Ruby Red Weapons... what!?

leothedino

I know there have been other older threads regarding weapons dyes, perhaps another post might earn their attentions.

Paul Sage mentioned he wasn't happy with the idea of weapon dyes for fears of 'immersion breaking' colour choices... but instead of traditional weapon colours, we are being smacked around the face with eyesore potent blues, sharp purples, bright greens and now vivid ruby reds. I genuinely can't make my character look nice, my weapons are disgusting to look at. What was wrong with greys and silvers? What is immersive about the current colour choices? I am honestly lost for words.

Please ZoS, I actually beg you, allow only a few select dyes if you must or let us transmog old/lower level weapons to our characters, this is in serious need of attention.

Anhedonie

Make all weapons have default colour.

Valrien

The metal is a color. The sword is also that color. Pretty immersion breaking to have a sword made of ruby red metal that isn't ruby red.

leothedino

Valrien wrote: »

The metal is a color. The sword is also that color. Pretty immersion breaking to have a sword made of ruby red metal that isn't ruby red.

So you don't like choice, or options? I understand the name of the metal, I just don't understand their constant effort to make the colours so wild and strange.

Volkodav

Personally,I'd love to have a Ruby Red bow and quiver.Would look pretty nice.Wont happen though,as it is a metal ore,not wood.

Valrien

leothedino wrote: »

Valrien wrote: »

The metal is a color. The sword is also that color. Pretty immersion breaking to have a sword made of ruby red metal that isn't ruby red.

So you don't like choice, or options? I understand the name of the metal, I just don't understand their constant effort to make the colours so wild and strange.

Now you're putting words in my mouth. I simply mean it's not that big of a deal.

leothedino

Valrien wrote: »

leothedino wrote: »

Valrien wrote: »

The metal is a color. The sword is also that color. Pretty immersion breaking to have a sword made of ruby red metal that isn't ruby red.

So you don't like choice, or options? I understand the name of the metal, I just don't understand their constant effort to make the colours so wild and strange.

Now you're putting words in my mouth. I simply mean it's not that big of a deal.

What colour would you consider as bad? I guess my argument is, would you enjoy your weapons completely coated in it with no choice otherwise? It might not be a big deal to you, but it seems for a lot of people it is. It's a shame, with armour and now shields possible to be dyed, it feels like an optional feature that would benefit people greatly.

C0wrex

I'm fine with it

The Rubedite color makes my daggers look awesome


Still though, it would be nice if we can slap a paint in there somewhere

Valrien

leothedino wrote: »

Valrien wrote: »

leothedino wrote: »

Valrien wrote: »

The metal is a color. The sword is also that color. Pretty immersion breaking to have a sword made of ruby red metal that isn't ruby red.

So you don't like choice, or options? I understand the name of the metal, I just don't understand their constant effort to make the colours so wild and strange.

Now you're putting words in my mouth. I simply mean it's not that big of a deal.

What colour would you consider as bad? I guess my argument is, would you enjoy your weapons completely coated in it with no choice otherwise? It might not be a big deal to you, but it seems for a lot of people it is. It's a shame, with armour and now shields possible to be dyed, it feels like an optional feature that would benefit people greatly.

I really don't mind the color if the stats are good and to a lesser extent it reflects the material. Sure, weapon dying would be cool I suppose.

Korah_Eaglecry

Id still prefer to stick to silvers and steel colors. All of my characters, aside from Enrerion have a lot of browns and matte like colors in their gear. If the armor appears to be leather its brown, Ill add some more vibrant dyes in for particular clothes like Caius has a rich red clothe gear. But generally I try to stick true to what would be a little more realistic to the setting.

Recremen

Weapon dyes when??

leothedino

Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »

Id still prefer to stick to silvers and steel colors. All of my characters, aside from Enrerion have a lot of browns and matte like colors in their gear. If the armor appears to be leather its brown, Ill add some more vibrant dyes in for particular clothes like Caius has a rich red clothe gear. But generally I try to stick true to what would be a little more realistic to the setting.

Perhaps they could select out their preferred weapon dyes for us? You know, no pinks or bright blues etc (the colours they are worried about), and we have a limited but satisfying palette to choose from? This, imo, would be awesome

Volkodav

Recremen wrote: »

Weapon dyes when??

Yes.If we can have purple and chartreuse armor,we should have weapons to match I say!
(I dont have any armor those colors,but others I have seen running around do)

Recremen

Volkodav wrote: »

Recremen wrote: »

Weapon dyes when??

