3 hour maintenance for special dye?

This is a "hotfix"? lol
http://sqex.to/FZx

Not complaining mind you, I've been wanting these dyes.. just that I find it amusing ^_^;

I had no idea those items were even in the game yet in the first place. My retainers are going to be doing SO MUCH WORK when the servers are back up.

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Originally Posted by Vespar

This is a "hotfix"? lol
http://sqex.to/FZx

Not complaining mind you, I've been wanting these dyes.. just that I find it amusing ^_^;

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perhaps it was meant for the last patchnd they just forgot to add them into the ventures, lawl..wouldnt suprise me

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Originally Posted by Kiroh

I had no idea those items were even in the game yet in the first place. My retainers are going to be doing SO MUCH WORK when the servers are back up.

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Yeah they were already on the "dye" window when you go to dye gear. You could "preview" the armor dyed in silver or gold or true white and black. The metallic dyes look pretty cool :D I forsee a lot of solid gold paladins :P

Interesting. I was looking forward to those dyes, but didn't realize they were going to do three hour maintenance just put them in. It's a good thing I'm always at work when they do maintenance!

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Originally Posted by Kiroh

My retainers are going to be doing SO MUCH WORK when the servers are back up.

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Oh, yes...When I get home...

I look forward to the tin foil garments.

Wow - I thought these weren't coming in until 2.4. Sadly I sent my rets away for their 18 hours already :(

oh god.. get ready for a wave of gold paladins lol

Please tell me we didn't just turn off the servers for 3 hours to add "special dye"... Really, SE? 3 hours for "jet black"...

Actually... ... yeah, that's fine. I could go for some jet black dye.

Carry on.

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Originally Posted by DenzelTaru

oh god.. get ready for a wave of gold paladins lol

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Better than the Peeladins we have now.

Am I the only one who thinks the metallic dyes on cloth/leather look stupid?
I hope these are rare

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Originally Posted by DenzelTaru

oh god.. get ready for a wave of gold paladins lol

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This PLD is looking for pure white, so the armour matches the sword and shield. Goldsmith on the other hand...

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Originally Posted by Dyne_Fellpool

Am I the only one who thinks the metallic dyes on cloth/leather look stupid?
I hope these are rare

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Perhaps. But have you considered how awesome your house roof would look...? :D

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Originally Posted by WellGramarye

Better than the Peeladins we have now.

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Oh god, yeah that just reminded me of FFXI Paladin gear @_@; the yellow tank armor looked horrible!

I'd assume the maintenance isn't limited to adding dyes. As stated several times over, they don't announce patches for bugs that can be abused as, well....people would abuse them.

Perhaps, also, with the servers being down it could give them time to perform any preventative maintenance necessary that could not be performed while the servers are up.

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Originally Posted by Dyne_Fellpool

Am I the only one who thinks the metallic dyes on cloth/leather look stupid?
I hope these are rare

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I am gonna dye my miqo'te hempen panties gold just so my ass can shine brighter than the sun. Oh yeah!

Keep in mind that server maintenances ofter are for more than just introducing hotfixes. The time can be used to do quick hardware upgrades for example. To update system security software. Etcetera. None of which is interesting to mention in patch notes, but critical for keeping the overall experience smooth.

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Originally Posted by Fornix

Keep in mind that server maintenances ofter are for more than just introducing hotfixes. The time can be used to do quick hardware upgrades for example. To update system security software. Etcetera. None of which is interesting to mention in patch notes, but critical for keeping the overall experience smooth.

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True, they could just say that though. I would totally understand general server maintenance as a valid reason for bringing down servers. Maintenance doesn't really bug me even though it is in the middle of my usual play time. I really just thought it was amusing that the special dyes showed up as a hotfix ^^;

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Originally Posted by Dyne_Fellpool

Am I the only one who thinks the metallic dyes on cloth/leather look stupid?
I hope these are rare

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You haven't seen the Coeurl Beach Briefs in gold yet.... they're GLORIOUS!

