I'm having a really really hard time choosing which one I want. I'm not choosing the staff, for I already have Sanguine Rose. The shield looks very useful and so does the crown. I know that with the crown you can access 2 standing stones; like selecting the thieves stone and then another stone that boosts the percent rate by 10%, making the skill go up 35% quicker. What did you guys pick?

Also, sorry if this has been posted before

always the Aetherium Crown, arguably the most powerful artifact in the game.. that is, depending on how you utilize it..

The shield... and then hung it on the wall.

I have the aetherial crown, and I pretend I'm the High King and jump up and down in Ulfric's armor, bracers and shoes.

Crown or Shield depending on how much you value the crowd control on the shield which is pretty insane. The Crown is very convenient for leveling skills obviously but otherwise unremarkable. The staff's summon isn't good enough to care about.

The Crown is the most useful. The others are mainly for decorations.

The Aetherial Pimp Staff summons robots. T'is my favorite artifact without a doubt.

I have never bothered making the crown because it feels a bit too power-gamey for my taste.

Though the shield sounds nice and I may craft it one of these days.