Guild Wars 2

Hi,

When I sort dyes by material, I see there is Natural Metallic, Natural Leather and Vibrant categories. What is the difference?

Are there different types of armor? Do they follow the same categorisation (metallic, leather, vibrant)?

How do I know what armor piece is metallic, leather or vibrant?

What is the difference between applying a leather-type dye to a metallic armor piece and leather armor piece?

Any info is appreciated.

What I noticed is that sometimes when I apply a color on a chest armor piece it completely colors the piece, but then it sometimes only uses a gradient color.

Also, when applying a specific dye to different pieces of heavy armor, the dye behaves differently. It puts gradient color on chest armor, but fully colors the shoulderpads.

Thanks

What I think is dyes fall in 2 categories Gradient and non gradient. single, 2 tone, and 3 tones.

Regardless if a dye is sorted as natural metallic, natural leather, or Vibrant isn’t an indication of if its gradient or not.

Most of the more gradiant dyes are Rare dyes but not all the rare dyes are gradient.

I really don’t know.

I believe it depends on the “material” of the dye channel. For example, some heavy armors also contain cloth and whatnot in the skins. Those will behave differently than something made of metal.

All I know is that the Ironclad outfit plays hell with the dyes, especially when it comes to Red, which is either Orange or Purple.

There was an interview where this was discussed, if I recall, waaaaay back near launch. Actually might have been before. It’s been a while…

Anyway, you can think of Vibrant, Leather, and Metallic in terms of armor weight – Light, Medium, Heavy. The general idea being that Vibrant will be brighter on cloth (light) than on leather, Metallic will be more shiny on heavy (which is metal) rather than light (which is cloth). Make sense?

You can use any dye on any armor, but it will “behave” a bit differently as you’ve noted based on what it’s “ideal” material (cloth, leather, metal) is vs what material you’re applying it to.

“Also, each race has a cultural palette that reflects the character of the species. This means a red color for a human may not look the same as a red color for a norn or charr. " -straight from the wiki

I know there is more to it (and probably explained much better than I ever could), but I haven’t been able to find that interview.

Its basically a reference for which colors are designed to look best on which materials.

e.g.

If you want to put together a blue suit of armor, it’s supposed to be a quick and dirty way to choose appropriate and semi-realistic shades for your skirt, the leather straps, and the metal buckles so you don’t look like a neon disaster, and in stead look like you’ve put together a somewhat realistically toned blue outfit.

Of course, if the average LA fashion show is any indication, nobody really cares about such things, and most people actually want to be neon disasters.