Oh he me likey silver

We won't get the whole details on the maintenance until after its done, we only got the update details because the patch has been pushed out.

What lvl do those retainers have to be? And what class?

My guess is over ilvl 80 as that's where the rare item message has changed for me. No idea for DoL retainers.

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Originally Posted by DenariusJay

What lvl do those retainers have to be? And what class?

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Originally Posted by Leadleaf

My guess is over ilvl 80 as that's where the rare item message has changed for me. No idea for DoL retainers.

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I suppose they'd need to be at the level allowing highest (XIV) level of the exploration ...

Just got pure white dye x2 from my conj retainer (i93).

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Originally Posted by Songi

Just got pure white dye x2 from my conj retainer (i93).

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Quick Exploration Venture?

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Originally Posted by TimGoodacre

Quick Exploration Venture?

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Yes, quick exploration. That's what the notes told us to do to get these dyes.

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Originally Posted by Songi

Yes, quick exploration. That's what the notes told us to do to get these dyes.

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Thanks for that :)

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Originally Posted by TimGoodacre

Quick Exploration Venture?

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"Regarding the retainer’s “quick exploration venture,” the following have been added to the list of rare items a retainer can only obtain once they are above a certain item level/gathering ability.
pot of pure white dye
pot of jet black dye
pot of metallic silver
pot of metallic gold"

Im going to assume a quick exploration then. Wonder if it will still drop in lower ventures or if its just restricted to high level ones, need to level my retainers a bit...

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Originally Posted by Songi

Yes, quick exploration. That's what the notes told us to do to get these dyes.

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quick list them on the market board you'll make a fortune

kinda curious what the discovery rates on them are; if they're just in the gigantic pool of possible quick venture rewards they could be worth a lot.

EDIT: Also I guess that means that the rewards from ventures are determined at the time the ventures are turned in, not when sent out. Not that there's much that can be done with this knowledge, but interesting all the same.

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Originally Posted by Garlyle

quick list them on the market board you'll make a fortune

kinda curious what the discovery rates on them are; if they're just in the gigantic pool of possible quick venture rewards they could be worth a lot.

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untradable from what it looks like, so 0 gil.

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Originally Posted by Sho86

untradable from what it looks like, so 0 gil.

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...well hell

Any ideas what the "rare item" message threshold is now? My i84 battle/341 fisher(way over XIV cap)/384 miner/384 botanist got no "rare item" messages when I sent them out.

Ah, nm, same thresholds, just for some reason the rare item message only shows up when you complete the venture rather than when you start it, unlike before.

Can't find them in the marketboards, so it looks defo untradeable.

Dunno if that's good or not.

Yup, untradeable. Oh well, I'll be using these anyways since I really hate how dirty snow white looks.

For more info:

ilvl 79 : "With better gear, your retainer may be able to procure rarer items."
ilvl 82 : "Your retainer's current gear should improve chances of finding rare items."

So I guess that not only is there an ilvl threshold (i80), getting better gear drastically increases your chance of getting them dyes and stuff. I'd guess it goes like this:

<i80 = no chance
i80 = minimum, low chance
i90 = mid, fair chance
i100= high, high chance

Guess I'll have to figure out the easiest/cheapest way to boost my retainers gear a bit. I'm not even sure what they are at now for iLVL its been so long since I've done any ventures.

Just need a couple silver dyes and I'd be happy.

EDIT - Just logged in from work to check them. Both are iLVL 63..... so guess I'm screwed for now unless I can get high enough by shifting over some other gear that I use for hunting. Bleh.

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Originally Posted by Vespar

The metallic dyes look pretty cool :D I forsee a lot of solid gold paladins :P

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Incoming Saint Seiyan. <--- If ppl understand.

Mmm so looks like I'll have to get better gear for my retainer to get these dyes...

Anyone know if Chocobos now have the ability to reach these new colors? I'd love to upgrade my snow white choco to pure white...

While I'm happy at the new dyes, I'm not happy that they are only obtainable through ventures. Untradeable? Fine. Make them craftable, droppable, something other than ventures.