Dyes More Common Now? - Guild Wars Forums

Graeme_W · Mar 30, 2006, 01:09 AM // 01:09

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but starting yesterday evening, I was getting tons of dye drops. At least, many many more than I usually do. I could say that dyes used to drop maybe once every 200 drops for me. I don't know if that's what it is for the rest of you or not, but now they're dropping much much more often. Around one is every thirty-five to fifty drops is a dye. Most of them are orange and silver, but I've been getting greens too.

Was this on purpose? Or am I just getting insane luck?

The thing is, is my friend is noticing the same thing as he's gotten many more dye drops today and yesterday.

Most of the dyes I (and my friend) got were on the Gates of Kryta mission where we farm the lightning drakes. I really hope this won't end in the mass droppage of all dye prices, because the last thing we need right now, is another commodity to go down the drain. *cough* ectos *cough*

Thanks For Reading
~Graeme

shigaru · Mar 30, 2006, 01:19 AM // 01:19

I never get dyes, EVER!

Graeme_W · Mar 30, 2006, 01:20 AM // 01:20

Sorry to hear that. Go farming now and maybe you'll get some. Haha.

~Graeme

Eclair · Mar 30, 2006, 01:24 AM // 01:24

Pfft, I'd have to say lower prices is a sign of a good economy =P

Graeme_W · Mar 30, 2006, 01:26 AM // 01:26

Maybe so. :P

But have any of you seriously noticed this?

~Graeme

koneko · Mar 30, 2006, 01:36 AM // 01:36

I'm also getting crazy amounts of dye drops. Quite a few of the "blah" colours like purple and orange and red and the lot. I picked up four silver dyes in four consecutive B/P runs of ToPK, though, while lots of the other colours dropped like candy for other players.

It's not just you, it's quite a few people. :o

Graeme_W · Mar 30, 2006, 01:39 AM // 01:39

Cool!

Glad to hear that someone else is sharing in the wealth. Looks like I can finally make the appropriate colour dyes for my armour without spending TONS at the trader. :P

~Graeme

Sagius Truthbarron · Mar 30, 2006, 01:39 AM // 01:39

I advertised once in LA to buy 2 Silver Dyes, and ended up having to inform about 4 people that 700-900 each was rediculous, that the trader was selling for 550.

BellyFlop · Mar 30, 2006, 02:32 AM // 02:32

I noticed that aswell i was helping a guild member yesterday in pre and got 2 yellow 1 blue and 1 silver and this was all in a space of 2 hours. i sold the silver but still have the other and cant post if you dont belive

plus i am only lv3 so no charr farm for me.

Ramses · Mar 30, 2006, 02:52 AM // 02:52

yeah dyes are raining down from the heavens now...i was on a simple troll cave run, and in 2 runs i got 1 black dye, 1 blue dye, and 1 purple dye

Angel Develin · Mar 30, 2006, 05:45 AM // 05:45

whay o whay is there no raining dye in color black ??? :P

zidergirl · Mar 30, 2006, 07:04 AM // 07:04

You must be having all my dyes as I regularly I had a drop (silver was a common drop for me)
But recently nothing

Desbreko · Mar 30, 2006, 07:28 AM // 07:28

It does seem like I've been getting more dye drops lately. I went on a FoW run last night and got a purple, green, and yellow in the space of about three hours. And I've seen tons of dye drop in Tombs, though I haven't actually gotten much out of there.

Though strangely, silver dye has been really common for me ever since I started playing. I've probably gotten more silvers than any other color. Which is good, because I use it the most; every one of my characters' armor sets uses at least two silvers in it.

Silent Kitty · Mar 30, 2006, 07:46 AM // 07:46

I am testing colours on my Monk's costume. Have tried a black, but it turned into gray. Now I will try a black and silver combination. I'm not having much luck lately on dye drops, but I do have noticed that goes up and down. One day I find all colours, the other day I find nothing.

Francis Crawford · Mar 30, 2006, 08:33 AM // 08:33

I've been moving a character through Pre-. He's gotten a bunch of drops, I think in total six different colors with some of those duplicated. Unfortunately the missing colors are black and silver.

