Duo-Tone Dyeing

[TheRogueX]

Greetings,

After speaking with the development team, we were informed that allowing gear to be dyed more than one color would double the data for a single piece of equipment. This would also require changes to the equipment system itself, so we do not have any plans at the moment to make it possible to dye gear two different colors.

(emphasis mine)

So? Who cares how much it would increase the data for a piece of equipment? What does this matter in the modern day?

Is this a "PS3 Limitation" again? Maybe you shouldn't have wasted your time and resources in releasing the game for PS3 when the PS4 was so close to being released.

[Skyl1n3]

(emphasis mine)

So? Who cares how much it would increase the data for a piece of equipment? What does this matter in the modern day?

Is this a "PS3 Limitation" again? Maybe you shouldn't have wasted your time and resources in releasing the game for PS3 when the PS4 was so close to being released.

If I found out this IS due to PS3 limitations, oooh there's gonna be hell to pay.

[Zileth]

(emphasis mine)

So? Who cares how much it would increase the data for a piece of equipment? What does this matter in the modern day?

Is this a "PS3 Limitation" again? Maybe you shouldn't have wasted your time and resources in releasing the game for PS3 when the PS4 was so close to being released.

Dont let the PS3 players see this since most think the Ps3 player-base is what keeping FF14 afloat

[TheRogueX]

Dont let the PS3 players see this since most think the Ps3 player-base is what keeping FF14 afloat

...lol

That's the best joke I've heard all week.

[Teirshin]

Greetings,

After speaking with the development team, we were informed that allowing gear to be dyed more than one color would double the data for a single piece of equipment. This would also require changes to the equipment system itself, so we do not have any plans at the moment to make it possible to dye gear two different colors.

<boggles>

Comments like this make me wonder how any of your devs keep their jobs with how little forward planning they do to allow for changes to the infratructure of a game, that is, itself, constantly changing........

Almost any MMO player would tell you that being able to customize their characters is highly important to them, and its like SE didnt even fathom this would be the case. The fact that the Glamour system wasnt in game at launch pretty much proves how little insight SE has to their playerbase mindset. Sure, they added it in after, but it should never have been an afterthought in the first place imho.

Sometimes I wonder if SE is deliberately trying to drive people away.

[Dark-Saviour]

<boggles>

Comments like this make me wonder how any of your devs keep their jobs with how little forward planning they do to allow for changes to the infratructure of a game, that is, itself, constantly changing........
Sometimes I wonder if SE is deliberately trying to drive people away.

It's not really a lack of planning so much as an attempt to save on hardware/storage, I'd imagine.
That is essenitally the excuse given for a number of bad decisions we've seen so far, and I'd expect the actual reason behind a number of others.

Granted, in this case, I could see that being so with the current systems in place for gear dyeing; I just don't believe the current systems need to be maintained.

[Zirael_Foxfire]

Greetings,

After speaking with the development team, we were informed that allowing gear to be dyed more than one color would double the data for a single piece of equipment. This would also require changes to the equipment system itself, so we do not have any plans at the moment to make it possible to dye gear two different colors.

Is hard disk space or bandwith that expensive really? Every single person playing your game pays a monthly subscription, does that not cover the costs involved? In Guild Wars 2 for example you can dye 2 colours per gear piece, no need to use any glamour prisms or anything, you just choose your colours from the list. They have much much more pigments on the list too. And their black looks like real black. Oh, and they're free to play.
Be inspired by better than yourself.

[Kaelah]

Greetings,

After speaking with the development team, we were informed that allowing gear to be dyed more than one color would double the data for a single piece of equipment. This would also require changes to the equipment system itself, so we do not have any plans at the moment to make it possible to dye gear two different colors.

If that is the case then it would at least be nicer to have all of a set dyed similar colours based on the dye you chose. Example, the augmented WHM robe, or Lightning gear. If you dye them say, green, it dyes the main part the colour of the dye you used, and the secondary parts a lighter or darker green. That way dying things like Sailor Shirts would at least be less clashy.

[Jeannes]

lol thought this was some gradient/ombre thread

but yeah like Sailor shirt, even if you dye it theres still things blue.

[Bluevann]

lol thought this was some gradient/ombre thread

but yeah like Sailor shirt, even if you dye it theres still things blue.

Lol, I know right? I thought of dying it blue to make colors match...

... but then I noticed the sash at the waist of Sailor's bottoms stays red ._.

You'd think they'd at least bother keeping a pattern.