What should i turn the aetherium crest into?

[Rockets Jump on Rocket Jumps]

my build is a stealth archer and i recently finished Lost to the ages. what's the best thing to turn the crest into for me?

[JDaremo Fireheart]

I usually make a crown so I can have to stones active at the same time

[MysticMalevolence]

I always use the crown for the daily power exploit. The shield isn't too great, especially for an archer, and the staff is outclassed pretty easily.

[Soloquendi]

I don't see why this is a hard decision. If you really can't decide, make a hard save. Then try each one out.

[One Eye Jack]

The crown. Because.........watch the following. Still have not tried this but it looks like a blast....

https://youtu.be/ssT6D_WVIOU

[tigerpoetry]

It's the crown for me, too.

[Docsprock]

Crown always.

[Zsrai]

Crown is your best all around option. The Staff is good if you're RP'ing a certain type or maybe if you're trying a pure "pacifist" stealth play through, since you can use the Staff to create distractions. It can also be fun as a "Dwemer fanatic" or researcher, since you can wear full Dwarven and get a couple of Amunculi followers, and use a crossbow.

The Shield is also ok for the same type of thing as the Staff: an RP playthrough, maybe as a (D&D style) cleric where you focus on healing and supporting a follower, and use the Shield to bash and keep enemies off of you instead of killing them outright yourself.

TLDR: Pretty much just choose the Crown 95% of the time, unless you have a specific RP reason to choose one of the others.