Yes.If we can have purple and chartreuse armor,we should have weapons to match I say!
(I dont have any armor those colors,but others I have seen running around do)

And we're all better for it. I'm currently wearing Ruby Throne Red, Epic Violet, and Transliminal Violet on my standard outfit, actually had someone whisper me last night saying how great they thought it looked. Now, for this outfit, my rubedite sword matches just fine! Buuut when I go and switch it to Ophidian Jade it clashes so hard that I almost regret owning the dye. :-(

khele23eb17_ESO

Was talking in guild chat about it just yesterday. If we can dye armor and shields, its only fair to dye weapons too.

americansteel

alot of metals yield different colors.

the colors vary when said materials are tempered or hardened through the processing.

Recremen

americansteel wrote: »

alot of metals yield different colors.

the colors vary when said materials are tempered or hardened through the processing.

Also we have magic paint, that has to count for something. We already put it on our metal armor that gets hit all the time, I don't see a reason not to get it on weapons as well!

phaneub17_ESO

I find it funny when you find a 160CP weapon of agility, endurance, or willpower they aren't red at all; if anything it looks like the 16-24 craft range of colors.

dem0n1k

I actually really liked the voidsteel purple weapons.... but rubidite.. not so much.
My CP160 Xyvkyn style mace looks like a rose

leothedino

It seems a lot of people would be open to the potential of weapon dyes, I think ZoS should give it a go, try it on and see how things feel.

Kendaric

Weapon dyes are necessary, no doubt about it. That red weapons make me want to vomit to be honest, they are ugly as hell.

Egonieser

Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »

Id still prefer to stick to silvers and steel colors. All of my characters, aside from Enrerion have a lot of browns and matte like colors in their gear. If the armor appears to be leather its brown, Ill add some more vibrant dyes in for particular clothes like Caius has a rich red clothe gear. But generally I try to stick true to what would be a little more realistic to the setting.

How utterly boring... I mean, i will never dye anything bright pink and purple, but keeping leather poo-brown and a sword in grey is way too dark-ages uninspiring to me personally. But hey - if that's your thing..

Recremen

Egonieser wrote: »

Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »

Id still prefer to stick to silvers and steel colors. All of my characters, aside from Enrerion have a lot of browns and matte like colors in their gear. If the armor appears to be leather its brown, Ill add some more vibrant dyes in for particular clothes like Caius has a rich red clothe gear. But generally I try to stick true to what would be a little more realistic to the setting.

How utterly boring... I mean, i will never dye anything bright pink and purple, but keeping leather poo-brown and a sword in grey is way too dark-ages uninspiring to me personally. But hey - if that's your thing..

If nobody is boring then us fashionistãos have no backdrop to look splendid against!!

N0TPLAYER2

I've said it a dozen times on this forum.

Make glass swords. At vet 16 they are not green, but silver. They have a very small green stripe through the center but are 90% silver.

Enjoy!

Nighn_9

Valrien wrote: »

The metal is a color. The sword is also that color. Pretty immersion breaking to have a sword made of ruby red metal that isn't ruby red.

yet you can dye rubedite heavy armor to a white

Duiwel

I can't wait till SILVER is a material...

BRB - Silver sword
BRB - Silver arrow tips
BRB - Silver shield
BRB - Silver armour

Eiagra

The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall had top-tier (Daedric) weapons colored red. Perhaps it's a throwback/homage to those days. I mean, it is The Elder Scrolls Online -- they are pulling from their entire library of lore and gameplay choices, and bringing them up to bat. Not just, like, their most recent game or something.

Judas Helviaryn

The "ridiculous looking weapon" argument has pretty much been thrown out the window at this point, with a couple cinderblocks chained to its feet. I'm sick of red weapons clashing with other gear color choices, and being restricted to only a few neutral colored weapons (looking at you, glass), let's just have weapon dyes already, and be done with it!

TheShadowScout

Yeah, the "immersion breaking colors" shtick sailed and sunk a while ago... now what remains is the question, why can't we match our weapon colors to our armor color? Even if they restricted the business end of weapons to "metallic colors only" It'd still be worthwhile to get that knight in steel and green armor a steely looking sword instead of the ruby red blade that clashes with the rest of the attire...

I don't even care if they make it as dye, or as transmog option where you can only change the looks to a different crafting material (like, rubedite sword with steel blade looks) - either would please me (and latter could also come with a style recrafting option, for those who want to have all their armor in one style, yet mix and match different sets...)

Rosveen

Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »

Id still prefer to stick to silvers and steel colors. All of my characters, aside from Enrerion have a lot of browns and matte like colors in their gear. If the armor appears to be leather its brown, Ill add some more vibrant dyes in for particular clothes like Caius has a rich red clothe gear. But generally I try to stick true to what would be a little more realistic to the setting.

Red weapons fit the setting - unless you think the setting is medieval Europe, in which case uh, wrong game? But this is Tamriel and you forged your weapons from a red metal. Nothing inherently wrong with that concept.

That said, I strongly support weapon dyes.

ADarklore

Hasn't ZOS said before that they're working on adding weapon dyeing, thought they said that after they made Shield dyable.