Guild Wars 2

Not sure if this has been posted before but, given the fact that dyes are addictive, it likely has. ( Search Feature ain’t working for me, sorry!)

To the topic at hand. We all love dyes. Sometime we make a character that we like early on and get a cool dye, like Abyss.

We think, “Hey, this dye looks awesome, so I’ll use it.” and then we do. Problem is, as the character gets higher level, we start to think, “This guy blows and I hate this class due to – Insert random unrelated issue here- But I can’t!”

Why, you wonder? Because he has a dye that is either, really cool and expensive, or , really cool and cannot be obtained anymore without a stupidly high cost. So he keeps that character because he feels… for lack of my brain thinking of a better term, Pigeonholed into it.

Thus, my idea, that someone else might already have thought of, or Anet is holding it to make bricks come out of dark places later, is the Dye Return Kit ( Name a work in Progress)

Like the Transmutation stones/crystals, this item would be available on the gem store for a modest fee, or from map exploration/WvW/Dailys, Etc. You would be able to buy it in singles, fives, tens, etc.

It would be a single use item that would allow you to return a used dye back into its’ unused state. At which point, IF Anet feared BLT prices going wacky, would be Account Bound. Preferably, though, it would not be bound at all. Much like the Original bottle was.

That way, if we so chose, we could sell it back to make a larger profit ( F&F Dyes) or we’d be able to send it to someone as a present, Or just send it to an alt ( Which is my main concern here).

I personally love this idea ( Or I wouldn’t have posted it), but would love any feed back on flaws I may have missed, or ways to improve/make Anet more likely to introduce this type of item.

I’m a family member of this guy, and just joined the game 2 months ago.

I quickly became an Unidentified Dye addict and every chance I got, I bought one. To my joy one night, I got the Abyss dye. I checked the BLT to see what they went for and my little newbie mind was blown. 22 gold! Wow! Sold it!

Told Korasawa the following morning, and his face got sad, like really sad. Like seeing someone smack a kitten, sad. He’d been wanting this dye on an alt. It should have been his!

Anyway, I support this idea. Having reached 80, and thinking about leveling an alt, one of the things I don’t want to have to do is buy dyes all over again.

I am in two minds about the suggestion.

Part of me thinks that it would lessen the aesthetic value of the rarer dyes. Instead of a rather chunky permanent investment for a character, it could become a relatively cheap temporary investment knowing that you could rebottle it and sell it back on tradehouse at no real loss of profit once you grew bored with the colour.

That said, the gem cost of obtaining a Dye Return Kit would probably make people think twice.

I think overall though, it would be a good idea if the returned dye was account bound. I have several characters that I no longer use that have all got Abyss dye, and I would have loved some kind of facility to transfer this colour to new characters without having to fork out or strike lucky with more bottles of Abyss.

Fully supportive if it’s account bound. Does no harm. No way if they’re resellable. I used my Abyss when it was worth only 2 gold. If I could sell it in today’s market and use a close substitute to it instead I would for the free chunk of cash.

The only problem I see is that with gem prices at where they are now (and likely to keep slowly but steadily rising), this would have to be quite cheap to be worth the investment. I think if they were to cost in the range of some consumables (35-100 gems), it would be worthwhile for those more expensive dyes. Another idea is that since they already sell unidentified dye kits for gems, it’s unlikely that they’ll cut into potential profits there unless they’re sure people will consistently use this new feature. Food for thought :/

Dyes should be account bound. Having them character bound is a pain in the dye factory. I was lucky enough to find Abyss in the early going and since my main at the time was my Guardian, he got the Abyss dye. When my thief hit level 80 I tried a myriad of colours but face it, a thief would look better in Abyss, right? Well I finally found a second Abyss and spent days deciding whether to give it to my thief or sell it for the needed coin.

I finally gave it to my thief and was heartbroken that due to the texture difference between the heavy armor on my Guardian and the medium armor on my thief that the Abyss just not look like Abyss on the thief, it displays as a grayer hue. I could have had +20 gold!

facepalm

I have just realised actually that I deleted an alt the other day with Abyss dye to make room for a new character. Managed to transmute his T3 cultural gear onto whites so I have the styles saved for another character, but totally didn’t realise about the dye.

Definite +1 for account bound Dye Return

Lodovicus.1562:

facepalm

I have just realised actually that I deleted an alt the other day with Abyss dye to make room for a new character. Managed to transmute his T3 cultural gear onto whites so I have the styles saved for another character, but totally didn’t realise about the dye.

Definite +1 for account bound Dye Return

Shameless bump for great justice. Because lets’ face it, not only is this a fairly sturdy idea, but Anet can also make a tiny ( non -rng based) profit off this. Which in turn would allow us to better support the game.

Don’t bump. It’s not up to you to decide wich suggestions are good and Anet will never comment on them.

mercury ranique.2170:

Don’t bump. It’s not up to you to decide wich suggestions are good and Anet will never comment on them.

I don’t think he’s looking for pat on the back from Anet for posting an idea so grand they’ll surely be implementing it soon™ or ever, for that matter. Just trying to get what he thinks, and hopefully others think is a good idea out there. I am certain he doesn’t even expect an Anet response to his thread.

He said ‘shameless bump’, as a tongue in cheek comment, but he also expanded on this ‘bump’ with a further thought about why this could be a good thing. The rng factor of many items drives alot people batty. I’ve read numerous threads about the Southsun Crates and or the F&F dyes to make my eyes cross.

At any rate, I’d think there are more serious ‘violations’ you could find to shake a finger at. I’m seeing a few threads with just a simple ‘bump’ response.

Colors should be account bound to begin with, just like originally planned.
http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/guild-wars-2-colorful-opinions/

Iruwen.3164:

Colors should be account bound to begin with, just like originally planned.
http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/guild-wars-2-colorful-opinions/

Agreed. Though I had a conversation about that last night with my husband and I think making them un-bound (now that it has been implemented per character, not account) would just ruin the dye market.

FWIW, I’d be okay with only allowing this for the yellow quality dyes (rare?). Heck, I think folks would be thrilled to have the option, even if the gem price was maybe a little less or even equal to that of the infinite sickle or mining pick.

*expanded on my thought edit

Theftwind.8976:

Dyes should be account bound. Having them character bound is a pain in the dye factory. I was lucky enough to find Abyss in the early going and since my main at the time was my Guardian, he got the Abyss dye. When my thief hit level 80 I tried a myriad of colours but face it, a thief would look better in Abyss, right? Well I finally found a second Abyss and spent days deciding whether to give it to my thief or sell it for the needed coin.

I finally gave it to my thief and was heartbroken that due to the texture difference between the heavy armor on my Guardian and the medium armor on my thief that the Abyss just not look like Abyss on the thief, it displays as a grayer hue. I could have had +20 gold!

Shoulda previewed!

Also try Midnight Ice

I think the absolute best and most agreeable solution to dyes is to make the dye pallet account wide.