Tailor Archive
Thread: Choosing your own color on clothing
Stocking would be heaven. No more hand crafting the stuff.
SargusQuintek wrote:
Realistically speaking people can dye their clothes in the real world.
SargusQuintek wrote:
If the person who owns the item could choose their own color such as owners of composite do then it would make life alot simplier for tailors. Then we would only need to stock the items and just think you could do factory crates
Bravo, well said. That is exactly the reason we do not want this.
Alciril wrote:
SargusQuintek wrote:
If the person who owns the item could choose their own color such as owners of composite do then it would make life alot simplier for tailors. Then we would only need to stock the items and just think you could do factory crates
Ack! This is what I'm dreading. Armorsmiths provide goods, while tailors provide services (the clothes themselves are rather inexpensive to do, even in the case of master tailor items). We really do have much more in common with image designers than we do with armorsmiths.
That being said, allowing customers to choose their own colors after the clothes are made really cuts us out of the loop. And I know that I'm not speaking for all tailors, but I honestly enjoy sitting down with people, matching shades of colors, and getting them the look that they want. If people are able to buy all of the "popular" clothing pieces and switch colors on a whim, we're going to see even fewer tailors than there already are. Plus with the sorry state of decay, they'll never need to buy new clothes--especially since they still equip at 0 condition. The novelty of new outfits is the only thing that keeps us in business.
Armour colour change only came into place due to the fact Sony reset all the armour colour to its base colour. In order to solve the problem Sony made this armour with a set colour command so the effected people could reset the colour. This lasted until the bug was solved about 2 months armour made during this time had this function, armour made after the 2 months no longer had the set colour command.
So if you can still alter the colour of your armour its quite and old set the new armour does not. Of course I stand to be corrected on this matter if an armoursmith knows other wise
Also giving the players the option to alter colours would harm our business the same way it did tailors. People have many reason's to buying new clothes. As clothes dont wear out to the point they cant be worn the biggest reason people purchase is for a new look. If they had the ability to change colours we would sell less not a good thing.
What I would like to see as like the ID system where on a one of one trade a player could see the item on their model including colour before it was made.
By allowing your cutomer to choose their color you won't have to stock 100s of items to give a selection. It would also mean a customer can come to a vendor and make a quicker selection. I for one am tired of relisting items every month just to give a selection at my vendor.
New composite armor still has this function. I for one do not like sitting there wasting my time making 5 or 6 items just to get the color right for a customer. There are sides to every issue. What one person enjoys may not be what another does. The same is here. So that means a compromise needs to be reached.
How about giving the option to clothing to choose the color of the item at first purchase then have it become the set color? That way we can stock "uncolored" items and the customer can make the color choice upon first using it. They get to choose their color and be happy and we get to reduce vendor item count. It won't reduce repeat customers and in fact it might improve our profession because it will end the time it requires to satisfy a customer.
Said before, saying again:
We have an entire skill branch dedicated to colors. We have to earn the right (spend the skill points) to get colors. Asking for non-tailors to be able to color clothing is like asking for non-BHs to be skilled with an LLC. Using advanced colors and making them match in an attractive outfit is the WHOLE POINT OF TAILORING.