats and stuff once they do get there.