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Forums  > General  > WishList  > Armor dyes?     Display using: Flat View Threaded View   Oldest to newest Newest to oldest Previous Thread :: Next Thread   Author  Thread: Armor dyes?  Gwindor Joined: 13 Apr 2003 Total Posts: 37 Send PM   Armor dyes? Posted: 08 Feb 2004 11:28 AM Having the ability to customize your character to your liking, is 50% of the fun for a lot of people that play NWN online. Where, if not in a roleplaying world, would this be the case even moreso? Having the cloth dyes in the trading post is nice, as it helps a little. But almost every armor has at least one of the other two kinds of material, leather and metal. Changing the color of one's armor is not a world altering event, nor is it something that can give -any- unfair advantage whatsover. I wonder then, is it planned to put the other dyes in game so they can be purchased? If not, I'd love to hear why they're being intentionally left out. Thanks. Gwindor  Hades Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Total Posts: 239 Send PM   Re: Armor dyes? Posted: 08 Feb 2004 12:21 PM When i asked the same question i was told that they were intentionally left out so that dm's could have something to give for quests. mannaka no ana ni sounyuu awari kana  Aria Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Total Posts: 1035 Send PM   Re: Armor dyes? Posted: 08 Feb 2004 12:36 PM We've been ambivalent on this point. On one hand is our wish for you to customize your items, on the other train of thought is our wish to add another layer in there, the differential pricing/availability of colours. But then, that would require work, which in turn requires time. We'd indeed like to be keeping some colours to be less common, or available amply but only at large events - you don't want to see every Baldrick and Peddler in purple and gold, do you? As well, when the additional dyes are made in-game, whatever the decision is, it'd likely be through a conversation menu (adapted from the published work by Mandragon). The convo' is already in-game. Cautionary note: please don't put your dyed/item-propertied items in rental/persistent chests - the colours go away! A corollary to the Work/Time, is that if you can come up with a coherent plan for classifying the colours and/or how to deal with them congruently, you can let us know. that would speed up the process. Aria So talented, so troubled.  Gwindor Joined: 13 Apr 2003 Total Posts: 37 Send PM   Re: Armor dyes? Posted: 09 Feb 2004 04:08 PM *laughs heartily* Oh my. I'm not talking about an earth shattering system here Aria. I'm just wondering about -basic- colors for all types of armor. metal, leather and cloth. It seems more than slightly odd that -every- cloth dye is available. Yet for purchase, I've yet to see a single leather or metal dye, aside from those other PC's have obtained through various tedious means. The midor works smith/merchant couldn't sell basic metal dyes? On the same note, some peddler of leather wares, the lady in Ferein perhaps, could not sell basic leather dyes? I understand the want/need to keep certain colors limited or out completely, for various reasons... but allowing the individual to customize the look of his/her armor to me is not something that will take away from the novelty of a DM quest item with similar colors. Rather.. I think it helps people out, since most people that see another character with the same armor/helm combo, will tend to change their appearance in one way or another to try achieving that 'unique' look. As it stands, most are choosing to put the NWN standard robes over top of their armor... introducing the other dyes would help players be able to get their own look, without going through pain staking lengths to achieve that end. I don't know anything about the custom merchant system, nor the amount of work that would go into adding 20 some odd items into a merchant's inventory. I only know about the standard toolset operation of adding things to a merchant. If there is some way I can help to get these in game, I'd be more than willing. Knowing the high priority on rationale here, it simply struck me as odd to think how one could rationalize the availability of every cloth dye, with no metal or leather. (I know I know, you can think up a reason for just about anything, but really, just doesn't add up) G  Gwindor Joined: 13 Apr 2003 Total Posts: 37 Send PM   Re: Armor dyes? Posted: 10 Feb 2004 02:54 PM Come to find out that leather is in :D With luck I'll stumble across metal dyes soon too! Woot.  Barnas Joined: 17 Aug 2003 Total Posts: 3322 Send PM   Re: Armor dyes? Posted: 13 Feb 2004 02:26 AM Please can we get at -least- a silver metal dye in? I understand that for the far ranging colors you might want to save them for giving important NPC/CPC/PCs unique looks, or faction armours.. but can we at least have the ability to run about in normal-metal looking armour? Please? -Barnas  Aria Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Total Posts: 1035 Send PM   Re: Armor dyes? Posted: 13 Feb 2004 03:05 AM Please can we get at -least- a silver metal dye in? I understand that for the far ranging colors you might want to save them for giving important NPC/CPC/PCs unique looks, or faction armours.. but can we at least have the ability to run about in normal-metal looking armour? Please? -Barnas Pricing / availability of these have been worked out and done up in a separate exp.-mod. I just forgot to add them in today Aria So talented, so troubled.  Barnas Joined: 17 Aug 2003 Total Posts: 3322 Send PM   Re: Armor dyes? Posted: 13 Feb 2004 03:36 AM Yay! -Barnas  Rocal Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Total Posts: 7 Send PM   Re: Armor dyes? Posted: 04 Mar 2004 11:17 PM have the leather dyes been moved or taken out compleatly because I just cant seem to find them?  Pickston Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Total Posts: 192 Send PM   Re: Armor dyes? Posted: 04 Mar 2004 11:48 PM There aa no leather or arma dyes available in da laands of vives. *paid for by PAJWT* Previous Thread :: Next Thread  Page 1 of 1   Forums  > General  > WishList  > Armor dyes?