Question for those doing daily crafting writs on multiple characters

MonkLoHan · July 2022

I've got 14 characters that I (try) to run crafting dailies on. I only have ONE who is completely maxed (my master crafter) but all others have little to no skill points in passive crafting abilities like "Metalworking" (Blacksmithing), "Tailoring" (Clothing), "Engraver" (Jewelry), etc. I am wondering, am I missing out by not putting points here on my other daily crafters? Their writs are all in iron, pewter, jute/rawhide.

Is it better to max out their basic crafting skills or just keep them at the low (iron, jute/rawhide, pewter) level?

Nestor · July 2022

You get a better chance for Gold Tempers at Max Tier for Crafting Writs. You also only get Master Writs at the Top Tier.

So, yes, should max them out at least for Material Level. All other Crafting Passives are not needed.

MonkLoHan · July 2022

Thanks. Good to know. Wish I had put points on these characters a long time ago. Been just mainly doing it for the $ and surveys. Now Im kicking myself thinking about all of the MW and gold temps I could have had all this time.

Nestor · July 2022

I brought my alts up slowly. I would feed them Mob loot for decon through the bank and with any Intricates i would get from Writ rewards. It does not take all that long doing that.

Of course the 60 to 70 skill points needed for the material passives is the real hurdle. At least you dont need any points to decon for leveling. Although the Extraction Passives are nice to have during craft leveling.

HedgeHugger · July 2022

There is also a negative side to having many crafters doing dailies at top tier. You burn through resources.
On lower level crafters you gain back at least as much crafting materials as you are using. At top level you need to like doing surveys, or be prepared to spend on emergency materials

I have a mixture. I'd never keep up if all of mine were doing top level dailies.

tomfant · July 2022

Having all toons at max level in alchemy and provisioning also saves a lot of bank space if you pre-craft the potions and the food/drinks with your master crafter.

tmbrinks · July 2022

HedgeHugger wrote: »

There is also a negative side to having many crafters doing dailies at top tier. You burn through resources.
On lower level crafters you gain back at least as much crafting materials as you are using. At top level you need to like doing surveys, or be prepared to spend on emergency materials

I have a mixture. I'd never keep up if all of mine were doing top level dailies.

At max level (accounting for the cost of materials) you can make about 1.6m per month/per character doing writs. At minimum level (accounting for the cost of materials again) you can make about 530k per month/per character doing writs.

You make 3x as much in value (from the higher chance of gold drops and master writs) doing them at maximum level versus doing them at minimum.

Math is in the spreadsheet in my signature.

tl dr. Do writs at maximum level.

Edit: This is on PC/NA, at PC/NA prices. They will obviously vary if you are on a different server

MonkLoHan · July 2022

tmbrinks wrote: »

Math is in the spreadsheet in my signature.

tl dr. Do writs at maximum level.

Edit: This is on PC/NA, at PC/NA prices. They will obviously vary if you are on a different server

WOW!! Very very good stuff. Thanks for taking the time to put together that info.

kringled_1 · July 2022

I do a mix of top and bottom levels, like hedgehugger. This is a deliberate choice on my end, even knowing the information that tmbrinks has posted here (which he's also shared in the past).
The tradeoffs for me come down to me not wanting to spend the time on skill point acquisition for one, and how much shopping for materials irritates me. The other part of the equation is that I already generate enough gold materials for my own use, and I have more than enough gold for the few things I need to buy.

FlopsyPrince · July 2022

MonkLoHan wrote: »

I've got 14 characters that I (try) to run crafting dailies on. I only have ONE who is completely maxed (my master crafter) but all others have little to no skill points in passive crafting abilities like "Metalworking" (Blacksmithing), "Tailoring" (Clothing), "Engraver" (Jewelry), etc. I am wondering, am I missing out by not putting points here on my other daily crafters? Their writs are all in iron, pewter, jute/rawhide.

Is it better to max out their basic crafting skills or just keep them at the low (iron, jute/rawhide, pewter) level?

Probably. It is a grind, but I had most/all of my PS4 alts up to max in all crafting (mats and research). I am working on that on the PC now and it will take a while.

I usually go for the 3rd level in each first, then to max. That means I need 2 types of raw mats for dailies. I buy max mats as needed and use surveys when I am low for the level 3 mats.

JC gets pushed up as it can, since it is so long to level!

I have read you get better rewards the higher you get and the Master Writs require maxing, but others can speak to that better than I can. Master Writs do sell fairly well.

FrancisCrawford · July 2022

In almost all crafts, you should be at either the very lowest level for materials or the very highest.

Advantages to being at the lowest level include:

Fewer skill points invested.
Cheap materials.
Best return of needed materials when you turn in a writ.

Advantages to being at the highest level include:

Best rewards.
(Sometimes) Cheaper materials than any other tier except the lowest.

kingsirdrmr · July 2022

I do the lowest level armor/jewelry writs and the highest level alchemy, enchanting, and provisioning writs since I craft a lot of gear for theorycrafting and it's useful for all my characters to be able to craft their own potions, poisons, and glyphs.

redlink1979 · July 2022

Craft in lowest mat tier if you only need the gold.

deleted221106-002999 · July 2022

redlink1979 wrote: »

Craft in lowest mat tier if you only need the gold.

@tmbrinks has already debunked that.

But I see where you're coming from and agree with the following caveats: your don't have the skill points needed to max out your craft levels, don't yet have sufficient resources (mats or gold to buy them) to get started with max tier craft dailies or don't have a need/don't want gold tempers etc returned as rewards for turning in max level craft dailies.