zealex.9410 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Apparently you can dye the capes, or at least thats what some pics on discord of ppl's chars suggest.Is this only a thing for the capes or its gonna be added to more back pieces/is already added?Edit: also cudos to the ui costumisation options, now we only need the ability to resize and move ui elements freely like in gw1 and we'll be gucci. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenom.9457 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 I think definitely future capes, and maybe other backpacks too. Unfortunately there isn’t tech to retroactively make old backpacks dyeable and recoding them all one by one is a waste of dev time, if it’s even possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zealex.9410 Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 @"Fenom.9457" said:I think definitely future capes, and maybe other backpacks too. Unfortunately there isn’t tech to retroactively make old backpacks dyeable and recoding them all one by one is a waste of dev time, if it’s even possible.There was tech to make all the legendary weapons be able to have their sigils removed at will. Im leening more to the "its too much work" excuse but i still thing they should at least do it for the blc items and the legendary backpieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenom.9457 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 @zealex.9410 said:@"Fenom.9457" said:I think definitely future capes, and maybe other backpacks too. Unfortunately there isn’t tech to retroactively make old backpacks dyeable and recoding them all one by one is a waste of dev time, if it’s even possible.There was tech to make all the legendary weapons be able to have their sigils removed at will. Im leening more to the "its too much work" excuse but i still thing they should at least do it for the blc items and the legendary backpieces.If they’re gonna do it for any of them, the legendary ones should be first (as well as the other rarest ones). I actually would love to dye my ascension wings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udolpho.1209 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 *While we cannot add dye channels to existing backpieces, keep an eye out for dyeable backpacks of different styles in the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zealex.9410 Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 @Udolpho.1209 said:*While we cannot add dye channels to existing backpieces, keep an eye out for dyeable backpacks of different styles in the future!in the gemstore :^) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palador.2170 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 @Udolpho.1209 said:*While we cannot add dye channels to existing backpieces, keep an eye out for dyeable backpacks of different styles in the future!That's not entirely true, though...Some of the more recent back items, such as the Shiverpeaks Backpack/Gilder combo, must have been made while they were working out the details for dyeable back items. They should have been made with that system in place, because they knew what was coming. And yet, I see nobody mentioning them as dyeable (I don't have them, so I can't check).So, was the cape the first dyeable item, or did they stealth some in on us? I'm hoping for the latter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante.1763 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 @Palador.2170 said:@Udolpho.1209 said:*While we cannot add dye channels to existing backpieces, keep an eye out for dyeable backpacks of different styles in the future!That's not entirely true, though...Some of the more recent back items, such as the Shiverpeaks Backpack/Gilder combo, must have been made while they were working out the details for dyeable back items. They should have been made with that system in place, because they knew what was coming. And yet, I see nobody mentioning them as dyeable (I don't have them, so I can't check).So, was the cape the first dyeable item, or did they stealth some in on us? I'm hoping for the latter...They are not dyeable, i have the shiverpeaks backpack and was hoping it would be. Alas, no. Honestly any backpack that has a glider skin thats dyeable youd think would be able to be changed to be dyed. But i dont know how their systems work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftFootpaws.9134 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 They won't give out dye channels for free anyways, they're some of the most premium content in the game ever since mounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metasynaptic.1093 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Ascension, warbringer and Ad infinitum should be made dyable. Discussion over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eloc Freidon.5692 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 They need to at least retroactively update glider back pieces to have dye channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftFootpaws.9134 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 @Eloc Freidon.5692 said:They need to at least retroactively update glider back pieces to have dye channels.They didn't even update the gliders themselves to have dye channels. For example black and white wings are separate items.Dye channels are present on some gliders but not all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Despond.2174 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Of course I'd love dye channels on backpieces and glider skins but it's one of those things you just wait and see without getting your hopes up too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klowdy.3126 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 @Fenom.9457 said:I think definitely future capes, and maybe other backpacks too. Unfortunately there isn’t tech to retroactively make old backpacks dyeable and recoding them all one by one is a waste of dev time, if it’s even possible.A lot of it would become redundant, too. There are 5bsets of wings (?), and only 2 styles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortrialus.3062 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 You know what would be expansion level content? Making older back pieces dyeable. While a lot of them are certainly out of the question I think retroactively making the ones that already combo with dyable gliders should be a lot more feasible?This is definitely a case of give an inch take a mile though as the patch straight up said old backpacks are not on the table.Still though, you have given me an inch, now I