Can we get 'dye layers' for our gear?!

[Katherynn]

I'm almost certain this suggestion has been made before, but hecc, I wanna add my voice too.

I think XIV's community could benefit hugely from being able to dye different layers of our gear! If there wasn't enough reasons to collect old glam pieces, just imagine how great it would be to really customise all those gear pieces we've overlooked!

I'm not entirely sure how it would on the back-end code side of things, but I think it would add a ton of flavour to character customisation — which is what MMOs are all about, right? Even if a system like this only worked on newer pieces of gear, I think it would be welcomed and adopted by just about any player that uses dyes and glamour.

[ItMe]

I'm not sure what you mean by "layers."
You mean you wanna be able to select and dye different parts?

[Katherynn]

Basically. I'm not asking for something super specific like Black Desert's dye system. But something like, 'this section dyes all the metallic parts of the armour' and 'this section dyes all the cloth parts', 'this section dyes the cloak' kind of thing. I mean, for people who aren't interested in that level of customisation, there's no reason why there isn't a section that allows you to dye the pieces as we have done for all these years. But I know a lot of people have come to expect this level of customisation from other games (e.g. GW2, BDO, ESO, etc) and adding what is a pretty standard feature at this point would be a welcome sight.

[xxvaynxx]

Something, something server load.
I remember them saying something about that, something about it'll put too much stress on the server if it had to load a bunch of different layered colors on one piece of gear.

[Quintessa]

Something, something server load.
I remember them saying something about that, something about it'll put too much stress on the server if it had to load a bunch of different layered colors on one piece of gear.

I don't believe this crap for one second.

[GeminiReed]

Something, something server load.
I remember them saying something about that, something about it'll put too much stress on the server if it had to load a bunch of different layered colors on one piece of gear.

Even if the OP meant clothes layering (eg. v-neck sweater over tshirt as separate player selectable pieces) if they're using "server load" as an excuse they need better engineers or actually give a straight answer like "our engineering resources are required on other priorities".

Proper dye slots would involve a small amount engine work but would need a huge amount of labor from the art department to mark the areas to apply each additional dye. Further they'd need to make sure the textures don't cause the dyes to wash out or oversaturate.

They could potentially use some image processing tools to automate some of that but it would definitely need to be reviewed.

[Hyperia]

I think we are at peak customization right now until they totally rebuild the back end for the game. Everything they have done to date has been tweaks here and there but the core of the system is at least 10 years old software wise and a rebuild is the only way to fix that. Will SE invest in such a monumental task? Perhaps, but we will need more subscribers to pay for that.

[Ultimatecalibur]

I think we are at peak customization right now until they totally rebuild the back end for the game. Everything they have done to date has been tweaks here and there but the core of the system is at least 10 years old software wise and a rebuild is the only way to fix that. Will SE invest in such a monumental task? Perhaps, but we will need more subscribers to pay for that.

At this point it might just be easier to make a new Final Fantasy MMO than to do another rebuild.

[Krotoan]

At this point it might just be easier to make a new Final Fantasy MMO than to do another rebuild.

I'm reasonably sure this is where they're at. I think we'll get another MMO before we get all the customization we've been asking for. There's just too much old holding back the new in this game.

[Amnmaat]

I support this, the only thing holding this back is the organization of how to go about adding dye layers to gear.
They would have to ask the players if they want them to start with level 1 gear only, with dungeon gear, with Shb gear or what?

I'll just say this for myself; don't add dye layers to existing gear, make this change going into the future. Is it the best? No, but it would at least not add more work to them of having to go back to old gear.