And my rate of dye drops in Post- has been up too.

Silent Kitty · Mar 30, 2006, 09:10 AM // 09:10

Keep track on the district favor. When your district wins the pvp favour, there are most likely to be better drops. So, when Europe wins the favour, I must get more drops. Certainly there will be dyes amongst them.
Do not change from Europe to America, to beat the system. Eventually it will bar you from changing districts. Suffice to say there is a 50% chance you will not be happy, in a region that is not yours.

lefty hagorn · Mar 30, 2006, 10:09 AM // 10:09

I think dye drops are way up. the drop in merch price shows that. Also the fact i got 5 black dye drops last week is another sign i think.

Forsythe · Mar 30, 2006, 12:42 PM // 12:42

I totally noticed an increase. Up until a week ago I could had two dye drops after a month of playing. Now, I have 6 dyes, all new, all dropped in the past week.

quickmonty · Mar 30, 2006, 01:01 PM // 13:01

Seems that I am getting fewer silver but a lot more of the other colors (black still very rarely)

Lex Talionis · Mar 30, 2006, 01:13 PM // 13:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silent Kitty

Keep track on the district favor. When your district wins the pvp favour, there are most likely to be better drops. So, when Europe wins the favour, I must get more drops. Certainly there will be dyes amongst them.
Do not change from Europe to America, to beat the system. Eventually it will bar you from changing districts. Suffice to say there is a 50% chance you will not be happy, in a region that is not yours.

Of course you do know that when a region wins favor its to gain access to FOW/UW right? Having favor does not improve your drops whatsoever. It's random. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Mar 30, 2006, 01:09 AM // 01:09	#1
Graeme_W Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Guild: I Pwned the Koreans [IPtK] Profession: E/R	Dyes More Common Now? I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but starting yesterday evening, I was getting tons of dye drops. At least, many many more than I usually do. I could say that dyes used to drop maybe once every 200 drops for me. I don't know if that's what it is for the rest of you or not, but now they're dropping much much more often. Around one is every thirty-five to fifty drops is a dye. Most of them are orange and silver, but I've been getting greens too. Was this on purpose? Or am I just getting insane luck? The thing is, is my friend is noticing the same thing as he's gotten many more dye drops today and yesterday. Most of the dyes I (and my friend) got were on the Gates of Kryta mission where we farm the lightning drakes. I really hope this won't end in the mass droppage of all dye prices, because the last thing we need right now, is another commodity to go down the drain. cough ectos cough Thanks For Reading ~Graeme

Mar 30, 2006, 01:19 AM // 01:19	#2
shigaru Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Feb 2006	I never get dyes, EVER!

Mar 30, 2006, 01:20 AM // 01:20	#3
Graeme_W Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Guild: I Pwned the Koreans [IPtK] Profession: E/R	Sorry to hear that. Go farming now and maybe you'll get some. Haha. ~Graeme

Mar 30, 2006, 01:24 AM // 01:24	#4
Eclair Desert Nomad Join Date: Apr 2005	Pfft, I'd have to say lower prices is a sign of a good economy =P

Mar 30, 2006, 01:26 AM // 01:26	#5
Graeme_W Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Guild: I Pwned the Koreans [IPtK] Profession: E/R	Maybe so. :P But have any of you seriously noticed this? ~Graeme

Mar 30, 2006, 01:36 AM // 01:36	#6
koneko Site Contributor Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: 38??16′ N 140??52′ E Profession: Mo/Me	I'm also getting crazy amounts of dye drops. Quite a few of the "blah" colours like purple and orange and red and the lot. I picked up four silver dyes in four consecutive B/P runs of ToPK, though, while lots of the other colours dropped like candy for other players. It's not just you, it's quite a few people. :o

Mar 30, 2006, 01:39 AM // 01:39	#7
Graeme_W Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Guild: I Pwned the Koreans [IPtK] Profession: E/R	Cool! Glad to hear that someone else is sharing in the wealth. Looks like I can finally make the appropriate colour dyes for my armour without spending TONS at the trader. :P ~Graeme

Mar 30, 2006, 01:39 AM // 01:39	#8
Sagius Truthbarron Desert Nomad Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: Animal Factory [ZoO] Profession: A/	I advertised once in LA to buy 2 Silver Dyes, and ended up having to inform about 4 people that 700-900 each was rediculous, that the trader was selling for 550.

