Undyeable gear... what?

They want everybody to look the same, build the same stats, and use the same everything.

I'm so happy you can't dye AF and endgame sets. They look perfect as they are, and we don't need people ruining them with ugly dye combinations. It's just an eyesore.

I want a brighter trim on my dragoon AF gear :(

If we're going to go with lore being the reason, then isn't that even more of a reason to allow us to dye our endgame gear? Our characters play the role of the main characters of FFXIV, so why can't we have our own look like previous FF main characters?

It's just the way they want it. There's no need to be so demanding of every little thing, just for the sake of wanting more. AF/endgame gear have specific lore or significance behind them, your generic crafted stuff do not. It makes sense. It doesn't have to make perfect sense, but why should it? Player customization is a luxury, not a necessity. You play the game that they want to create, by the vision that they have for it at the time, not something that you think is free-reign. Their vision is more lore centric than player freedom. They might change their mind about it in the future, but for the time being, not gonna happen.

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Originally Posted by Azurein

If we're going to go with lore being the reason, then isn't that even more of a reason to allow us to dye our endgame gear? Our characters play the role of the main characters of FFXIV, so why can't we have our own look like previous FF main characters?

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Lore is actually something that exists without a players existence, something that is established as a result of official writers with canon elements. Your personal existence in the game is not tied to any creation of lore, you only experience it.

I agree that everything should be convertible. But dyeing....meh.

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Originally Posted by charlemagne

I was bitterly disappointed about this. The npc characters in the black mage questline have coloured AF, so it isn't a question of lore. I really rather liked the coloured version of the BLM AF and would have liked to be able to wear it.

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The NPC chars have different versions of AF (+1, +2, etc)

That's why the colors are different.

We will likely get those as well at some point.

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Originally Posted by Mhyrria

They want everybody to look the same, build the same stats, and use the same everything.

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And because of this they bring the vanity system later.

You are right

I just turn the stuff that can't be converted into my GC cause it beats what the vendor will give me and I sure as hell am not going to destroy it for inventory space.

Mages darklight looks like some hot topic obsessed goth kid's closet, I really wish I could dye it. The rest meh I don't care. AF, AF+1, I don't think they should be dyed, but if they want to come out with a version later on, like the red and blue we see the blm quest, than they should!. Darklight is the only thing that bothers me, I don't want to look like some gothic vamper ><