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Why Is Dyeing Weapons Not Allowed?
haven112
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Honestly, I remember the days when the only way the dye a weapon was to perform some sort of odd glitch. But why are weapons honestly not allowed to be dyed? I know this has been said many times before, but I've never seen a good reason why they wouldn't implement something like this in game. Cryptic, think of the MONEY you would make from people buying dyes to dye their weapons! Wouldn't you want that?
If anyone knows the TRUE reason why we're not allowed to dye weapons, please let me know
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If anyone knows the TRUE reason why we're not allowed to dye weapons, please let me know
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As to how you "could" dye, it involved loading the dye and an armor into the customize window, then swapping out the armor with the weapon. I tried this recently and it seems they fixed it.
*That picture is from a long time ago, of my foundry.
Well, me being a perfectionist, I would definitely pay some cash to be allowed to dye my weapons. It annoys me that I have to look far and wide for weapons that are already coloured in green or black or blue or whatever, only to find out the cost a ton on the Auction House, then buy them, find out they look <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font> on my character, and realise I spent a ton of money for nothing.
In simpler terms, I just think that having my weapons stick out like a sore thumb is very annoying to me when I have to admire my character. Hopefully the new weapons/armor in Icewind Dale will look good and can fit together somehow.
this may be a design decision although the reasoning behind it is unknown. perhaps in the future there will be special weapons dye packs and the reason why it no longer is an option is because the outcomes were unpredictable and not intended. all we can do is suggest that we would like the option and hope it becomes a reality in the future. i'm sure there are tons of ideas they want to implement, but there may be dozens of other things that are a higher priority.
EXACTLY! It seriously doesn't make any sense. Think of the influx of zen and AD that would occur simply because of PWE allowing us to dye are weapons! Com on PWE, I doubt it's that hard to pull off.
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So long as I don't have to buy 3 separate dyes.
Maybe allow a Brass free alteration during a skirmish
to re-launch the new dyes.
Wow... I can't argue with that logic XD.
Not every enchantment covers a weapon entirely. Also, you have to take into account what the weapon is. For example, a rogue has two daggers.
This was in no way a response from a PWRD shareholder.
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Dangit, we just want to be able to customize all our gear to match.
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They also did this with disabling any slot of clothing's appearances. So i dont know about that currency sink specifically.
I don't care how much they'll make me pay. It could even cost twice the amount, I would get it, and Cryptic would be quite happy as well! Win/Win Scenario! Hopefully if we keep this forum page active enough with people constantly complaining, they'll have to give it to us sooner or later.
However, in my opinion, I think it should simply be implemented into the dyes that already exist. No need for a price change. Cryptic will then earn a lot more money! It's SUCH an easy cash grab for them and they refuse to do it.
Khazid'hea might have a different opinion. You should try to talk to him!
Later, players could use a sorta buggy method using Change Appearance popups to dye weapons.
For a long time now, that "bug" has been "fixed" so that it's not possible to dye a weapon, ever.
The entire time, ZERO words from Devs. Heck, even the "bug fix" was a hidden update not announced in patch notes.
So can we get a word, devs? Why can't weapons be dyed? Was it an accident to allow it in the first place? And if so, why disallow it? It makes little sense.
The only reason I can possibly imagine is that dyeing a weapon could cause some game-breaking glitch. However, that is clearly not the case, as players have dyed weapons in the past through legitimate and/or "buggy" means and nothing horrendous occurred.
So what's going on? All we want is an explanation. Is that unreasonable?
I get the Fire Glow from the latest CTA and it just turns to white because of my Weapon Enchantment. (plague Fire)
I get a CTA Glow weapon and my Weapon Enchantment is Bronzewood it turns it a weird alien green leaf camo Colouring.
So basically change the colour of your main weapon via the Weapon Enchantment.
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It's not quite that simple. For many people, their preferred armor color doesn't match any enchantments, and even if it does, the enchantment does not cover enough of the weapon. Even then, its still possible to make out the color of a weapon under anything but Perfects.
My longsword, for example, is transmuted to a Profound longsword, with a Perfect Flaming. The hilt is LARGE, uncovered from the Flaming enchantment, and is tan/brown like any other Profound weapon - this clashes quite badly with my Nightmare (black/red/gold) dyed armor/shield. It would look much better if the hilt and the blade under the fire was dyed Nightmare.
Really, in the grand scheme of things, it's a tiny problem. It's simply confusing that this issue has been around for about six months, and 250+ threads/posts later, nobody has taken 2 minutes to officially address it at all.
No, none of them have gotten any responses. We should just keep this thread bumped. I have no idea why, you'd think a problem this simple would take a whole 60 seconds to respond to. There must be something we don't know, or the devs are vehemently against weapon dyeing for no reason.
Unsurprisingly, I suppose, my question was ignored. However, in their defense, it was a later question in the overall thread. Maybe if I got closer to the first page they would have seen it.
Oh well. Until then, I'm keeping this on the front page as much as I can help it. Simple issue, simple thread, hoping for a simple response.
however the devs have never stated why weapons cannot be dyed or if there will ever be that option.
i play this ARPG where you have dyes but you can't dye all gear, specifically weapons. i understand the aesthetics of being able to dye weapons, but most weapons are altered by enchantments anyway (or that's the target, isn't it?).
and another question... if you found excalibur, would you give it a make-over to match your armor?
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