Would you freak out if...

Would you freak out and lose your mind if Steven started selling dyes in the monthly cosmetics shop?
(The price is $5)

(I don't know how to make a poll)
Yes!
No.
I don't like spending money on a game that is still 3 years away.

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mcstackerson

No, i thought we would eventually get dyes anyways.

I consider these early purchases to be more donations to a project than buying a product.

FliP

And you get exclusive costumes, pet and mount skins as well.

What would be more concerning is if those monthly exclusive cosmetics found their way into the cash shop somehow.

Nagash

I think it would be overpriced but I would not mind to be honest

mcstackerson

Nagash wrote: »

I think it would be overpriced but I would not mind to be honest

Yea, maybe if it was a dye package that matched the theme it could be priced better?

Nagash

mcstackerson wrote: »

Nagash wrote: »

I think it would be overpriced but I would not mind to be honest

Yea, maybe if it was a dye package that matched the theme it could be priced better?

If it was like a pack of 5-10 dyes then I would be ok

Khronus

If I was presented with "Buy this shade of red for $5 or buy these 10 different shades of red for 25$!" and all it would do is apply a specific color to the armor, then yes I would be against this.

If we are presented with a unique approach to coloring armor, then I would be excited to see it. Most coloring just turns a specific portion of the armor that color but it usually looks awful so I just paint everything all black. If they somehow design the armor to actually mesh well while coloring, that would be awesome.

Maybe instead of colors for sale they sell color sets for certain armors. Megaman X kicks me right in the nostalgia when I think about it. When you change to a new weapon type, the armor changes to represent that weapons color scheme. It was really cool but highly unlikely in this style of game.

Nagash

Khronus wrote: »

If I was presented with "Buy this shade of red for $5 or buy these 10 different shades of red for 25$!" and all it would do is apply a specific color to the armor, then yes I would be against this.

If we are presented with a unique approach to coloring armor, then I would be excited to see it. Most coloring just turns a specific portion of the armor that color but it usually looks awful so I just paint everything all black. If they somehow design the armor to actually mesh well while coloring, that would be awesome.

Maybe instead of colors for sale they sell color sets for certain armors. Megaman X kicks me right in the nostalgia when I think about it. When you change to a new weapon type, the armor changes to represent that weapons color scheme. It was really cool but highly unlikely in this style of game.

Oh I like that idea

FliP

I agree, color sets are much better than letting players freely dye their armor.

Getting tired of seeing those bright pink troll characters all over BDO.

Nagash

I still think guild wars 2 had one of the best dye systems

mcstackerson

I agree but i'd like to give credit to the best dye distribution to warframe. Instead of selling individual dyes, they sell palettes that give you a lot of options.

After thinking about it, i kind of wish they would take this approach as it gives players the option to buy a whole color scheme which is nice when you are playing with colors and trying to find your look. If they released the palettes for each monthly cosmetic pack, the palettes themselves could still be unique but they could still use the colors from those palettes in future palettes. This allows them to avoid the issue of players never being able to get a color because it was unique to one months cosmetic pack.

Nagash

mcstackerson wrote: »

I agree but i'd like to give credit to the best dye distribution to warframe. Instead of selling individual dyes, they sell palettes that give you a lot of options.

I have not played warframe in ages but yeah that is also a good way to do it

daveywavey

No, I wouldn't freak out or lose my mind.

Maezriel

Freak out? No.

Support it? Also no.

Monthly cosmetic packs are one thing and if the dyes/alt colors were specifically tied to those individual armors then so be it. However, I'd rather the dye system as a whole be part of the player economy where it's tied to alchemy or something similar that encourages interactions between players, and not my wallet.

Leiloni

I'd rather a dye system be a part of the in game crafting system. It seems rather greedy and unattractive, Korean MMO style, to put all dyes in the cash shop. It would be a turn off for sure. I'd be ok with specialty, premium dyes with unique, better colors, or color palettes, to be offered in the cash shop for a cheap price. That way players will still have a wide variety of dyes available in game via crafters, and if they want something a bit more special to show off they can buy some.

McShave

The more things they add to the cash shop, the less supportive i am of this game. I don't and won't buy any cash shop items, I will already be paying the subscription fee. Steven has "fully funded this game to completion" so there is no need for cash shop items to be announced so early before release. Adding dyes is not the worst thing in the world, but if you keep adding items to the cash shop, one of them will be the straw that breaks the camel's back

Dygz

$5 seems expensive for dyes. Would probably need to be some kind of pack of dyes.

Nagash

Dygz wrote: »

$5 seems expensive for dyes. Would probably need to be some kind of pack of dyes.

agreed I would say a pack of 5 rare of dyes or 10 common

Makinoji

I am torn about this. If we start to give the okay for microtransactions of this type, it can snowball into other things.

Kionashi

Leiloni wrote: »

I'd rather a dye system be a part of the in game crafting system. It seems rather greedy and unattractive, Korean MMO style, to put all dyes in the cash shop. It would be a turn off for sure. I'd be ok with specialty, premium dyes with unique, better colors, or color palettes, to be offered in the cash shop for a cheap price. That way players will still have a wide variety of dyes available in game via crafters, and if they want something a bit more special to show off they can buy some.

this.....I would love to have recipes to make a one use dye

Atama

I have a potential problem with dyes in general, whether they come from the cash shop or in-game.

We've had it at least hinted that certain "exclusive" items might be acquired in other ways, but in a tinted form. So maybe you have a special orange version of a cloak that is a November 2021 cash shop exclusive. But you can earn a purple version of the cloak from a quest.

Then you get the cloak from the quest, and get some orange dye and apply it, and now you have the Cloak of Autumn or whatever. The "exclusive" cloak isn't exclusive at all.

Basically, I'd like it if Intrepid doesn't promise one thing and do another. They've done that before but I figure anyone can make mistakes. If it becomes a habit then it means you can't really trust them at all.

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