Colored gear with specific classes.

[Estellios]

Hm, maybe it's just my server not spreading it around yet but I think one LS member saw a pot of red dye go for 80k+. A bit steep, and as our wards were crashing every hour on the hour I haven't seen so much as a pot of all purpose grey go for 100k. D: But, as I have no need to dye yet (yet that is) and nothing to make as a weaver I guess that's fine. I would buy a few dyes in the past, but that was when they were absolute dirt cheap to create. Now it's relying on a few people to gather if they wish to gather.

It's an odd split!

Yes dyes are stupidly overpriced right now. Most colors you can get ~1/3rd of the time or more if you go to the zones with the least amount of "noise" items. I myself would get around 10 dyes in about 15-30 min of gathering compared to before, and each of those dyes is enough for 1 finished item whereas you would probably need an entire stack of dye before.

Once dye price goes down dyed gear will become more affordable so it's only a matter of time.

[Oscillate_Wildly]

People in my LS (Japanese) are scratching their heads over this and think it's rather silly... so I don't think it's really a cultural thing.

A relief. It makes me think that people in general should stop bitching right now so nothing else goes down the tubes. The initial argument was something along the lines of "Why aren't the different shades offered to all cloth types? Why are these suits of armour required to be either green or nothing? etc etc"

I don't know how that became "Well if you want every colour, we'll restrict who can wear what, and what stats it gives!"

Because as much as people can argue about what can come in the future it doesn't really help that nothing new was added, nothing that was added is helping anyone, and all new armour types seem to come only 2 colour combinations? I think? Is it the cobalt armour that everyone needs as red as it is far superior to the undyed versions?

What the hell is up with that? >_> All my ls could discuss the past two days is cobalt ore and red dye. To make the same unchanging set of gear. In red. Just because it's better, which shouldn't be the case. Even if you argue vanilla gear exists to soothe the souls of RPers or vanity clothiers, what the actual hell? I don't think it has so much to do with the piece of armour as it does the actual colour.

besides, there were different indications of what rank a piece of armour was. For example half robes in cotton didn't have the medallion that canvas robes did. Along with shades of colour it was easy to identify. Perhaps we were asking for too much? I would have accepted a wider range of untouched dyes to add to pre-existing and future armour sets.

Not a pile of wrongfully named all-purpose dyes that also change stats, leaving undyed pieces second rate.

[Estellios]

I just wanted dying to be easier and more/all colors available for all levels. Materials already have their own texture and they could have different shades of colors/trim/etc.

[Vesper]

They clearly did not pay attention to what the community around here wanted for a dye system. Because stats being linked to color is absolutely ridiculous.

[Nuru]

I think what most of us wanted when it comes to color dyes was more colors in each tier of equipment. I was expecting the dyes to be universal, and the tiers of equipment to just appear different from the last. That'd be wishful thinking though wouldn't it? D:

[DeadRiser]

I'm glad there are a few people on the forums responding to this. I mean I don't roleplay, but I want to be able to match my gear with whatever I want. And I DON'T want to look like everyone else, especially with the red cobalt armor. I mean, come on Square, you don't ALWAYS have to be different. You can make an easy dying system like other MMO's....

[Oscillate_Wildly]

Ahaha, I'm shocked at all the support so far! But yes.

We already now have the materia system, why must dyes give stats as well and alter the nature of the equipment it's used on ontop of that, and go as far as to make undyed worse? Blegh.

[jones6]

Very strange indeed. I do not understand the need to create this new stat changing system based on color. I thought Materia was supposed to be used to customize your stats not color.

[DeadRiser]

Ahaha, I'm shocked at all the support so far! But yes.

We already now have the materia system, why must dyes give stats as well and alter the nature of the equipment it's used on ontop of that, and go as far as to make undyed worse? Blegh.

I was so excited to see that they added purple dyes, and other colors to other equipment.

All purpose dye is not "all purpose" since it's restricted. Wonky system that they need to address lol.

[Nuru]

Hopefully they can change this around by next patch, I mean, do it now while they still can ya know? I'm not really enraged by the system as it is now, but I'm just rather disappointed. If I want to dye lvl 1 gear with purple dye, I think I should be able to do so. Dye doesn't need to add stats to our equipment, we have materia for that SE!