Could we ever get Dye Channels?

[Kiurai]

The dye system is pretty good at the moment but I'm sure many have dyed gear only to see it chabge parts of the outfit you didn't exactly want changed or barely dye the piece at all. Dye channels would essentially allow someone to dye multiple or each individual section of a desired piece of gear or glamor.

I'm not entirely sure on the feasibility of such an implementation, seeing as it would require going back through alot of older gear, (however the team has said they've made plans to improve the textures overtime in the future so best time would be around then I'd say) but I'd like to perhaps one day see such a system in XIV.

[Saefinn]

Whilst I'd love it and think it'd make for a good dying system, like I think GW2 did it pretty well. I feel this is the kind of thing that'd be an overhaul from the ground up. But I wouldn't object to the system being implemented, it being used on new gear and gradually rolled out to old gear.

But then the other side of me realises they can technically give Viera and Hrothgar hair and hats and on the hair front it was something we were expecting rollouts of, it's this details that makes me think they wouldn't as I guess they have their artists working on other assets.

That said, I support the idea.

And for more items to be dyable that aren't....like the scion sets or the nomad ones or the new Amaal'ja ones.

[Allegor]

GW II dye system would be glorious, but I'd settle with at least not making the entire piece change color when dyed, specially if it dyes in washed out tones or changes the texture.

[Kiurai]

Only wrench in this system outside of the resources is baubles or attachments that certain gear has like the potions on certain caster robes or the bags on the Bozja and newer ishgard gear which I'm not sure change with dye at all and would have to be reworked if such a system would exist

[ItMe]

Any upgrade to the glamour system would be whole heartedly welcome.
The glamours system is pretty embarrassing, especially considering it's #trueendgame.

[Catwho]

While it's true they no doubt have their main artists working on more important things (like 6.0 gear designs), reworking old gear item by item is the kind of grunt work that can be outsourced to minimum wage art interns. You'd still need a full time project manager supervising them and coordinating them and verifying that the quality is acceptable, but given the resources that SE has these days, it shouldn't be difficult to put someone in that sort of position from within the company.

Hell, at this point they could hypothetically crowd source it and the mod community would do it for free.

[Alien_Gamer]

While I support the idea, Yoshi has stated it won't happen. If I remember correctly, his view is that the art team has their vision for how the gear should look and adding dye channels to override that vision would be disrespectful of that vision.

[Rofel]

I'd love it but... limitations.

For now, I'd love if some pieces would keep some parts of it neutral when dyed.

White under shirts, leather straps... no need to dye EVERYTHING green.

[Cetek14]

Would be nice but knowing Square Enix its not happening.

While I support the idea, Yoshi has stated it won't happen. If I remember correctly, his view is that the art team has their vision for how the gear should look and adding dye channels to override that vision would be disrespectful of that vision.

Probably the worst argument he could have come up with, especially considering how awful gear design since SB is. Art team is already disrespecting us with creating the same boring gear for each category.

[Kuroka]

GW II dye system would be glorious, but I'd settle with at least not making the entire piece change color when dyed, specially if it dyes in washed out tones or changes the texture.

Its the worst on my asura caster gear, id love to dye it properly black but that taints the metal pieces.... >_>