Armor Dying Looks Promising

Evergnar · June 2014

Dag86novanub19_ESO wrote: »

Evergnar wrote: »

So looks like with the dye system you have pen, brush, bucket. Based on armor crafting improvement, I would guess the pen is for the thin design lines and embossed emblems. Brush is for the rest and bucket is to do both/all?

I think thats the "eyedropper" tool, I forget the pc art term but for when you want to "pull"/copy an existing item's color and apply it elsewhere.

For example, a piece is black, and another is red. You can pull/copy the black and apply it elsewhere.

Ah, that would make more sense. The rest of UI looks well implemented too.

Hamfast · June 2014

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Hamfast wrote: »

Armor Dyes does look promising, but the truth will be in the implementation...

Who will be able to Dye armor?

Will Dyes be crafted? By Who? At what (item) cost?

It looks like Dyes (or at least some Dyes) will be tied to achievements, how will one get those achievements? Will dye granted by the achievement require the achievement be repeated the next time you wish to use the dye?

Will Dyes be applied differently to different armor, to different armor types, to Different Crafting Types? Will I be able to dye/lacquer my weapons? (Dyes for Light and Medium, lacquer for Heavy, Stains for Wood)

Will Dyes, Like Traits, only be able to be applied when the armor is being crafted or can they be applied/reapplied later? will a light color dye cover a dark colored dye?

Will there be a separate "Wash" used to remove dyes?

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but the thousand words can explain a lot more things then the picture.

These seem like excellent questions for a future Ask Us Anything!

[emote] Runs off looking for a "Ask Us Anything" thread...[/emote]

MaxBat · June 2014

andreas.rudroffb16_ESO wrote: »

with the cave eat : you wont get the color if you havent done the achievement
= no LvL1 will see the color for completing weekly trials
the same for other achievement based colors

Um ... what does this mean exactly? Why implement a dying station if you can't even use it?

Why kind of achievements unlock colors? Bal Foryen Explorer? Finding Skyshards? What exactly?

Dag86novanub19_ESO · June 2014

I think its funny and sad that a normal, happy, excited and enthusiastic ESO player creates a positive thread about a new feature that is clearly done by a team that handles art and not server side/ character balancing issues, only to have others come in and bad mouth the dev's for their "broken" character just because they can't solo group content.

SMH.

Anywho, I for one am excited as well

Mablung · June 2014

The dye interface looks promising. How you acquire dyes does not. Achievement based accumulation? So now we have to play content we have skipped. Meaning pvpers have to pve and vice versa.

TESO is not anything near the play as you want game as it was advertised. Play as we want you to play.

More of this means G effin G.

MaxBat · June 2014

Mablung wrote: »

The dye interface looks promising. How you acquire dyes does not. Achievement based accumulation? So now we have to play content we have skipped. Meaning pvpers have to pve and vice versa.

TESO is not anything near the play as you want game as it was advertised. Play as we want you to play.

More of this means G effin G.

C'mon, this really isn't how they're going to do it, right? I mean, how frustrating is that going to be for people? Can you imagine the achievement screens?

Achievement Unlocked: Auridon Explorer
Color unlocked: Chartreuse

Achievement Unlocked: Covenant Cave Explorer
Color unlocked: A rather dull brown

Achievement Unlocked: Stop Skooma Abuse
Color unlocked: Tie-Dyed

I really don't think so. That would be the worst implementation ever.

Hadria · June 2014

Dag86novanub19_ESO wrote: »

I think its funny and sad that a normal, happy, excited and enthusiastic ESO player creates a positive thread about a new feature that is clearly done by a team that handles art and not server side/ character balancing issues, only to have others come in and bad mouth the dev's for their "broken" character just because they can't solo group content.

SMH.

Anywho, I for one am excited as well

What do you expect, half these fools have no idea what they want.

Mablung · June 2014

MaxBat wrote: »

Mablung wrote: »

The dye interface looks promising. How you acquire dyes does not. Achievement based accumulation? So now we have to play content we have skipped. Meaning pvpers have to pve and vice versa.

TESO is not anything near the play as you want game as it was advertised. Play as we want you to play.

More of this means G effin G.

C'mon, this really isn't how they're going to do it, right? I mean, how frustrating is that going to be for people? Can you imagine the achievement screens?

Achievement Unlocked: Auridon Explorer
Color unlocked: Chartreuse

Achievement Unlocked: Covenant Cave Explorer
Color unlocked: A rather dull brown

Achievement Unlocked: Stop Skooma Abuse
Color unlocked: Tie-Dyed

I really don't think so. That would be the worst implementation ever.

They are doing it this way. Dyes will be given based on Achievements. I am not sure if they will be purchasable with Achievement points or automagically awarded as you describe. Either way, not something I like.

AreoHotah · June 2014

Opioid wrote: »

I hope they fix all the reset achievements before they add dye tied to achievements.

^^ THIS

MaxBat · June 2014

Mablung wrote: »

They are doing it this way. Dyes will be given based on Achievements. I am not sure if they will be purchasable with Achievement points or automagically awarded as you describe. Either way, not something I like.

Really? I couldn't have been more facetious if I tried.

Let's pause for a moment and ask someone who knows to clear this up. Really. Is it tied to all achievements (at 630+) or only certain types of achievements? Are we getting points or are we locked into colors based on achievements?

Someone please explain this. Preferably someone whose name begins with a G.

UrQuan · June 2014

I'm excited about this. I care quite a bit about what my characters look like, so this will help me to get each of them looking the way I want them.

