Dye-able AF Disappointment.

[Eissels]

"It was like this in other FF games so it has to be like this in this FF game or I will explode."

- This thread.

[Warlyx]

i want to see pld af dyed black

[Eggnook24]

Is it a possibility this is the first step into a AF+2 quest? It doesn't make much sense otherwise.

[Celaine]

I am much disappoint myself, mostly because I was working my bum off to make my dragoon AF dyable today. (And then derp derp didn't realize that body and pants were two each not one, so I ended up 2 short for the whole set. That will fix tomorrow.) I could not wait to dye my gear with the snow white for the "holy dragoon" effect.

This, dear friends, is what "snow white" gear looks like:



Screenshot taken beside someone else with white gear to contrast how wrong this is.

[Mattlex]

I think someone needs to make a FREE AF DYE OR RIOT thread! Seriously it was the single thing I was looking forward to in this patch and has been the biggest disappointment since ARR was launched so far! It is nothing but a ridiculous money/time sink made to look like new content and I can't fathom the reasoning behind why something that could have been so simple and so enjoyable was made to be this convoluted nonsense!

I now have no intention of even attempting this now even the Atma grinding seems more reasonable compared to this.

[Xenolithium]

I think it's absurd that they thought this was a good idea. You could dye Darklight gear for free after a content patch. And that stuff actually has a semi-use. The first set of AF you get? You replace the second you hit 50. Period. There is no reason it should involve this much effort, no matter how well people try to sweeten their words. If this was the Myth armor, then sure I can understand that...but this is literally quest rewards we have to spend a fortune on to dye.

If we let them think this is all right, how long until they start adding absurd requirements to dye EVERYTHING in the future? It's not okay. End of story.

[TeganLaron]

Completely agree OP.

It's not like these are usable, the actual item isn't being upgraded at all. It's glamour only. The entire glamour system has been flawed since the beginning because SE has bent over backwards to try and appease whiny crafters.

[Abriael]

Rule #1 of MMORPGs: No matter how poorly thought out a design decision is. You'll always find someone to defend it.

[Immut]

The materials will get cheaper. Myth rains from the sky now, so expect myth mat prices to go down heavily. Demimateria is rare now but as people push their desynth skill higher (there are already people with 90+% chance to desynth the items needed for battlecraft and fieldcraft III), the prices on those will come down as well. Today battlecraft II dropped from nearly 300k to 50k. Some servers are reporting that scheelite is down to 20k.

[Lemuria]

Why is this a problem? Should it be free? This is a fluff item. What's wrong with doing a little work. Myth are so easy to come by now. Do your dailies for maybe 3 days in a row and you'll have enough myth to buy a couple of the items you need.

I mean, yea it's expensive. The reward isn't all that great. Honestly, I just got the chest for bard to test it out. It looked ok I guess... was it worth like 350k? not really, but I had fun. Would spend again 10/10! :P

Why turn something simple into a grind though? That's the big question everyone has. If you had to grind away rare items just to collect a magic item which has less worth than a dungeon drop would it be considered worth bothering with? No. So, why is everyone fine when it's something simple like dyeing your gear?

People are becoming too accepting of these stupid grind mechanics which are being thrown in where they don't belong. It's a clear attempt to get us doing the same content over and over again, as a means to artificially extend the life of the game without needing to put in as much work. My guess is they're buying time for the expansion release.

I genuinely enjoy this game, but these head-scratching decisions make me genuinely worried about the future of the game. It's going down a road which I'm not sure I like the look of.