want that mile. Look at that mile it's so vast and luxurious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fueki.4753 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Rather than back pieces, I'd like weapons to be dyeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 @mortrialus.3062 said:You know what would be expansion level content? Making older back pieces dyeable. While a lot of them are certainly out of the question I think retroactively making the ones that already combo with dyable gliders should be a lot more feasible?This is definitely a case of give an inch take a mile though as the patch straight up said old backpacks are not on the table.Still though, you have given me an inch, now I want that mile. Look at that mile it's so vast and luxurious.I wouldent call that content at all, expansion level quality of life more likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortrialus.3062 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 @Linken.6345 said:@mortrialus.3062 said:You know what would be expansion level content? Making older back pieces dyeable. While a lot of them are certainly out of the question I think retroactively making the ones that already combo with dyable gliders should be a lot more feasible?This is definitely a case of give an inch take a mile though as the patch straight up said old backpacks are not on the table.Still though, you have given me an inch, now I want that mile. Look at that mile it's so vast and luxurious.I wouldent call that content at all, expansion level quality of life more likely.Expansion level fight me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laosduude.1690 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 all the backpacks that have a dye-able glider should get this new framework to be able to dye em and include legendary backpacks to be able to dye as well as their the most time commitment items for the slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astralporing.1957 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 @"Udolpho.1209" said:*While we cannot add dye channels to existing backpieces, keep an eye out for dyeable backpacks of different styles in the future!Read as "we can't be bothered to work on those things, as we would not be able to sell them to you again". Notice, how even the most recent stuff - one that has been done alongside this new feature - did not get the color channels. They could have implemented them in those, but decided not to. That was not a lack of capability, but a result of a design decision.So, perhaps legendaries would get the option at some point (although looking at how well dyes work on envoy sets - or rather how they don't work - i wouldn't be so sure about that), but we definitely shouldn't expect any of other old backpacks to ever get even a sliver of attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pifil.5193 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 @Astralporing.1957 said:@"Udolpho.1209" said:*While we cannot add dye channels to existing backpieces, keep an eye out for dyeable backpacks of different styles in the future!Read as "we can't be bothered to work on those things, as we would not be able to sell them to you again". Notice, how even the most recent stuff - one that has been done alongside this new feature - did not get the color channels. They could have implemented them in those, but decided not to. That was not a lack of capability, but a result of a design decision.So, perhaps legendaries would get the option at some point (although looking at how well dyes work on envoy sets - or rather how they don't work - i wouldn't be so sure about that), but we definitely shouldn't expect any of other old backpacks to ever get even a sliver of attention.Ain't this the truth. This new feature exists purely for the gemstore, I guess mount and glider sales have dried up so they need the next killer product, which is fine, I suppose. However, there's no profit in upgrading stuff that people already own so yeah, you're right that there's no chance they will go back and rework the older glider backpacks, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excursion.9752 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 This is a step in the right direction for back items. I've advocated for this for years. Glad to see ANET is not hiding behind the "its to hard" excuse anymore and gives me hope for things to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blocki.4931 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 @zealex.9410 said:@"Fenom.9457" said:I think definitely future capes, and maybe other backpacks too. Unfortunately there isn’t tech to retroactively make old backpacks dyeable and recoding them all one by one is a waste of dev time, if it’s even possible.There was tech to make all the legendary weapons be able to have their sigils removed at will. Im leening more to the "its too much work" excuse but i still thing they should at least do it for the blc items and the legendary backpieces.Yeah there are too many backpieces that would need recoding. Others are sold specifically because they are different colors from the other one so that wouldn't fly either. I just wish they went back and added dye channels for legendary backs, because those are at least "special" enough in my eyes to deserve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega.6801 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Now that ANet obviousl y has the tech set up to dye backpieces, all backpieces should be dyable. But as we learned from the past, they probably won't because looking back at content is not what ANet is about. The only thing we would get dyable backpieces if it was monetized in some way or another. Sad story is sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blocki.4931 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 @lokh.2695 said:Now that ANet obviousl y has the tech set up to dye backpieces, all backpieces should be dyable. But as we learned from the past, they probably won't because looking back at content is not what ANet is about. The only thing we would get dyable backpieces if it was monetized in some way or another. Sad story is sad.You can't just flip a switch and it's suddenly enabled for everything. They have to go through each piece individually and not only specify area but also other effects like metallic or what have you to enable it on every one. That's not worth the time investment when they could be making more new things with that tech enabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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