Why can't we preview locked dyes and armour styles?

Octopuss · September 2017

Seriously, why? I'd like to know how stuff looks to decide whether to go work on achievements or motiff hunting.
This makes no sense

Mithoron · September 2017

Good question.....

Storymaster · September 2017

A very good suggestion on both counts, @Octopuss

CaffeinatedMayhem · September 2017

I can guess on locked dyes, you have to get the achievement for the dye.

On armor styles - that IS a good question. The tiny previews are often misleading, and I really do want to see what it looks like on my character before crafting with an expensive style material. ESO fashion is a good reference, but it can't cover all the body types and possilbe stretch issues.

MissBizz · September 2017

It would be really nice to be able to preview locked dyes. That was you could be like "OOOH that's nice" and prioritize your achievements!

Octopuss · September 2017

Makes no sense on the dyes either - of course you have to earn the achievements, but what's stopping ZOS to allow us to dye the armour piece without being able to confirm the process or something when the requirement is not met?

Octopuss · November 2017

Deserved bump.

Taleof2Cities · November 2017

Fair point, OP ... would be a nice feature.

lientier · November 2017

I agree!

FakeFox · November 2017

I can't answer that. However I can point out that there are websites like eso.mmo-fashion.com where you can look at all styles, colours, items, etc. Not the perfect solution, but never the less a solution.

Octopuss · November 2017

FakeFox wrote: »

I can't answer that. However I can point out that there are websites like eso.mmo-fashion.com where you can look at all styles, colours, items, etc. Not the perfect solution, but never the less a solution.

Yes, and it's extremely inconvenient when you want to craft something.
The whole point is to be able to immediatelly see what stuff looks like ingame when you have crafting station opened - typically how the crafted piece would look like in combination with the rest of the armour you're currently wearing.

Korlian · November 2017

Not being able to preview the armor style etc before crafting it has been frustrating me for years already. It's also lead to me not really bothering to craft stuff for myself even though I want to. Trying to look this stuff up on the web is far from ideal, it's frankly quite misleading. This would be a super addition to have in the game, and honestly, they already got it for their crown store motifs, please let us do the same when crafting.

nihirisutou · November 2017

You can see all racial / rare styles in the crown store as a preview for medium/heavy/light.

scipionumatia · November 2017

Agree with OP 100% but I need to google how game mechanics work so I’m not surprised that I need to see how motifs look at the university of google.

Banana · November 2017