Guild Wars 2

I’ve been saving up Unidentified Dyes for some time now just because I was never sure what the best thing to do with them was.

I have just over 60 in the bank right now. That is just over 10g on the TP.

I am just wondering what the consensus is on whether it is better to open them, or just sell them.

What are my chances of making that 10g back opening them? Or am I better off just to go for the sure thing?

I am in the same boat and what I decided to do with them is this:

- I wanted my characters to look a certain way, so bought the dyes directly and never worried about dyes again. Less than 1g per character, 7 characters.
- Make 2 piles of unidentified dyes. 1 pile for a legendary (or at least the possibility for a legendary) which is 250 in total. The second pile I will save until I get to 100, then I will gift them to the missus because she is awesome.
- Repeat.

I always sell them. I have a feeling their price is being propped up by ignorant people who think the drop rate is better than it is. If you are opening them to use it might be a good deal, just like loot bags.

If you want to unlock dyes, then just sell them. That 10g will buy you about ~250 colors.

If you want the money then sell them. That 10g is certain, while there are only ~10 dyes out of 400 that will get you your money back

Thank you for confirming my feelings. I was fairly certain there was a high probablity of disapointment should I choose to just open them all.

I tend to prefer to open them when I have at least 100 to open. That way I’ll at least get something of value back, of course I don’t purchase dyes (at least not with Gold or Gems), so I’m not ever really “losing” per-se.

I guess my philosophy is never gamble what you are not willing to loose. The reason why I have 60+ dyes is because I was going to save up to 100 and then open them all. Then I came across a video of a guy doing just that and he got nothing in return.

I have about 70g to my name total. I don’t flip the TP or anything like that, so the 16-17g that 100 dyes is worth is significant and I know that I’d feel pretty crappy if I opened them all and got nothing. So I won’t take the risk.

Sure I could open them up and end up getting 20 or even 70+ gold, but the chances of that are slim.

I sell mine. I have the dyes I want and I’ve found that opening up my unidentified dyes means I almost always get dyes worth less than a silver. I figure it’s better to sell then buy the dyes I want. The chance of getting a ‘good’ dye is very low.

I open mine currently because I have 5 alts and I honestly don’t know what colours will look good on them. Currently, whenever I get a new dye, I open up the dye window and play around with it to see if it looks nice on my character. If a character already has the dye, I give it to an alt.

When it gets to the stage where I’m getting more duplicates than not, and all of my alts have the dye, that’s when I’ll selling them unid’ed.

I just sell them and buy what I want. Abyss dye isn’t even too expensive given the ton of unID dye dropping in any given week. Feel free to gamble them though.

I like opening them just because it’s fun to have your chance at a small gamble everynow and then. Actually, I looted an abyss yesterday, but when I went to link it in party chat I accidently used it >_>

I lost 22G when I did that, or got an Abyss for 17s, however you look at it.

I have too much fun opening them to save them for anything. I’ve discovered some great colours this way. Made no money, but it’s a thrill.

I sell them all as soon as I get them….very decent income for absolutely no work. Far too easy to spend a few laurels on a stack of 10 when I think I need a different dye or I go buy the color I want from the TP (very few colors are more than what you get for a single UID dye). Never buy the expensive high demand dyes as there is ALWAYS something very similar for less.

I just open them because I don’t need that potential steady money and I’ve already made the one item that would necessitate saving them(bifrost). I actually pulled an abyss from some mushrooms I harvested on a lowbie once from an immediate opening whereas I once saved 45 dyes and got only 1 rare illumination when I opened them all at once. With luck and regular play I get about 2-3 in a day which serve as my daily gamble since I’m not forging as often anymore.

If you want money, sell them.

If you want specific dyes, sell them and use the money to buy the dyes you want.

If you want all the dyes, open them, sell or Mystic Forge the duplicates.

Save them and wait for the inevitable legendary dyes.

You know all those duplicate pvp armors you get from the achievement chests? Well you can break them down and get mats to make dye.

1 Consumable Token, 200 glory + 1 Arcane Orb + 1 Arcane Sliver + 10 Arcane Dust = 1 Account Bound Unid Dye

Source – http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Consumable_Token