Any reason to deconstruct after you hit 50 in a crafting line?

[J-Mac]

Besides getting a few resources, is there much reason to deconstruct gear once you hit level 50 in a crafting line, say blacksmithing? I mean, besides the small amount of resources you get and the possibility of getting the enhancement items, which is very low. It seems to me the better way to go would be to sell everything and use the gold to buy the enhancement items I need. Am I missing anything?

[FTWO]

If you're ESO Plus, deconstruct everything because you never know if down the line you might need those resources and it's very nice to have them stored away for a rainy day... they take up no room really if you have the Craft Bag.

Also, deconstructing not only gives you the basic resources needed to actually craft the item, but depending on the item, it might be a style of gear that can get you the rare style material if you deconstruct it. Example: You found some Xyvkin style gear inside a dungeon... you deconstruct it for a chance to obtain Xyvkin style material that you can use to craft in that style if you want in the future.

If you don't have ESO Plus Craft Bag, then I'd only deconstruct items if I need something from them, otherwise your Inventory, Bank Inventory, or Storage Chests in your Home will definitely get filled up very quickly... or you can use Mule Characters to store things on but that gets absolutely annoying fast.

If you're new to the game, always good to deconstruct everything and Research everything, that's a given. If you been playing for quite some time and have all Crafts to 50... then it's your choice. Selling all the gear instead of deconstructing, "depending on how much you play", can earn you a good chunk of Gold.

[Blackstar]

Besides resources i just deconstruct to add items to my collection(even though i could bind them and do the same thing, i hardly ever use items i find)

[🅵🆁🅴🅳🅴🆁🅸🅺]

By deconstructing you also unlock the set items in your collections. I also deconstruct everything generic I find or is rewarded and then sell the materials in bulk in my trading guild; you get more resources than you think from doing that often, and it's a good way to earn gold as people are lazy and don't want to find the materials themselves. Heck, and so am I haha.

[Lokiator]

I deconstruct all jewelry simply because the resources sell for WAY more than I get vendoring the gear. The exception being white ornate rings / necklaces - those I sell.

I sell all white, green, and blue armor & weapons and deconstruct the purples. There's no need to hoard blue or green upgrade materials for these gear types since they're very, very common and very, very cheap. Even still, I find myself selling stacks of purple upgrade materials fairly regularly just because I've run out of storage room.

I also deconstruct glyphs because I can sell the parts for more than the trivial amount the vendor gives you for them. But runes are so common, that even those don't sell for much. If you wanted to save the hassle and vendor them, I wouldn't blame you. :P

[Midas]

Originally posted by J-Mac:

Besides getting a few resources

This is the main reason. If you feel like you're better off with the money for selling it, go for it, but end-game gear is pretty costly in resources (going from CP150 gear to CP160 gear increases the base material cost x10), so I usually just deconstruct everything on my crafter. It's basically my standard flow to have my other characters send ALL the loot they get to my bank, and then when it's ffull, I log onto my crafter and deconstruct everything.