decon assistant is good with ESO+, it prevents you from having to go to all different crafting stations as peacenote said.

Merchant is not great tbh, all you can do is sell stuff to it, they can't repair or sell you lockpicks.

Stuff like extra armory slots and outfit slots are per-character so the answer of whether or not they are worth the 1.5k crown price is going to be entirely subjective. For PC I do not think the armory assistant is too necessary, but for people not using add-ons or characters that swap between werewolf and vampire and wildly different CPs, it may be needed to cut down on time.

The great thing about the Decon assistant is that you can decon everything at once instead of running to multiple tables. It's all a single menu. You can filter down if you'd like, but the default is just to list everything to be able to deconstruct at once. I use her instead of tables at my houses now for that reason. So, even when you're standing right next to the tables, she's better if all you want to do is deconstruct. Still need tables to refine or improve though.

If I was to only buy 1 assistant it would be a banker. Playing without one would be excruciating. You can bank everything and then decon what you don't want to keep when you get to some tables. There tend to be more merchants wandering about the country side.

I feel the same way. I have a banker on my main account that was a gift from one of my kids, and it is SO handy. I never thought I needed it until I actually got one.
My second account doesn't have one, and I really notice the lack of it in game. I just wish they weren't so expensive.

I have my Alfiq banker and merchant, so I am happy! Although that crow assistant that has a Khajiit with it is tempting too...

They are pretty handy and save a fair amount of running around, especially when doing your daily crafting writs! Can just spawn them in, get your alchemy/provisioning items to turn in and you're laughing

I don't understand the appeal of the deconstruction assistant. I only decon on a character with all the passives and I only decon purple/gold items and jewellery. If I'm on a different character then the gear goes in the bank to be deconned by a crafter.

Help me understand please! Does everyone else decon good stuff on non crafters or do they have all their characters as crafters?

The assistants are great, I just remember the outrage at the time with them being the "wish" versions for the cost(bankers that can't access guild, merchants that can't repair) at least(if I'm remembering right?) the fence was free(but she takes a cut and can't launder. I never use her if I can help it. I have the rag merchant as well. Haven't got the armory one yet, but so far it's no big deal to pop into my home if I decide to pvp etc yet. Banker and deconstruct are my two most useful ones.

Ishtarknows wrote: »

I don't understand the appeal of the deconstruction assistant. I only decon on a character with all the passives and I only decon purple/gold items and jewellery. If I'm on a different character then the gear goes in the bank to be deconned by a crafter.

Help me understand please! Does everyone else decon good stuff on non crafters or do they have all their characters as crafters?

All the characters I use that assistant on have the decon passives. Though I generally only decon everything intricate, light armor as I used to always be short ancestor silk for writs, and jewelry. She is also very handy for getting a new character's crafting skills up to speed quickly. Just go play the character and decon all the drops at the end of the day, most of it is worthless anyway.

SilverBride wrote: »

I always thought they were unnecessary and too expensive, so I never bothered to get one. Then one day I was at an out of the way furnishing achievement vendor and didn't have enough gold on my character for what I wanted to purchase and had to run back to town. That prompted me to purchase Baron Jangerplume.

Now I use him all the time and don't know how I ever got by without him.

I wonder what else I need...

I agree on both points but definitely how assistants are unnecessarily expensive. The convenience though is great especially during trials when you need something or if you have the decon assistant to decon items during the run. Gold access at traders is awesomely convenient too as you describe.

Since assistants are so expensive I wish they sold skins for them so I could buy the Golden saint skin for Ghasrog the Armory assistant instead of have to buy a completely new assistant at full price.

spartaxoxo wrote: »

The great thing about the Decon assistant is that you can decon everything at once instead of running to multiple tables. It's all a single menu. You can filter down if you'd like, but the default is just to list everything to be able to deconstruct at once. I use her instead of tables at my houses now for that reason. So, even when you're standing right next to the tables, she's better if all you want to do is deconstruct. Still need tables to refine or improve though.

I only decon purple/gold quality items, and all jewelry. So my usual approach is: Sell everything else to a merchant, deposit purple items in my bank. Repeat until my bank is full. Then swap CP, and decon and then refine at the same time, one by one.

For that, the decon assistant will never be a useful thing for me. I just pull out my merchant/banker to clear inventory.

New decon assistant drops this Thursday if you can wait.

Aderene the Fargrave Dregs Dealer was in the March showcase.

The little Alfiqs are the best. Only reason I haven’t gotten the decon assistant yet is I know they’re going to have other models later that I might like more.

hey silver!

def gilly and gary (the decon assistant and armorer) - best.ever.

♥

fairy nuff!

i change builds quite a bit so gary is my bff haha

Banker is a must! I played a long time with Ezabi as my only assistant and purchased Fezez primarily for an Alfiq party at my Sleek Creek house but it has been handy to have a merchant on demand (if my bank were not full of furnishings, I can’t inagine needing a merchant at all as I could stash more stuff to sell or decon later).

I can’t see myself getting a decon assistant as I only have one character with both the CP and all skill point passives to maximize returns. If it’s not worth saving for my crafter to decon, then I sell it to a merchant. Plus I confess I really don’t like that the assistant is called a “rag picker,” but that’s just me.

Several times I’ve thought an armory assistant would be helpful, but I’m waiting for the right one for my characters. I’m thinking another Alfiq or another Khajiit or an Argonian or an elf (can’t believe we have crows, robots, and daedra and not a single Altmer assistant nor houseguest). I have to like their look, voice, and personality too — these assistants are expensive after all!

BenTSG wrote: »

I have my Alfiq banker and merchant, so I am happy! Although that crow assistant that has a Khajiit with it is tempting too...

They are pretty handy and save a fair amount of running around, especially when doing your daily crafting writs! Can just spawn them in, get your alchemy/provisioning items to turn in and you're laughing

The crow banker and merchant assistants are the crows themselves and you see them perch on your arm when you interact with them.