SE Devs, please let us dye GC Grand Company gear

As the title states, I, like so many others I'm sure, just simply want the option to be able to dye GC gear. It's pretty ugly and it needs help. I can't see any reason why we can't change the color and it seems pretty silly to not have the option. It's little things, details, like that that let players LOVE a game instead of just liking it.

Do you mean the GC gear bought with GC Seals or Allied Seals? Allied Seal gear being dyeable I would somewhat understand, but not the GC Seals ones. You do understand the gear is linked to that specific Grand Company, and the color schemes are made to match it. I'd like to dye every single piece of armor in this game, but in this case it wouldn't make much sense.
Just my two cents I guess.

EDIT: As an example, dyeing your GC gear would be the same as dyeing the Royal British Guard outfit green and saying it's still the same thing. It's the official outfit of that specific organization, so you can't just go fiddle around with it all you want. If you get my meaning. And yes, this is a game, but the scenario is very similar.

Please dont let us Dye GC gear, this person is probably from some lesser GC like Adder or Flames, GC gear should be a representation of the GC your in with the matching color scheme, I know adder and flames people want to be like maelstrom but... come on.... only maelstrom is maelstrong!

I don't care about pvp or pvp rankings at all. I want to dye my GC gear that I spent thousands of allied seals on. Please SE, would be awesome.

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Originally Posted by Astryoneus

the gear is linked to that specific Grand Company, and the color schemes are made to match it.

EDIT: dyeing your GC gear would be the same as dyeing the Royal British Guard outfit green and saying it's still the same thing. It's the official outfit of that specific organization

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I get what you're saying, but the GC just isn't THAT unique that you can even tell it's supposed to be some special GC uniform, so I"m not buying your arguement that the gear is "made to match" my GC, because no one can even tell that it is. I mean, my dragoon gear is just plain brown mitts, pants, and boots *yawn*. The chest piece isn't bad and at least offers some colors, but that's not what sets the "uniform" apart.


If they really want the gear to have the feel of some sort of GC uniform, they should really make it stand out more, they could even have a gigantic GC emblem on the front to distinguish it like is done in other MMOs with faction gear. My point is, that the gear is butt ugly, doesn't look like anything special or distinguishable to begin with, and could use the dye treatment. Your argument about the Royal British Guard outfit could be applied in this case only if the GC gear was so uniquely distinguishable, but it's so very very not, it's just banal brown junk that look like a lvl 1 LW made.

And Molic, don't worry - no one wants to make themselves look like FAILstrom =P ^_^

That gear still identifies some one with that GC so no it shouldn't be dyble.

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Originally Posted by Dererk

That gear still identifies some one with that GC so no it shouldn't be dyble.

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But it DOESN'T though, that's my entire point. If I were to equip a set of plain level 1~10 gear made from LW, all without dyes, and equip my level 38~45 GC gear set and ask someone with only passing familiarity of what my GC's colors are (adders) to tell me which set is a GC set, I'd bet gil to goobbue poop that they couldn't tell the difference.

Again, there are plenty of ways that SE could make the gear stand out and distinguishable as a proper GC gear set and still let us dye the gear. Nurses all wear different colored scrubs, but at the end of the day you can still easily tell that they're medical professionals.

The name of the GC gear is identifiable enough, we should be able to dye it. They could have added a GC emblem or something if color is an issue, although I think most people don't care much for that sort of thing.

My dear, maybe you should specify the GC gear you are talking about. Right now you seem like you're talking about the random pieces here and there you can buy when leveling. You didn't mention anything like that in the original post. What I'm getting at, and I thought you were as well, is the lvl20 and lvl50 GC robe sets (Red, Black and Yellow) and the Hunt gear (which is GC gear in a sense, since each has their own sets).

Please specify as to what gear you want dyed. My example and clarification was perfectly valid on the lvl20 and lvl50 GC robe sets, but not on the rest. I don't have any qualms with you dying the random normal looking pieces you can buy between 20-50. Go ahead.

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Originally Posted by Atlasphalanx

I get what you're saying, but the GC just isn't THAT unique that you can even tell it's supposed to be some special GC uniform

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Clearly you haven't seen the GC Elite gear before.

As for the boring old GC 2nd Lieutenant uniforms, what they could do is release an unaffiliated uniform for dying that would have zero markings to any of the grand companies in the game.

Considering the GC rank is likely getting upped in Heavensward, I do hope they will grant more unique designs (like the GC Elite gear) later on to avert the whole "gear looks the same regardless of Grand Company" thing.

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Originally Posted by HakuroDK

Clearly you haven't seen the GC Elite gear before.

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This. Each of the Elite GC gear sets (Allied Seals/Hunts) differ a lot.

When we create Grand Company gear, we keep in mind their respective colors and themes. Since we created this gear with this concept in mind, and especially since your allegiance to a Grand Company makes a difference in the game, we don't currently have any plans to make Grand Company gear dyeable. However, that's not to say that we definitely won’t do this in the future. We'll be sure to let you know if it should change.