Mar 30, 2006, 02:32 AM // 02:32	#9
BellyFlop Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2005	I noticed that aswell i was helping a guild member yesterday in pre and got 2 yellow 1 blue and 1 silver and this was all in a space of 2 hours. i sold the silver but still have the other and cant post if you dont belive plus i am only lv3 so no charr farm for me.

Mar 30, 2006, 02:52 AM // 02:52	#10
Ramses Krytan Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Marhan's Grotto Guild: [AC] Profession: W/	yeah dyes are raining down from the heavens now...i was on a simple troll cave run, and in 2 runs i got 1 black dye, 1 blue dye, and 1 purple dye

Mar 30, 2006, 05:45 AM // 05:45	#11
Angel Develin Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lions Arch Guild: Minions of Kronos Profession: N/Me	whay o whay is there no raining dye in color black ??? :P

Mar 30, 2006, 07:04 AM // 07:04	#12
zidergirl Academy Page Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: South west UK Guild: Iztrian Guild [IZ] Profession: R/Mo	You must be having all my dyes as I regularly I had a drop (silver was a common drop for me) But recently nothing

Mar 30, 2006, 07:28 AM // 07:28	#13
Desbreko Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: California Guild: Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]	It does seem like I've been getting more dye drops lately. I went on a FoW run last night and got a purple, green, and yellow in the space of about three hours. And I've seen tons of dye drop in Tombs, though I haven't actually gotten much out of there. Though strangely, silver dye has been really common for me ever since I started playing. I've probably gotten more silvers than any other color. Which is good, because I use it the most; every one of my characters' armor sets uses at least two silvers in it.

Mar 30, 2006, 07:46 AM // 07:46	#14
Silent Kitty Desert Nomad Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Netherlands Guild: [TYW] "The Young World" Profession: A/Me	I am testing colours on my Monk's costume. Have tried a black, but it turned into gray. Now I will try a black and silver combination. I'm not having much luck lately on dye drops, but I do have noticed that goes up and down. One day I find all colours, the other day I find nothing.

Mar 30, 2006, 08:33 AM // 08:33	#15
Francis Crawford Forge Runner Join Date: Dec 2005	I've been moving a character through Pre-. He's gotten a bunch of drops, I think in total six different colors with some of those duplicated. Unfortunately the missing colors are black and silver. And my rate of dye drops in Post- has been up too.

Mar 30, 2006, 09:10 AM // 09:10	#16
Silent Kitty Desert Nomad Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Netherlands Guild: [TYW] "The Young World" Profession: A/Me	Keep track on the district favor. When your district wins the pvp favour, there are most likely to be better drops. So, when Europe wins the favour, I must get more drops. Certainly there will be dyes amongst them. Do not change from Europe to America, to beat the system. Eventually it will bar you from changing districts. Suffice to say there is a 50% chance you will not be happy, in a region that is not yours.

Mar 30, 2006, 10:09 AM // 10:09	#17
lefty hagorn Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Dec 2005 Guild: soldiers that fall up Profession: W/N	I think dye drops are way up. the drop in merch price shows that. Also the fact i got 5 black dye drops last week is another sign i think.

Mar 30, 2006, 12:42 PM // 12:42	#18
Forsythe Academy Page Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In a pup tent near your house. Guild: [DOJL]	I totally noticed an increase. Up until a week ago I could had two dye drops after a month of playing. Now, I have 6 dyes, all new, all dropped in the past week.

Mar 30, 2006, 01:01 PM // 13:01	#19
quickmonty Ancient Windbreaker Join Date: May 2005	Seems that I am getting fewer silver but a lot more of the other colors (black still very rarely)