I'm reserving judgment on the fact that dyes are achievement-based for now. I'll wait to see exactly how they implement that before deciding if it's a good idea or a bad idea. I mean if it's something like "get X dye after completing your 1st achievement, get Y dye after completing 5 achievements" then I think that'd be a good system. If the different dyes are tied to specific achievements, then I don't know that I think that's a good idea.

Mablung · June 2014

MaxBat wrote: »

Mablung wrote: »

They are doing it this way. Dyes will be given based on Achievements. I am not sure if they will be purchasable with Achievement points or automagically awarded as you describe. Either way, not something I like.

Really? I couldn't have been more facetious if I tried.

Thats the thing about the internet, (snip) doesn't come across in type very well.

[Moderator Note: Edited per our rules on Cursing & Profanity]

BBSooner · June 2014

Guppet wrote: »

The gear in this game already looks quite nice. No stupid bright colours, oversized shoulders or lights like space lasers. The gear is all appropriate for the setting.

I'd rather they focused on other things, like balancing resources. Maybe improving grouping functionality. Different dev teams maybe, but there are so many things they need to fix before adding fluff like this.

Division of labor, and all. And my Orsimer armor with baby blue plate over pink chain mail begs to differ.

AlexDougherty · June 2014

Ur-Quan wrote: »

I'm excited about this. I care quite a bit about what my characters look like, so this will help me to get each of them looking the way I want them.

I'm reserving judgment on the fact that dyes are achievement-based for now. I'll wait to see exactly how they implement that before deciding if it's a good idea or a bad idea. I mean if it's something like "get X dye after completing your 1st achievement, get Y dye after completing 5 achievements" then I think that'd be a good system. If the different dyes are tied to specific achievements, then I don't know that I think that's a good idea.

I would prefer that the dyes are tied to number of achievements too, mind you I would like to be able to buy them too.

That way I can look absolutely perfect, especially for my Sorceror.

Evergnar · June 2014

It's possible they might have base colors everyone gets and the rest are unlocked via achievements. Who knows but I can't imagine everybody not having quite a few to work with. That is, unless the bugged missing achievements are in fact gone and not just invisible like they say they are.

spinedoc · June 2014

Meh, I'd rather they just gave us appearance slots so we could wear whatever we wanted to wear.

Sidney · June 2014

@ZOS_GinaBruno‌ Any chance you can plead with them to add many more variations of pink? It's very lacking and it's my favourite colour

dsalter · June 2014

kinda sad it's aaalll the way in july

but maybe it'll be my b-day present?

rusila22 · June 2014

i agree ! my armor will be full pink (nop guys this is not a troll) jizuz can't wait for that

isengrimb16_ESO · June 2014

How is dye going to be craftable and tied to achievements? Do we get recipes via the achievements?

Are mats going to be added? I figured it might be an extension of alchemy, but it sounds like it's going to be a new profession in and of itself. I hope dyecrafting doesn't use Alchemy materials, the way mats would overlap in Skyrim (some things were both food and alchemy mats; other things - like antlers - were alchemy AND hearthfire home decorations.)
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UberTester · June 2014

Yup. Looks good. A few months too late, but still looks good.

SinisterJoint · June 2014

The dye system DOES look amazing and I cant wait for it. My only gripe for it is the dyes you can only get through achievements.

I don't truly feel that its fair imo. Dye is dye, there shouldn't need to be some special achievement needed to unlock something basic like... black.

Either way it looks great but that's my opinion on it is that achievement locking dyes is meh

Lord_Draevan · June 2014

Will weapons be dye-able too? Can't stand the Imperial Legendary V12 purple weapons and armor.

Nuksuu · June 2014

The screenshot was indeed exciting for someone like me who enjoys greater customisation and complexity with crafting.

Greatly looking forward to more details and the actual implementation of this.

seaef · June 2014

Hadria wrote: »

What do you expect, half these fools have no idea what they want.

^^ This!!!

Thunderknuckles · June 2014

Evergnar wrote: »

Since the recent color change one of my characters looks like a giant golden twinkie and another looks like a circus clown. So looking forward to the dyes whatever they are.

Ah ha ha ha ha ha! I totally feel you here, man. After that update I was like, "Sherbet green!?" and "Sky blue with silver lining!? I can't possibly go around feeling badass with ANY kind of sherbet color on my duds!" LOL Sometimes I have to wonder about the folks that make these decisions.

Noctisse · June 2014

Thunderknuckles wrote: »

Evergnar wrote: »

Since the recent color change one of my characters looks like a giant golden twinkie and another looks like a circus clown. So looking forward to the dyes whatever they are.

Ah ha ha ha ha ha! I totally feel you here, man. After that update I was like, "Sherbet green!?" and "Sky blue with silver lining!? I can't possibly go around feeling badass with ANY kind of sherbet color on my duds!" LOL Sometimes I have to wonder about the folks that make these decisions.

Fear not!
According to the screenshot, there will be a ''Sort by Hue Hue Hue'' system!

seaef · June 2014

Thunderknuckles wrote: »

LOL Sometimes I have to wonder about the folks that make these decisions.

Pressure from the Barbie dress-up crowd.

Noctisse · June 2014

Although the whole ''based on achievements'' thing isn't so bad...it will at least prevent lvl 1 characters from running around in full black & gold sets pretending to be the ultimate bad-ass, which would have caused drama among high-level characters...

fancyleggs · June 2014

just no neon colors plz