Monday, July 29, 2013

The Importance of Crafting in Elder Scrolls Online



Crafting is an important part of game play when it comes to Elder Scrolls Online. Not only does it give the player a chance to create their own weapons, armor, and various other kinds of objects that they'll need throughout game play, but because of the extra feature of additives, it allows the player to mix up the ingredients and add special effects to their items. A special effect that can differ with a different additive, giving the player more possibilities of what their finalized item will be once it's crafted. These particular items can only be crafted and can help the player level up in their profession, all the while improving the player's equipment. And every player knows, the better the equipment you have (Especially when it comes to weapons and armor), the better you'll do overall in battle.

When it comes to crafting guide in Elder Scrolls Online, there are five different professions. Weaponsmith, which allows for the crafting of various types of weapons. Armorsmith, which allows for the crafting of various types of armors. Enchantments, which is the crafting of staffs, jewelry and glyphs. Crafting enchantments can also add special effects to your items. Alchemist, for crafting potions that can help greatly in battles. And lastly, provisioner, for crafting food and drinks that can be consumed by the player. The player's race will automatically learn its racial recipes. To craft weapons or armor of other racial styles, the player will have to discover the recipes of different races before being able to craft that race's style of items. For example, if you're an Orc, you'll already know all the Orc recipes to craft your items in the Orc style; To craft anything other than a Orc styled weapon or armor, you'll have to discover the other race recipes to craft items pertaining to their style.

Elder Scroll's crafting feature allows players to craft a vast array of items. Such items that can be crafted will depend on the type and quantity of discovered recipes, as well as condiments, that the player owns that are needed to make each item. Usually the items that a player can craft is not found anywhere else, crafting is the only way to obtain the item, and are proven really useful in Elder Scrolls game play. As each player levels up through their profession with crafting, they'll also level up the effectiveness and quality of their items.

Crafting also causes the player to gain points. These points help the player level up in their profession. However, you can not obtain a mastery of all five professions, each player is limited to only mastering two of the five professions. Or, if a player prefers, they can spread their crafting points among all five professions to obtain higher levels in each one. In any case, only enough crafting points to master two professions will be achieved; shall the player decide to spread the points among three of more crafting professions, they will no longer have enough points to completely master any one profession. Or a player can even choose to master just one profession and split the remainder of their crafting points among the other four professions to get more skilled in those.

Players can also make gold in crafting. No, they don't craft the gold itself, but crafting particular items will give the player an item that's gold value is higher than the cost of what was spent (Buying the needed crafting items) to make that item; meaning the player can make profit from crafting, which can be just a bit more than what was originally spent or a lot more depending on the item that was crafted.

The items that are essential to crafting other items can be found, by the player, throughout game play. Not everything will be in view as the player will need to interact with their surroundings and nearby objects to find many items that they may need. Overlooking areas can mean missed out items the player could have found that may have proved valuable to crafting another item. Some items that you'll need to craft will be purchasable with gold.

Once the player obtains the requirements needed for what they wish to craft and have located the designated crafting location, they can begin to craft their item. Armorsmith and weaponsmith requires forge, as alchemist requires a laboratory, an enchanter needs an enchanter's table, and a provisioner needs a campfire. When it comes to the actual crafting, a player is presented with three options; Primary ingredient, secondary ingredient, and additives. Additives are completely optional and up to the player. An additive can add a little something extra to your item depending on what you added to the primary and secondary ingredients, different additives will offer different results and effects on your crafted item.