Concern about the future of gear detail and dyeability

[Midareyukki]

*makes long hair for races*
*makes ornate looking gear*
I hope you like clipping, there's gonna be a lot of it. ;A;

It's happening even when there isn't any gear.

Endsinger's hair clips through itself, even on the cutscenes.

[Raikai]

It's happening even when there isn't any gear.

Endsinger's hair clips through itself, even on the cutscenes.

A ton of bard bows when sheated clip through the quiver lol. Which is also why I would love an option to hide the quiver/mch lunchbox / ast card sleeve, etc.

If Paladins can use an invisible shield, which is even a more vital part of their arsenal, I can't see why those can't have that too.

[Absurdity]

Let's not derail the thread too much. While those are all valid requests they don't really have anything to do with gear increasingly dyeing poorly.

[Absurdity]

Technically a double post but let's add the new 24 alliance fending gear to the list of armor that dyes horribly, or in this case not at all.

[MistyMew]

I have been wishing for a simple pair of stiletto shoes that we can dye for 8 years.

like wtf SE???

many issues with gear and dying as well that should be addressed!

[Iscah]

I haven't made it into the alliance raid yet, but I am extremely disappointed with the new versions of the Labyrinth gearsets from PVP. We have waited years to get dyeable versions of these outfits, and they are dingy colours with minimal actual dyeability, or blotchy colouring where they do dye.

The High Allagan sets seem to have fared better on the colour scheme but they still have that over-textured look.

I am increasingly dreading that these supposedly "improved" textured versions are a precursor to the graphics update applying this texturing to all existing gear. If that happens, it is going to change so much of the existing look and feel of the game, and I'm concerned that it will ruin the joy I get from playing with glamours.

[DisAstranagant]

I also dislike the weird amount of detail/grit/creases on equipment that started sometime after ShB, all cloth have way too many fold creases and random patches of cloth attached everywhere now and it's driving me insane. The lastest alliance gear has pretty much everything I dislike about current gear design in xiv; 'detailed' textures that look awful up close, way too intricate patterns and details on everything, cloths draped all over, side capes, butt capes, FOLD CREASES, wear and tear, etc. And this complexity in design is making it harder to mix and match different pieces of gear because they clash so bad.

Here are some of my favorite gear sets They're not overly busy, don't look terrible up close, dye well and it's easy to mix with other pieces.


A huge fan of these but they are still no dyeable versions of them, I've been waiting for years.


ShB did have a few good sets, in particular the Voeburt set. It's one of the cleanest sets and I want to give whoever designed/modeled these all of my love.


Then there were the PvP allagan gear and warg sets from ShB, which I believe were from a design contest? The Warg sets are a bit more detailed but it's still simple enough to work, unfortunately it's not dyeable either.

I want more cleaner sets like these

(all pictures taken from https://www.ffxivcollection.com/)

[Absurdity]

I haven't made it into the alliance raid yet, but I am extremely disappointed with the new versions of the Labyrinth gearsets from PVP. We have waited years to get dyeable versions of these outfits, and they are dingy colours with minimal actual dyeability, or blotchy colouring where they do dye.

The alliance gear might be better for other jobs but the fending one specifically only dyes the cloth parts while the metal armor always stays a metallic grey that doesn't exist as dye for the player. This basically means you either wear the full set (how boring is that?) or none of your pieces match properly.

[Meowdyj]

Lapis Manalis gear undyable, just like previous dungeon. Don't think they care anymore.

[Iscah]

Lapis Manalis gear undyable, just like previous dungeon. Don't think they care anymore.

It's always been hit-and-miss whether dungeon gear is dyeable, so you can't read anything into what they did twice in a row. Still, it's extra disappointing that the Manalis sets don't dye because dyeable versions have already been created for the Facet sets.

Credit where it's due, though – somebody decided to swap in the Dravanian Tricorne so reaper can have it.