So I was trying to think of a new topic that hasn't been discussed that much. Lets talk about dyes. Will they be one use? Set amount of charges? Limitless? Will you be able to color each piece separately? Will you have a primary and secondary color on each piece? discuss.
Dyes eh? Let's hope they're limitless uses so we're not wasting time worrying about which to pick up or how valuable they are or whatever cuz that's annoying and everybody knows it. Let's also hope you can color each piece separately otherwise we'll all look mono-color and boring. A primary and secondary on each piece would be cool too but I'm not too worried about colors in general until I get my end game gear.
I'd like to play as a pink and yellow male wizard for PvP and faceroll people so they get super angry at the shenanigans that destroyed them, it will happen (assuming I can get those colors).
I wrote a little somethin' somethin' on Armor Dyes a while ago, never posted it anywhere. Might as well share it here
Armor Dyes
In Diablo 2 no system existed to let personalize the look of your armor. In fact visually speaking, the only factor that could change your armor's appearance was placing a gem into a socket, to which the outcome wasn't always very appealing.
Armor Dyes, with the buzzword "customization" in mind what better way to personalize your character than to color each armor piece individually. Armor Dyes are items acquired through crafting, buying, or from drops. What supplies needed for crafting them, the rarity of a vendor selling them, and the drop rate of the dyes have yet to be spoken about officially.
The dyes are represented by a rather suiting vile of dye in your inventory, as seen in the pictures to the left and right. Each dye will also have some flavor text describing its existence in the world. Also, it seems dyes will have to be activated via right click, than placed in an armor slot via left click. This will help prevent accidentally dropping your dye into a piece of armor.
It's clear Blizzard brought this system up to par as a viable way to extensively personalize your character through coloring each separate piece of armor. Though they may not just be limited to colors.. More on this later.
As debuted in the 2010 Crafting Sanctuary Blizzcon Panel, Christian Lichtner talks about how the system is here to maximize the level of customization available to the player. Using the Wizard as an example, he touches on how some color dyes will be more rare than others. He uses crimson red as an example of one of the more rare Armor Dyes.
Advance the video to 5:21 for discussion on Armor Dyes
A better look at the line up of Female Wizards sporting different color Armor Dyes
Armor Dyes may not be just limited to colors though, as Magistrate and I got some interesting Twitter responses on this topic.
Official Blizzard Quote:
Magistrate17 - @Diablo Will any of the dies change anything more than color? Like, apply metallic effects, per se? Or something like textures, like rust?
Diablo - @Magistrate17 What will end up in the final game is still a bit unknown, but we have toyed around with some interesting dye effects.
MultiKillGaming - @Diablo Did we see all the armor dye colors at Blizzcon?
Diablo - @MultiKillGaming No. Most, but not all.
The possibility for special effect Armor Dyes isn't out of the question. We saw must of the dyes at Blizzcon, but not all.
The future of Armor Dyes is not certain though. Not long before Blizzcon Bashiok commented on how the current system isn't set in stone. With the recent cut of the Talisman, Bashiok's words on this shouldn't be disregarded.
Official Blizzard Quote:
I wouldn't take the mechanics of how dyes will be accessed as gospel just yet, there have been many ideas on integrating them with other systems, but for the sake of implementation they're drops. They could stay that way, we'll just have to see.
Q u o t e:
Bashiok, will the dyes be used solely on individual armor pieces or will there be patterns that change the entire scheme of the character's attire as well?
There are specific slots that are able to be dyed, and it's generally the slots where dying them would actually matter (ie they have some surface area to be dyed).
The dye system is also not a tinting system. And by that I mean we don't apply a color shift to the entire piece of armor. Each piece of dyable armor is specifically designed and built with certain areas that can have their color changed. It could be as simple as a strip of cloth running down a chainmail chest piece, or as complex as an entire robe. We hand craft and designate these areas, and in combination with specific colors we've chosen, we can allow players to have a lot of additional visual variety, while maintaining a controlled look and style to the game.
One thing is for sure, Armor Dyes will be yet another valuable way to customize your character in the world of Sanctuary.
“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.” - Albert Einstein
Since it hasn't been stated, allow me to chime in:
Dyes are 1 use items. You want to dye something else the same color, you find/craft a new thing of that color dye. This is the most up-to-date word on the subject.
“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.” - Albert Einstein
Goddamn, I was hoping a discussion on Magnets would take place.
Also, to stay on topic, will pants and chest pieces and shoulders all show or will it be like D2 and only show the chest piece? If it's just the Chest Piece, then I probably wouldn't use dyes. :/
Goddamn, I was hoping a discussion on Magnets would take place.
Also, to stay on topic, will pants and chest pieces and shoulders all show or will it be like D2 and only show the chest piece? If it's just the Chest Piece, then I probably wouldn't use dyes. :/
From what I gather from everything, all armor can be dyed separately unless there really isn't a surface to dye.
-will pants and chest pieces and shoulders all show or will it be like D2 and only show the chest piece?-
No worries LinkX, each armor piece with enough area to see from game-cam will be custom colored by the dev team for each color armor dye. As I mentioned in my old article, this is a complete system, not a gimmick.
Official Blizzard Quote:
Bashiok, will the dyes be used solely on individual armor pieces or will there be patterns that change the entire scheme of the character's attire as well?
There are specific slots that are able to be dyed, and it's generally the slots where dying them would actually matter (ie they have some surface area to be dyed).
The dye system is also not a tinting system. And by that I mean we don't apply a color shift to the entire piece of armor. Each piece of dyable armor is specifically designed and built with certain areas that can have their color changed. It could be as simple as a strip of cloth running down a chainmail chest piece, or as complex as an entire robe. We hand craft and designate these areas, and in combination with specific colors we've chosen, we can allow players to have a lot of additional visual variety, while maintaining a controlled look and style to the game.
