Armorsmith Archive
Thread: Armor Color Kits
Genildor wrote:
Someone told me, long long ago, that these were being made. Well, here we are, so i guess they aren't. Do you guys think these would be worth adding? Some of my best armor i wouldn't mind giving a new paint job...
There never was such a thing. What happened was a long time ago a patch went in that caused everyones comp armor to become silver. (I should say everyones armor because this is all that was worn.) To fix it they gave everyone the option to recolor comp armor. Comp was the onlytype of armoryou could change the colors on. It wasn't supposed to be in but for a few weeks however it was never removed until the CU.
_Monroe_ wrote:
Genildor wrote:
Someone told me, long long ago, that these were being made. Well, here we are, so i guess they aren't. Do you guys think these would be worth adding? Some of my best armor i wouldn't mind giving a new paint job...
There never was such a thing. What happened was a long time ago a patch went in that caused everyones comp armor to become silver. (I should say everyones armor because this is all that was worn.) To fix it they gave everyone the option to recolor comp armor. Comp was the onlytype of armoryou could change the colors on. It wasn't supposed to be in but for a few weeks however it was never removed until the CU.
Oh i know about that, i meant something for all armor. Why not implement a Kit that Armorsmiths make that can change armor color?
BigfootKC wrote:
i agree, the kits might be ok, BUT only smiths of a certain level shold be able to use them, maybe some lvl 4 skill.
Why couldn't smith's just be able to make them? The whole point was so that the player could choose.
Genildor wrote:
BigfootKC wrote:
i agree, the kits might be ok, BUT only smiths of a certain level shold be able to use them, maybe some lvl 4 skill.
Why couldn't smith's just be able to make them? The whole point was so that the player could choose.
People would find the cheapest smith who mass produce armor in custom colors and just buy his stuff, instead of buying from the smith who renders a good service of eiter custom making armor or takes the time to help.
I think its a good thing that people who just want standard armor can go to the mass producers, but people who want something special shuold go and make an interaction with the smith.
If the smith wont take the time to customize the armor i dont think he should cover that market at all.
As long as an AS can still make them, I would support it.
ok sry just getting frustrated by the sad state of affairs
LeviticusD wrote:
It would hurt "custom" armorsmiths, but it's stupid that our "custom" armorsmiths are called such only because they make certain colors. That's what tailors do. We need content so we can add things to our armor other than health. More loot drops to do different things. Have the ability to only add a few per piece (like it's already coded in) and let the "custom" armorsmiths be able to make real customizations and make color kits for customers (and be added in for a good grind piece to replace the AUKs).
We do need content to fill in and use instead of health enhancers, heck, if they put in enough other types of enhancers, we might even be able to pick up the health enhancers for something other than 3 or 4 million for one stack needed to make +350.
LizzyD is right, color kits would make an excellent replacement for the AUKS for grinding, and would allow many who have stacks of armor that they couldn't sell because they chose a bad color for it, sell it and actually do business. Look at swoops and spaceships, does their market hurt because the end user can set the colors and not the crafter? And what about the guys that buy a suit of armor off of a vendor and decide they don't likethe color it came in, should they have to buy another suit to replace it in a color they like more?
We don't need more mindless paranoia about some new item wrecking the economy. What we need is everyone to come to an agreement about what we want the devs to do with our profession. Myself, I feel there is nothing wrong with color kits, we should have enhancers to add to armor other than health (be nice if a few of the enhancers were crafted by us and other crafting professions), maybe add in a backpack to sell suits in that will let the buyer look in the pack before they buy or a manikin that you put the armor on in order to sell on the vendor, and of course, one we can all agree on I believe would be adding back in more lines of experimentation, so that there is a point to being 12pt again, and we can have various types of specialization in armor crafting.