Dying companion costumes

AnduinTryggva · August 30

It seems that color is attacked to the costume and not to the toon wearing. If I happen to wear the same costume as my companion we are bound to have the same color settings as of now. That is pretty inconveniant and I think should be changed. My companion should be able to have his/her own color scheme.

AcadianPaladin · August 30

Yes, costume dying is tied to the character that dyes them. Different characters can dye the same costume differently but companions are stuck with the same dye used by the character they are traveling with. I agree that dying companion costumes separately would be a nice feature, especially since those of us with ESO+ enjoy unlimited free dying.

My Bosmer's colors are forest green and buckskin. That combo absolutely does not suit her companion, Mirri, so fashion sense precludes them from sharing the same costumes.

oddarin · August 31

But you can dye companion's outfit just as your outfit, at least with ESO+, no?
In Outfit Station you have several tabs for it - by default when you activate Station, your costume tab opens, then you can switch to outfits. And just the same for companions - you can switch between their costumes and outfits and dye it separately as you want

DenverRalphy · August 31

oddarin wrote: »

But you can dye companion's outfit just as your outfit, at least with ESO+, no?
In Outfit Station you have several tabs for it - by default when you activate Station, your costume tab opens, then you can switch to outfits. And just the same for companions - you can switch between their costumes and outfits and dye it separately as you want

While you can select Companion Costume at the outfit station, it still applies to both the player and the companion. The only difference is whether the player or the companion is modeling during the dye job.

lillybit · August 31

oddarin wrote: »

But you can dye companion's outfit just as your outfit, at least with ESO+, no?
In Outfit Station you have several tabs for it - by default when you activate Station, your costume tab opens, then you can switch to outfits. And just the same for companions - you can switch between their costumes and outfits and dye it separately as you want

All that really means is you don't have to equip the costume on your character to dye it. The results are the same either way.

In contrast, outfits are a single one per companion shared between all your characters, so this is what I use most of the time.

They can either have different dyes on each of your characters but the costume is shared, or one look for all. There's no middle ground. It's particularly annoying if you want to use different costumes for them with different characters, because you can't have weapons to match because of that single account wide outfit slot

oddarin · August 31

Just checked and well, you're right. Never tried to wear the same costume with companions before, so was under impression that outfits should have separated color schemes since it is an option to do so. Sorry, my bad.

Elvenheart · August 31

Just an aside, for some reason when I read the title of this topic, I thought you wanted the best costume for when your companion is dying. 😊

AcadianPaladin · August 31

Elvenheart wrote: »

Just an aside, for some reason when I read the title of this topic, I thought you wanted the best costume for when your companion is dying. 😊

I know, right? I mean what's the use of adventuring if you can't look good doing it?

Kartalin · 4:24AM

Elvenheart wrote: »

Just an aside, for some reason when I read the title of this topic, I thought you wanted the best costume for when your companion is dying. 😊

To be fair, even though not everyone understands they meant "dyeing", it's still true that English is just awful in so many different ways. Especially for non-native speakers.