The reason this quote should put your worries to ease is that if you could only color the chest piece Blizzard wouldn't be worried about you combining crappy color armor dyes together :P.
“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.” - Albert Einstein
Armor Dyes are one of my secret favorite features. The possibility of extra rare special textured ones really gets me thinking about what they could look like.. There are so many awesome possibilities! Think devilish black smoke could fall from you, a double rain bow could appear every time you kill 100 monsters, there could even be some comical ones, like add chick feathers to your armor. The possibilities are endless...
“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.” - Albert Einstein
Thanks to Akuma Seijin for posting about the issue and to Winged for the infos.
I like the dyes idea and wonder about how many effects you could get: sparkling, ethereal, glowing...almost endless possibilities...
I'd like to play as a pink and yellow male wizard for PvP and faceroll people so they get super angry at the shenanigans that destroyed them, it will happen (assuming I can get those colors).
In Diablo 2 no system existed to let personalize the look of your armor. In fact visually speaking, the only factor that could change your armor's appearance was placing a gem into a socket, to which the outcome wasn't always very appealing.
The dyes are represented by a rather suiting vile of dye in your inventory, as seen in the pictures to the left and right. Each dye will also have some flavor text describing its existence in the world. Also, it seems dyes will have to be activated via right click, than placed in an armor slot via left click. This will help prevent accidentally dropping your dye into a piece of armor.
It's clear Blizzard brought this system up to par as a viable way to extensively personalize your character through coloring each separate piece of armor. Though they may not just be limited to colors.. More on this later.
As debuted in the 2010 Crafting Sanctuary Blizzcon Panel, Christian Lichtner talks about how the system is here to maximize the level of customization available to the player. Using the Wizard as an example, he touches on how some color dyes will be more rare than others. He uses crimson red as an example of one of the more rare Armor Dyes.
Armor Dyes may not be just limited to colors though, as Magistrate and I got some interesting Twitter responses on this topic.
Official Blizzard Quote:
Magistrate17 - @Diablo Will any of the dies change anything more than color? Like, apply metallic effects, per se? Or something like textures, like rust?
Diablo - @Magistrate17 What will end up in the final game is still a bit unknown, but we have toyed around with some interesting dye effects.
MultiKillGaming - @Diablo Did we see all the armor dye colors at Blizzcon?
Diablo - @MultiKillGaming No. Most, but not all.
The possibility for special effect Armor Dyes isn't out of the question. We saw must of the dyes at Blizzcon, but not all.
The future of Armor Dyes is not certain though. Not long before Blizzcon Bashiok commented on how the current system isn't set in stone. With the recent cut of the Talisman, Bashiok's words on this shouldn't be disregarded.
Official Blizzard Quote:
I wouldn't take the mechanics of how dyes will be accessed as gospel just yet, there have been many ideas on integrating them with other systems, but for the sake of implementation they're drops. They could stay that way, we'll just have to see.
Q u o t e:
Bashiok, will the dyes be used solely on individual armor pieces or will there be patterns that change the entire scheme of the character's attire as well?
There are specific slots that are able to be dyed, and it's generally the slots where dying them would actually matter (ie they have some surface area to be dyed).
The dye system is also not a tinting system. And by that I mean we don't apply a color shift to the entire piece of armor. Each piece of dyable armor is specifically designed and built with certain areas that can have their color changed. It could be as simple as a strip of cloth running down a chainmail chest piece, or as complex as an entire robe. We hand craft and designate these areas, and in combination with specific colors we've chosen, we can allow players to have a lot of additional visual variety, while maintaining a controlled look and style to the game.
One thing is for sure, Armor Dyes will be yet another valuable way to customize your character in the world of Sanctuary.
EDIT: So I'm guessing by this that they are a one shot deal?
EDIT2: Yea, since I didn't think much was known I thought the ICP comment would get a few chuckles. Dumb asses.
Dyes are 1 use items. You want to dye something else the same color, you find/craft a new thing of that color dye. This is the most up-to-date word on the subject.
Naa, we've had such big news lately it would just feel out of place :P. Maybe I'll write something up on Dyes if they're in the Beta :xD:.
Also, to stay on topic, will pants and chest pieces and shoulders all show or will it be like D2 and only show the chest piece? If it's just the Chest Piece, then I probably wouldn't use dyes. :/
From what I gather from everything, all armor can be dyed separately unless there really isn't a surface to dye.
Official Blizzard Quote:
Bashiok, will the dyes be used solely on individual armor pieces or will there be patterns that change the entire scheme of the character's attire as well?
There are specific slots that are able to be dyed, and it's generally the slots where dying them would actually matter (ie they have some surface area to be dyed).
The dye system is also not a tinting system. And by that I mean we don't apply a color shift to the entire piece of armor. Each piece of dyable armor is specifically designed and built with certain areas that can have their color changed. It could be as simple as a strip of cloth running down a chainmail chest piece, or as complex as an entire robe. We hand craft and designate these areas, and in combination with specific colors we've chosen, we can allow players to have a lot of additional visual variety, while maintaining a controlled look and style to the game.
(No sarcasm, completely serious)
Armor Dyes are one of my secret favorite features. The possibility of extra rare special textured ones really gets me thinking about what they could look like.. There are so many awesome possibilities! Think devilish black smoke could fall from you, a double rain bow could appear every time you kill 100 monsters, there could even be some comical ones, like add chick feathers to your armor. The possibilities are endless...
Sign me up.
I like the dyes idea and wonder about how many effects you could get: sparkling, ethereal, glowing...almost endless possibilities...
Let's hope to get some more news on this.