They locked changing your character's appearance behind a $10 paywall. I'm still upset at that and it's been nine years.

I think it's weird too, mostly because compared to other games I've played the dye system is inconsistent. I've played ones where dyes are single-use, so you pay every time you want to dye something (unless you have a dye saved up), but then you're paying no matter what you want to dye. I've also played ones like ESO where dyes are unlocked on your account when you first obtain them and then can be used as many times as you like, but then it's free to dye anything with them. I've never played another game where it's sometimes free and sometimes costs real money, depending on what you're dying.

The only reason I can think of for it working this way is originally costumes were undyable and the ability to dye them was added about a year after the switch to buy-to-play and optional subscription, around then it seemed like a lot of the QoL changes they were making were being held back for ESO+ and I suspect ZOS were looking for things to add into it to encourage more people to buy it. (It was about a year after that they decided to re-brand one DLC a year as a 'chapter' and require everyone to pay extra for it.)

All I can say is you'll get used to it. I usually don't subscribe so one of the things I do when I do have ESO+ or a free trial comes around is review the dyes on all the costumes I use to see if I want to change any of them, especially if I've unlocked new dyes since last time.

Oh and in case you're not aware you can use dye stamps on costumes without a subscription, but then you're restricted to the dyes included in the stamp. To me that makes them totally useless, but I know some people use them sometimes.

Danikat wrote: »

I think it's weird too, mostly because compared to other games I've played the dye system is inconsistent. I've played ones where dyes are single-use, so you pay every time you want to dye something (unless you have a dye saved up), but then you're paying no matter what you want to dye. I've also played ones like ESO where dyes are unlocked on your account when you first obtain them and then can be used as many times as you like, but then it's free to dye anything with them. I've never played another game where it's sometimes free and sometimes costs real money, depending on what you're dying.

The only reason I can think of for it working this way is originally costumes were undyable and the ability to dye them was added about a year after the switch to buy-to-play and optional subscription, around then it seemed like a lot of the QoL changes they were making were being held back for ESO+ and I suspect ZOS were looking for things to add into it to encourage more people to buy it. (It was about a year after that they decided to re-brand one DLC a year as a 'chapter' and require everyone to pay extra for it.)

All I can say is you'll get used to it. I usually don't subscribe so one of the things I do when I do have ESO+ or a free trial comes around is review the dyes on all the costumes I use to see if I want to change any of them, especially if I've unlocked new dyes since last time.

Oh and in case you're not aware you can use dye stamps on costumes without a subscription, but then you're restricted to the dyes included in the stamp. To me that makes them totally useless, but I know some people use them sometimes.

personally i find the dye stamps themselves useless because it doesnt actually unlock the colors to use permanently, as many of the stamps do have unique colors separate from achievement dye unlocks

TaSheen wrote: »

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

personally i find the dye stamps themselves useless because it doesnt actually unlock the colors to use permanently, as many of the stamps do have unique colors separate from achievement dye unlocks

True, but when something shows up in the stamps that I KNOW I'm not going to get by an achievement or whatever, I'll buy a couple to store, because in case that color turns out to be something I need for a look eventually, I'll have it for at least one character (generally, I try to make ALL of my girls different, though sometimes I'll have a couple that look similar across both PC megaservers).

i personally would never buy dye stamps, or in fact any 1 time use consumable item

if im paying real money for it, it had better be a permanent unlock lol

TaSheen wrote: »

Eh, I have gems forever. And once I settle on a look, I don't change it. I'm - um - a stick in the mud that way?

i dont change my looks often either, my main has been using the original skeleton polymorph for 9 years lol

even gems, i still wouldnt spend those on consumables, because its still a hard to attain currency without using real money, but thats also a me thing too lol

Update suggestion....

Dying should be free.

Craft bag and Furniture bag included with plus