Coloured Dyes Removing: 'Shader effect'

[Shioban]

You don't like the effect, too bad for you, but that's working as intended and has always been so.

That was the point of the entire thread, to see if it was intentional or by accident.

This entire thread was a request to build evidence, show the communities feedback and illicit a developer response.
We achieved all three, your snarky and frankly quite rude response wasn't needed.

As for the bold and "Welp" that was mostly to bring attention to the developer quote and my initial reaction.
I wasn't trying to "make myself look right" but more of a "Well, that was a stupid reason" which was the initial reaction of the person(s) who actually asked me to make the thread in the first place.
(•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) Deal with it if you don't like it.

This is a video game. I can fire lightning bolts out of my posterior.
Something as finicky as "Well in real life if you apply paint to....x" is a rather silly notion and the majority of the people who've responded agree.
As a games developer and 3D artist, I find this notion more than a little odd given the fantasy setting, that is currently trying to tip its favour into High-Fantasy-Vanity more-so than the original 1.0 versions approach to gear which was to stick with as realistic an approach as possible.

Get over it.

It's a request, way to make yourself look pretentious, not to mention rude.

for metal to magically change

Wait...what game was it we were playing again?

Ah yes, "Real-Life-Limitations Fantasy XIV".
Yes I'd completely forgotten we were bound the the laws of physics and semantics of the real world, silly me.

Get over it.

Why did you have to say this exactly? The thread was posted as an inquiry and a request, I as much as you have the right to express what I'd like to change in the game.
They developers have given their answer, so there's nothing to "Get over".

However, that doesn't mean people can't stop to leave their own feedback, which is currently weighing in the favour of the original post.


BASIC FEEDBACK.

If you don't like something, you request for it to be changed. If they decline it and explain why and you're still not satisfied you also explain why in the hopes that they may reconsider and take your points into consideration also. Without Feedback, what's the point. If you're still having difficulty understanding my point, this little info-graphic says more than I ever could.



Stop trying to place yourself above others and think before you open your mouth (or in this case, type on your keyboard).

But...it looks terrible.
Like really outright terrible

It's why people don't paint metal very often in real life.


Please don't defend them for this. It's a pointless feature that makes armor look worse. The realism excuse makes no sense when you consider nearly literally everything else this game has to offer. There is a difference between Matte and Gloss paint. And the rare times people do paint metal, it's usually with a gloss paint.

If they're so intent on leaving this the way it is, they could at least provide us with a gloss option.

Pretty much everything Gramul said. We've recieved their response, but that doesn't mean you have to roll over onto your back and accept it.