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Originally Posted by Grekumah

When we create Grand Company gear, we keep in mind their respective colors and themes. Since we created this gear with this concept in mind, and especially since your allegiance to a Grand Company makes a difference in the game, we don't currently have any plans to make Grand Company gear dyeable. However, that's not to say that we definitely won’t do this in the future. We'll be sure to let you know if it should change.

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Free Company gear might work! Or just gear that looks like GC gear, but is dyeable. Also, it'd be really cool to get Crystal Braves uniforms. :)

Someone apparently is not aware that they can change Grand Companies and obtain new uniforms.

One thing I found interesting is that the Storm Sergeant's Tabard is dyeable, but not the Flame Sergeant's Tabard or the Serpent Sergeant's Tabard! I remember seeing a Dragoon that had dyed it soot black and it looked very nice, but I was disappointed I could not replicate that look since I'm in the Immortal Flames, haha.

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Originally Posted by Grekumah

...and especially since your allegiance to a Grand Company makes a difference in the game....

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I usually dont do this but I really have to call BS on this. Your Grand Company plays absolutely no role in the game. Zero connection with story, quests, or anything related to the game. All Grand Companies is are vendors, nothing more. The terribly shoe-horned GC requirement into frontlines show just how irrelevant they really are.

I am all for making Grand Company a important decision that impacts the world around you. We love quests expanding lore of each GC, story about inidividual GC members, and for the GC to some how uniqually progress YOUR character. But sadly those things dont exist. And claiming they do is pretty intellectually dishonest.

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Originally Posted by Grekumah

When we create Grand Company gear, we keep in mind their respective colors and themes.

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Wait, the Immortal Flames actually have a color scheme, and not just whatever random colors the devs feel like throwing up on their gear that day? Some of the Flames gear is blue, some is blue, green, brown, and black all at the same time, some of it is purple, some of it has gold accents, but some of it has pink accents, etc. etc. When the Flames gear is basically every (ugly) color in the rainbow already, the excuse that they have to stick to their "respective colors" sounds ridiculous.

Well that would kinda call for whole removal of GC color schemes. Example would be Penn State University & University of Alabama's football programs uniforms. Most plain uniforms ever (looks like practice jerseys) & aside from their logos, which they don't always include on their uniform. If they were to change their colors and showed up in the same color scheme then how would you tell who is who? Though, there isn't too much content where GC color scheme is involved anyway except the uniforms.

At best, I would say allow dyes that match the main primary/secondary colors for each GC if you want to keep that same color scheme idea.
Alternatively if you were to allow dye-able uniforms for GCs, you could drop their color schemes and add in certain design schemes for the GCs like with the elite gear that you can only access with each GC.

Giving each GC the same color/design options each would pretty much eliminate any unique qualities they have in appearance, except the crest design... Though that personally wouldn't help me tell the difference since I keep my camera zoomed out too far to see crests

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Originally Posted by Grekumah

When we create Grand Company gear, we keep in mind their respective colors and themes. Since we created this gear with this concept in mind, and especially since your allegiance to a Grand Company makes a difference in the game, we don't currently have any plans to make Grand Company gear dyeable. However, that's not to say that we definitely won’t do this in the future. We'll be sure to let you know if it should change.

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How about at least making it so our retainers can where the gear of the GC we are a part of? Hell, with the loss of the "class" requirement for the three new jobs in Heavensward, can we have a questline so we can make our retainers into the jobs they should be? Not being able to use any of the job specific gear on them is quite underwhelming.

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Originally Posted by niwaar

How about at least making it so our retainers can where the gear of the GC we are a part of? Hell, with the loss of the "class" requirement for the three new jobs in Heavensward, can we have a questline so we can make our retainers into the jobs they should be? Not being able to use any of the job specific gear on them is quite underwhelming.

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The development team is aware that players are unable to outfit their retainers in job-specific gear and are currently looking into a system that would allow retainers the ability to support jobs. While this is something planned for the future, we will be sure to follow-up once we have some details to share.

I personally agree with people saying the GC elite gear suit their GC's, I rep my Adder Elite dps set on my monk and love it, put a Vath head on too it sorta works IMO.
But seriously I'd love to see more progress in GC's, not long ago we got squadrons and first lt rank with a weird coat and hat and that's it. The squadrons also seemed a bit pointless unless there is a greater picture for them, mine are level 50 I just use them for some gather/crafter exp boosts so not complaining entirely it's something at least.

I'd love to see the Hunt Billmaster with new gear sets, we're at ilvl 270/275 right now and the GC elite gear is lvl 70, I am not a pvp fanatic or anything but I love the diversity of the GC's, it's unique and just want to milk more of that experience, and if you have something planned, as much as unique CAN be good, please don't make adders wear a pheasant on their head as the GC elite helm. Please don't do that to us :|

It won't happen because GC gear is the uniform of that organization and thus dyeing that gear would violate the very image the company is trying to give (it's the same reason why GC gear is restricted to only being equipped if you're a member of that company - if you change companies it's only natural you're no longer entitled to wear the uniform of the previous one). Remember, the GC is a military organization and they have very stringent rules for what their members wear.