The New Dye System

So I am sure we have all become familiar with the new dye system in the past days since the patch has released. For those who aren't:

- 9 All-purpose dyes have been added to the game, obtained via secondary gathering actions.
-Each piece of equipment now has its own set of specific color variants that it can be made into.
-Dying is now a simple process simply requiring an additional synthesis after the plain item is made.
-The color of the dye now influences stat bonuses on the gear after being dyed.

Now personally, two of those points are great and the other two....not so great.

I fully welcome the simplified dying system as it makes it much easier for people to get gear in the color they want (of those that are available). If someone can't find a dyed version of the gear they want they can always just buy the plain one and get it dyed themselves.

The 9 All-purpose dyes were also a nice step, instead of having 235018351 different shades of colors for various materials and whatnot we just have the 9 that can be used on any material. This makes the dye more readily available which is never a bad thing. Less of a hassle to stock up on a particular color.

Each piece of equipment still having a set in stone number of color variants isn't a deal breaker for me but I hope they implement more colors to existing gear in the future. I love the Cobalt Armor but I wish I could dye it a different color, which leads me to my next point:

Dye color influencing stat bonuses from dyed items. This is the part I have the most issue with. I can see what they were trying to do here but in the end it severely limits how a player can customize their character. What if you need the stat bonus for a piece of gear but hate the color associated with that bonus? Well too bad, you can either deal with it or not get the bonus. The color of our equipment should reflect a personal choice, not what is forced on us by stat bonuses. Certain gear is already pretty well set into certain roles so if they wanted to give a stat bonus it could simply be Undyed vs Dyed instead of Undyed vs Red vs Green vs Purple etc...

All in all I think most of the dye changes have been well implemented, it's just the last point especially that truly bugs me. I hope SE reconsiders this down the line and allows us to have dye as a cosmetic customization choice.

There are already 2 threads about this issue - if we keep everything in one thread, I think we have a better chance of keeping it on the first page and getting a dev to look at it. Here are the links to the other threads:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Crafting-Gear
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ecific-classes. (this link has had the most activity & views)

I like how the dying system works now. Most in my shell does too. Seems those who like it don't care about saying "its good as it is" to those who hate it :P

Bleh bleh, serious its a colour why do you have to whine so much about it.

Personally I like the new dying/stat changes also and hope they take it one step further locking out all armour and weapons to class/jobs and levels.

Im sure everyone will whine like babies but in a few months nobody will care anymore, its kind of like when you take a dummy away from a child, eventually they forget it ever existed.

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Originally Posted by Jinko

Bleh bleh, serious its a colour why do you have to whine so much about it.

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Because the color of your gear should be about choice, not about stat bonuses. What if I want to wear the Cobalt Gear but hate red? If they just allowed me to dye it whatever color I wanted to I'd be happy and on my way. Happy players is generally a good thing.

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Originally Posted by Arcell

Because the color of your gear should be about choice, not about stat bonuses. What if I want to wear the Cobalt Gear but hate red? If they just allowed me to dye it whatever color I wanted to I'd be happy and on my way. Happy players is generally a good thing.

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Agreed. The premise of this game is based on "choice". The armory system is a prime example of that.

Did we have to start another thread? I actually want one of MY threads to get answered by a rep

Sad face D:

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Originally Posted by DeadRiser

Did we have to start another thread? I actually want one of MY threads to get answered by a rep

Sad face D:

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I replied to your thread with most of what's in my post. I supported it but for some reason it didn't stay up there.