Why have it simple, when you can have it complicated, right? /facepalm
Whenever I clap for SE making a good step towards making the game more user friendly and fun in general (don't confuse with blatant dumbing it down), they take two steps in the wrong direction.

This has got to be the most unnecessarily complicated dye system I have ever seen (and yes, I'm counting the really awful low-fi f2p grind MMOs).
For heaven's sake, ditch the dye-tied attributes on items (we have materia for that already) and make it simple and accessible to anyone to use on already crafted items. Not everything in FFXIV has to be different than every other game out there.... -___-

User friendly before "overly inventive", please!