Quote Originally Posted by Arcell View Post
I think that was mis-translated considering the Cobalt gear itself can be seen as a tanking piece. So was he saying the piece of gear was for tanking or that specifically the color red was for tanking? Also if that's true, why is the Steel version of that set listed in blue? Would you not want red for tanking purposes?
If the color system is working as an upgrade then the whole process of dyeing is something like another synth for the same piece with another chance of failure (you want better stats? you have to work and risk for that). To me it makes sense, especially after looking carefully at the new recipe list: every piece of gear that already lead to a particular role have only one color variation (plate set, hauby, tunic) while those that could be used with different roles have more variety (robes, shirts, crafting and gathering gears).

About the steel being blue... well I just don't know ^^' when I first read that thing I thought that every color would be linked to a specific role from R1 to 50 but clearely it's not the case, maybe that's because using always the same color would have been boring...