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Kieron Lohengrin · **12-05-2013, 12:51 AM**

Does anyone know when we'll be able to dye AF / AF2 / Darklight / AK gear, as seen below?

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LiadansWhisper · **12-05-2013, 01:10 AM**

They've said they have no plans to ever allow the Artifact gear to be dyeable, due to the fact that it's "iconic."

Merri · **12-05-2013, 02:13 AM**

I don't have a link for reference right now, but I actually believe they had stated that at some point down the road they would like to make Artifact Armor dyeable -- but only once they've implemented other job-specific gear.

LiadansWhisper · **12-05-2013, 02:41 AM**

(12-05-2013, 02:13 AM)Merri Wrote: I don't have a link for reference right now, but I actually believe they had stated that at some point down the road they would like to make Artifact Armor dyeable -- but only once they've implemented other job-specific gear.

Really? Â Okay, I must have reallly misunderstood what I read a while back about it.

Kismet · **12-05-2013, 07:16 AM**

I do not know when they will let us dye Artifact gear, but seeing this in the most recent Producer Letter video has at least made me a tiny bit hopeful:

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One could argue that the character's wearing some developer-only gear solely for messing around in while testing things, but I don't think they'd go through the trouble. One could also argue that it may simply just be another colored set of AF2 or something, but I doubt that.

Ildur · **12-05-2013, 11:38 AM**

LiadansWhispe Wrote:They've said they have no plans to ever allow the Artifact gear to be dyeable, due to the fact that it's "iconic."

For clarification, what Squee meant to say was: "Thou shalt not destroy our holy and most sacred creative vision with your silly individual preferences. And yellow is totally a good color for the monk gear, shut up!"

Kismet Wrote:One could argue that the character's wearing some developer-only gear solely for messing around in while testing things, but I don't think they'd go through the trouble. One could also argue that it may simply just be another colored set of AF2 or something, but I doubt that.

Knowing how ARR's armors can be boiled down basically to three models per armor class + tweaks, I bet that is exactly what it is. Just a reskin of an old model.
Incidentally, a quick reskin job is not much trouble at all if you know your tools, so I wouldn't discard the "unique developer gear" theory.

Aleister · **12-05-2013, 12:36 PM**

(12-05-2013, 11:38 AM)Ildur Wrote:
LiadansWhispe Wrote:They've said they have no plans to ever allow the Artifact gear to be dyeable, due to the fact that it's "iconic."

For clarification, what Squee meant to say was: "Thou shalt not destroy our holy and most sacred creative vision with your silly individual preferences. And yellow is totally a good color for the monk gear, shut up!"

Kismet Wrote:One could argue that the character's wearing some developer-only gear solely for messing around in while testing things, but I don't think they'd go through the trouble. One could also argue that it may simply just be another colored set of AF2 or something, but I doubt that.

Knowing how ARR's armors can be boiled down basically to three models per armor class + tweaks, I bet that is exactly what it is. Just a reskin of an old model.
Incidentally, a quick reskin job is not much trouble at all if you know your tools, so I wouldn't discard the "unique developer gear" theory.

Pretty much. old reskin perhaps and color changing wouldn't be hard either. I assume this is developer only, the gear that is.. The weapon.. I dunno honestly during the last live letter at one point forgot his name next to Yoshi asked him to get a good angle on the bow to get a good look at it (now.. why would he do that?) so.. maybe relic weapons will change further in the game? I recall them saying they wanted to do something like that.

LiadansWhisper · **12-05-2013, 02:31 PM**

(12-05-2013, 11:38 AM)Ildur Wrote: For clarification, what Squee meant to say was: "Thou shalt not destroy our holy and most sacred creative vision with your silly individual preferences. And yellow is totally a good color for the monk gear, shut up!"

AHAHAHA! Â Laugh

Â I needed a laugh this morning!

Kismet · **12-05-2013, 04:44 PM**

(12-05-2013, 11:38 AM)Ildur Wrote: Knowing how ARR's armors can be boiled down basically to three models per armor class + tweaks, I bet that is exactly what it is. Just a reskin of an old model.
Incidentally, a quick reskin job is not much trouble at all if you know your tools, so I wouldn't discard the "unique developer gear" theory.

All of these are things I had in mind (changing a texture for an MMO model is easy), I'd just like to not believe them because I want to be able to dye things, okay?!Â Cry

Aleister · **12-07-2013, 06:29 AM**

(12-05-2013, 04:44 PM)Kismet Wrote:
(12-05-2013, 11:38 AM)Ildur Wrote: Knowing how ARR's armors can be boiled down basically to three models per armor class + tweaks, I bet that is exactly what it is. Just a reskin of an old model.
Incidentally, a quick reskin job is not much trouble at all if you know your tools, so I wouldn't discard the "unique developer gear" theory.

All of these are things I had in mind (changing a texture for an MMO model is easy), I'd just like to not believe them because I want to be able to dye things, okay?!Â

Maybe in the future for the AF sets we will be able? But for AF and AF+1 that is for sure not happening cause AF+1 dyed gear if you really think about it.. just better stats. I can totally see dye gear in the future for other AF sets if they don't do what they did with first two AFs.. same design just reskin in color.

Armor dyes and vanity system

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