With the release of Shadows of the Hist, the highest tier writs and Survey Map were tweaked to use only the highest level materials.  Unfortunately, the maps were bugged and still rewarded lower tier materials. Fortunately, that issue was patched.

On the positive side, the clothing survey maps saw an upgrade with the inclusion of leather nodes in the form of trapping nodes.

Many crafters  agree that there is still room for improvement.  Some writs are asking for four or more items to be crafted.  These writs are not worth doing as the rewards result in a net loss of materials and little to offset the cost.

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In patch 2.5.5, equipment writs were changed to use only the top tier refined materials.

When One-Tamriel arrives later this year with its overabundance of top-tier materials available for harvesting, it makes sense to make this change.  However, the equipment rewards, in their present form, are “a kick in the stones”: 664g, 1 Intricate / Ornate item, 1 trait item, and a rare chance for a  Glass Motif Fragment/ Repair Kit / Survey map that leads to nodes that contain a mix of top-tier and the ones below it.

As it stands now, the opportunity cost  of the mats (make more selling as material or crafted goods) have more value than the value of the writ rewards. Unless you have a hoard of mats and looking for source of inspiration points, I wouldn’t recommend doing the equipment writs.

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