Guild Wars 2

I have fallen in love with the T3 armor for my guardian, even roleplaying out why she’s gotten so bark-covered. But the dyes act very strange. The torso cannot be made a bright color, at all, and thus can’t match the leggings, but its chest leaf comes out blinding in comparison. The shoulder also has a very dull base.

This is how I have her at the moment, mostly in Celestial and Illumination, with Tarnished Silver on the chest leaf and Lemon Zest on the forehead gold section. Note how gray the torso is? The skirt also greys out, but not as much.

I thought it might be due to her dark brown skin. However, swapping skin colors only affects the accents, not the grey of the torso, even when I go with Ashen or Gold skin.

Donari.5237:

I have fallen in love with the T3 armor for my guardian, even roleplaying out why she’s gotten so bark-covered. But the dyes act very strange. The torso cannot be made a bright color, at all, and thus can’t match the leggings, but its chest leaf comes out blinding in comparison. The shoulder also has a very dull base.

This is how I have her at the moment, mostly in Celestial and Illumination, with Tarnished Silver on the chest leaf and Lemon Zest on the forehead gold section. Note how gray the torso is? The skirt also greys out, but not as much.

I thought it might be due to her dark brown skin. However, swapping skin colors only affects the accents, not the grey of the torso, even when I go with Ashen or Gold skin.

if that green skin picture is from a preview in the total makeover kit, the armor parts (that sample from your skin color) won’t update until after you accept the total makeover change. i know from experience when i was changing my skin color when i had my T3 medium on
that might be why in the green skin picture, the boob part of your chestpiece and the tip of your skirt is still gray/dark

Hmm. Well, I have no intention of changing her dark wood skin, so I guess I’m just stuck with dull grey … though it would still be nice if the tones matched between torso and skirt. I’ve swapped to Tarnished Silver for the “white” areas, getting a more yellowed/golden look.

I wonder if the chest part could be given a little brightness boost? Just enough to match the skirt?

I’m going to toss in one more screenshot to show the issue, then I promise to shut up about it This is with a better dye arrangement. The legs do have that darker tone in them, but as more of an underlay or accent. The larger area of the torso should match the thighs and skirt in tone, perhaps with dark edging. I could even see leaving the breast cover darker (though I’d like it brighter) if the belly/sternum area got the brighter value to reflect the thigh and knee overlay bark. As it is the pieces just don’t match.