is there anything forcing me to craft on my main?

Svann · April 2014

Was thinking of dropping crafting on my main and just having a L10 alt do it. Is there any good reason not to go that route?

Opioid · April 2014

There are so many skill points available in the game, there's really no reason not to do some crafting. But whatever floats your boat man.

daniel_ESO16 · April 2014

You are going to have a tough time putting skill points into crafting without leveling.

Beryl · April 2014

You can't max all crafts on a level 10 alt, you need more skill points than that character can get. So your choices are:
- many low level crafting alts,
- one high level (lvl50) crafting alt with almost no combat skills worth mentioning. You can even level this alt normally and then reset all skillpoints and invest them in crafts.
- crafting on your main.
- any combination of the above. For example, 4 crafts on the main character and 2 on a middle-level alt.

I chose the third option with my main crafting everything. There are enough skill points to do that if you are careful in collecting all skyshards and doing the main quests in your native alliance and in veteran areas.

Svann · April 2014

Forgot to say I was thinking of using skyshards to get skillpoints. Im pretty sure I can get around mobs well enough to pick them up.

Chalybos · April 2014

adamrussell52_ESO wrote: »

Forgot to say I was thinking of using skyshards to get skillpoints. Im pretty sure I can get around mobs well enough to pick them up.

Easier said than done, although you can leapfrog past two-shot mobs if you don't mind going through a ton of soul gems.

Catches_the_Sun · April 2014

You can't craft the best set pieces on your alt unless he has finished the Mage Guild quest line, the Fighter's Guild quest line, and the main story. If there was ever a good reason to craft on your main, that would be it.