Dye-able AF Disappointment.

[jazo]

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.

really SE? really?

[Aushi]

Also has anyone noticed the irony that people are saying "its not big deal, its traditional gear! Put some effort into it!" when GETTING the tradition gear was just... a quest for each piece? You work harder to DYE the gear than to GET the gear xD

[Skivvy]

Also has anyone noticed the irony that people are saying "its not big deal, its traditional gear! Put some effort into it!" when GETTING the tradition gear was just... a quest for each piece? You work harder to DYE the gear than to GET the gear xD

lol. That's horrible. I hadn't even thought of that until you mentioned it, but so true. :/

[SirSaber]

Also has anyone noticed the irony that people are saying "its not big deal, its traditional gear! Put some effort into it!" when GETTING the tradition gear was just... a quest for each piece? You work harder to DYE the gear than to GET the gear xD

Fashion, my friend, is not for the weak.

Prrrff lol!

[DeadRiser]

It's artifact gear. I've said that multiple times, it's not something they were gonna hand out. And also it keeps crafters relevant. And keeps Gil circulating in the economy for vanity. Not trying to defend it, just telling people to actually see what goes into one and that it's not that hard. But they won't listen :/

[Lemuria]

It's artifact gear. I've said that multiple times, it's not something they were gonna hand out. And also it keeps crafters relevant. And keeps Gil circulating in the economy for vanity. Not trying to defend it, just telling people to actually see what goes into one and that it's not that hard. But they won't listen :/

Actually see what goes into it? How about 1000 tomes worth of ingredients? To put that into perspective, that's more than an ilvl 90 body piece would cost! Also, I chuckled at the 'not something they were gonna hand out' part, when the calamity salvager is now literally 'handing out' artifact gear.

[giantslayer]

I think the problem here is the expectation that was created. When they announce new things for coil or new 3 star recipes, I understand it is out of my reach and I don't get excited over it. Reading the patch notes left me with the impression that dying AF gear would be relatively simple and mostly just require completing a quest. People are upset because they had gotten excited about this new feature, only to find it was actually out of their reach.

That said, people have raised valid points about how the price will come down. It is simple economics: supply and demand. Patch created a huge demand right on launch day, but there was 0 supply because high level crafters hadn't had a chance to make these new items. High demand + low supply = high prices and/or shortage of availability. High prices will attract people to make more supply, which will push down prices.

[Kienkarajo]

By any chance someone has a screenshot of the white mage robe with a different color? Just to see if its worth it or not.

[Jeykama]

If everyone had full easy access to dyeable AF, it would just be a fad and not fashion, wouldn't it?

Tongue in cheek aside, what does it matter that you have to put a little bit of work into it; both myth and GC tokens accrue with ease now. Crafting is one of those necessary tropes of MMOs but few have made crafting so unnecessary and obsolete as this game. Let them have the vanity/housing niche, yeh?

Also, whm AF dye examples: http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen..._example_dyes/

[Kienkarajo]

If everyone had full easy access to dyeable AF, it would just be a fad and not fashion, wouldn't it?

Tongue in cheek aside, what does it matter that you have to put a little bit of work into it; both myth and GC tokens accrue with ease now. Crafting is one of those necessary tropes of MMOs but few have made crafting so unnecessary and obsolete as this game. Let them have the vanity/housing niche, yeh?

Also, whm AF dye examples: http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen..._example_dyes/

Thanks a lot for the link, they look ugly so Im not going to waste my time but still thanks again for the link