I have to agree here, the mix and match was why people bought single pieces of certain sets which were dyeable. The town clothes to tonics change is just baffling when you’ve got the ability to dye clothes as well as pick your outfit under the new system. The confusion brought from this patch changes without a clear explaination of how this new system works in game will assuredly anger people who didn’t sit and read pages of patch notes in advance to prepare for these large scale changes.
Some people, like myself, just want to login and have fun; not get on the forums for the first time ever and explain to the developers pushing the patch that this was not fun or enjoyable for the people he convinced to come play, and that in the short term will make me hesitant to invite anyone else.