New Dyes?

[LineageRazor]

You know there's something horribly wrong with the crafting system when you absolutely NEED optimal melds for anything.

This, actually, sounds more like they're doing it RIGHT. A crafter SHOULD be encouraged to strive for perfection. A crafter who cuts corners and skimps to save money will still be successful. They'll have plenty of things that they can craft and sell. But for the crafter who wants to explore the very limits of what their craft can do, there should be tiers that are unobtainable unless they obtain the best gear, meld it to the max, and know their class well.

This is the divide between crafters who craft to make money, and crafters who craft because they LOVE crafting (not that they hate making money, but it's a secondary thing).

[NorthernLadMSP]

Not sure if this is correct, but I heard the new dyes will only be available from your retainer obtaining them.

[Yukiko]

This, actually, sounds more like they're doing it RIGHT. A crafter SHOULD be encouraged to strive for perfection. A crafter who cuts corners and skimps to save money will still be successful. They'll have plenty of things that they can craft and sell. But for the crafter who wants to explore the very limits of what their craft can do, there should be tiers that are unobtainable unless they obtain the best gear, meld it to the max, and know their class well.

This is the divide between crafters who craft to make money, and crafters who craft because they LOVE crafting (not that they hate making money, but it's a secondary thing).

Do you have a crafter who is able to do 3 Star crafts? 100% Quality does not mean you will finish the crafting.
At least having the best of the best and maxed everything should at least give you a betther chance and not about just 70% chance!

Not sure if this is correct, but I heard the new dyes will only be available from your retainer obtaining them.

It is correct.

[Omegakiyohime]

You know there's something horribly wrong with the crafting system when you absolutely NEED optimal melds for anything.

The this is though, you don't really need optimal melds for anything. At the end of a day, you have a set Craftmanship/control that you need to hit, yes, but there are more than enough ways to hit it given the stat caps on gear. Melding your crafter is just a game of finding the most efficient path for yourself. Heck, my crafters are melded in ways that vary depending on the cost of materia and what I got from spiritbonding while melding them. Hell, i've never put a piece of Tier IV materia in any piece of gear and I am able to craft anything comfortably and reliably.

[NorthernLadMSP]

It is correct.

That's interesting, and I have no issue with it, as long as they're not so incredibley rare like some of the minions/mounts/vanity items in the game. Especially, because I've been wanting a proper black and white dye for a long time (as I'm sure most people have).

[HakuroDK]

I'm okay with making special dyes which are a bit harder to obtain than regular ones, but only as long as it's done properly. It needs to be accessible to all, not just the very rich or those who spend 8+ hours a day playing.

Why not a Gold Saucer reward? That's what I assumed they'd be from the start.

[Tauu]

I wish we could dye weapons and shields. There just aren't many good looking shields and almost all are silver or brown. That's not cool when trying to get a shield that matches a specific glamour color scheme.

[Rikkustrife]

That's interesting, and I have no issue with it, as long as they're not so incredibley rare like some of the minions/mounts/vanity items in the game. Especially, because I've been wanting a proper black and white dye for a long time (as I'm sure most people have).

if it is as rare as the other rare items from retainers, they are very rare, finding one won't be that big a problem, but finding several since they are consumable, that I see being a problem.

[RedAntares]

I'm not getting excited for the new dyes untill they tell us how to get em, I have been let down too many times already. >_<

[NorthernLadMSP]

Yeah, since it's something that has people excited (esp. for the white and black) I'm sure it will be a hot mess of drama, or extreme RNG needed to obtain something as simple as a dye.