Guild Wars 2

At launch, and for the subsequent year, we had amazing armour sets, that could be mixed and matched with any other armour in the game, and dyed freely.

Then we got “outfits” that couldn’t be mixed with other armour sets and had crippling restrictions depending on your race and gender (Example, female Charr/Asura getting shoehorned the male versions.)

Now we have the Balthazar outfit…an outfit that cannot be mixed with other armours, an untextured neck, so the head floats, and 50% of the outfit cannot be dyed (the fire texture). and a red panda made of cardboard.

I wanted to dye the fire texture white and give it to my Revenant when she arrives in HoT, but no, looks like that won’t be happening. I wasn’t overly bothered about this being an outfit that cannot be mixed with other armours because it looks good as a whole set, but colour-locking it is a joke. Whats next, outfits that cannot be mixed with other armour sets, and are completely colour-locked?

Harsh, yes, but since launch, the quality of gemstore items has been decreasing, and it needs to be pointed out.

While I don’t really see any precedent that would lead you to believe the fiery areas would be dyeable, the rest of your points are fair enough. Then again, so are a lot of the points made on the other threads I’ve seen about these two items.

Well the best way of pointing it out is by not buying stuff from the gemstore.

kokiman.2364:

Well the best way of pointing it out is by not buying stuff from the gemstore.

This is what I am doing exactly. I used to spend real money regularly on gems for additional services and some skins. but now, after buying every armor set (not armor trash piece) my wallet stays closed waiting for better items. Or game.

particle effects have never been dyable, I don’t know why you thought this would be different.

Also outfits have been in the gem store since launch, for the record.

Hyper Cutter.9376:

particle effects have never been dyable, I don’t know why you thought this would be different.

Also outfits have been in the gem store since launch, for the record.

1) actually particles were dyeable

2) They were town clothes back then and you could mix them with other town clothes, now you can’t

segman.3560:

kokiman.2364:

Well the best way of pointing it out is by not buying stuff from the gemstore.

This is what I am doing exactly. I used to spend real money regularly on gems for additional services and some skins. but now, after buying every armor set (not armor trash piece) my wallet stays closed waiting for better items. Or game.

Now if people would just stop complaining about it on the forums! Or at the very least stop making copy-paste threads about the same thing over and over. Sure feedback is important, but it’s even more important if all the feedback can be put in the same place and not drown out the rest of the discussions that would be great.

Sublimatio.6981:

1) actually particles were dyeable

We need this immediately!
I do see a slight issue though http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Glowing_Crimson_Mask, http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Glowing_Green_Mask which might lead to people wanting refunds…