Tailor Archive

What colors can you make a (insert clothing item name here)?

I'd like it to be purpleish-greenish-blue. Know what I mean?

Ever hear these kinds of color-related questions? My suggestion to the endless frustration of customer color selection: allow the customer to visually choose his own colors!

During the crafting process, at the color selection step, a button would allow you to transfer the selection screen to your target. They, then, could view and select the colors themselves. Then, the crafting process would be returned to the tailor to finish.

What do you all think? Devs? Tailors?

Harske

Master Tailor

Bestine, Tatooine, Bloodfin

Or,at least, a 'preview window'. Similar to that of an image designer. It would show the tailor's color choices to the customer, prior to the final step of crafting.

-Harske

I think letting customers pick their own color during the crafting process might be asking for trouble with some people. I can already hear the complaints because they clicked the wrong one or chose one that didn't match the pants. If there's going to be mistakes made I'd just as soon be the one responsible for making them.

But what about allowing tailors to change the color of clothes after they've been made? Any clothes, even the ones they didn't craft. Sort of like image design only for clothing. It would help alleviate some of the problems with the lack of clothing decay and it would make it much easier to coordinate outfits and make sure the colors really are the ones the customer wants.

hmm I think this idea is bad mainly for 1 reason:

It has a reductionistic perspective on the tailor profession. In short this means that the tailors will be nothing more than superior crafting station, and I doubt anybody would really want that (at least Tailors!).

The thing that facinates me about the interaction between the tailor and the costumer is the fact that the costumer has to place his or her trust in the good taste of the tailor. And this same aspect is what makes a costumer pick what tailor suits his or her needs the most. Of course the blame easily is pinned on the tailor when there is a bad match, but when the match is perfect, all the honor is directed to the Tailor.

Another downside to this idea is that the only thingthat will separate the tailors is level only, as the costumer can freely pick outfits and colors IF it is available to the tailor. As it is, the process of tailor is very interactive. "do you want this and that" "I would like that and this" "more of this and less of that?" etc. That is something that needs to be strenghtened in this game and not reduced.

hmm I might have replied too hastily.. I guess it Is possible to have a cholorscheme of sorts that the costumer can view, but it has to be really limited. It should only help the costumer to get a general feel, and not anything specific.

I encourage everyone to come to my store and shop first.

For one thing, half the time what they want is on my vendor already But if it isn't, they have 400 items to look at and see colors (not to mention my showroom). Customers email me and say "I would love a Fighter Flightsuit in your 'ocean blue' color you have" andit works fine

People are very visual...and also see color differently (especially males). In beta (ok, granted it was when I only had like 20 colors to play with hehe) I made a muscle shirt in every popular color and just lined em up against a wall for color display. Worked great

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Fashionable wrote:

hmm I think this idea is bad mainly for 1 reason:

It has a reductionistic perspective on the tailor profession. In short this means that the tailors will be nothing more than superior crafting station, and I doubt anybody would really want that (at least Tailors!).

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I was going to say the same thing, but you beat me too it The reason why I *like* tailor is because we need to be somewhat creative in helping customers with outfirst. If we ever got reduced to just being a walking clothing vending machine, I'd bail out of this profession *snap* that fast.

Perhaps the option to change the color IF the customer says it's not right. But only one or maybe two changes and then after that it starts to decay.....?