Curse

Luther Ajax · Sep 23, 2005, 06:08 AM // 06:08

The place that I've gotten dyes most often is from this Skalebrood Caller thing in pre-searing. Everytime I start a new character I go to this spot and kill this guy, I don't get a dye every time I kill him but I've gotten two blacks, 1 red, and 3 yellows overall from that one guy every time I've gone back to kill him so 6 out of 30ish times or 1/5 I've gotten a dye. Most of you will probably say thats not possibly but thats how many I have got from that one guy. Hes in a cave where all the skalebroods are.

One and Two · Sep 23, 2005, 06:22 AM // 06:22

Dunno bout dyes anymore...I dont really PvE anymore.

But when I did, sometimes I would get no dyes one day, 5 the next hour. The people in my group would always be like...WTF?

Naprius · Sep 23, 2005, 06:25 AM // 06:25

i have never gotten a black dye since ive started the game. (which was in june)

One and Two · Sep 23, 2005, 06:54 AM // 06:54

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Originally Posted by Naprius

i have never gotten a black dye since ive started the game. (which was in june)

ouch...

not that black is worth that much anyway...but still, must hurt your ego or something....

Naprius · Sep 23, 2005, 06:56 AM // 06:56

Guild war and the dev's dont like me, i'll just have to live with it.

You hate me too right? admit it, i can take it.

Mavrik · Sep 23, 2005, 03:46 PM // 15:46

I think GW online system just rewards people with no lives who are on there all day long by giving them all the good drops.

Alexandria Kotov · Sep 23, 2005, 04:54 PM // 16:54

I'm sure this is a rather pointless thread if viewed as a source on the results of dye drops. They're random. There may be quirks to the drops through programming errors, but anyone with a brain can realize that they're just random, and nothing else really matters on a noticeable level.

But on the amusing side, I installed my account at my friends place (the one who dragged me into the game) and the first creature I killed dropped me a black dye. Back in the day, that meant that within 5 minutes of starting the game, I had 30k.

Michelle had a RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing stroke right there next to me.

fergburger · Sep 23, 2005, 05:09 PM // 17:09

I seem to recall when I started back in June, thinking the asking price of 400g was too much for black dye.

The New Guy · Sep 23, 2005, 05:15 PM // 17:15

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Originally Posted by el_excentrico

Hi all,

I did a search check first, but "dye" apparently is way too common on these boards

Anyways, I was wondering if dye drops are completely random or are there some creatures more likely to drop dye? Almost all the dye I found in the game came from Charr, but that could be just coincidence

Yes. Dye drops are completely random.

Loviatar · Sep 23, 2005, 05:23 PM // 17:23

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Originally Posted by fergburger

I seem to recall when I started back in June, thinking the asking price of 400g was too much for black dye.

it topped 40k just before the reset

i sold 3 blacks to the TRADER for 26k EACH

Mavrik · Sep 23, 2005, 05:29 PM // 17:29

best I got was 7k for black dye at merchants... I sold my three and bought 15k armor for my Ele.

Loviatar · Sep 23, 2005, 05:35 PM // 17:35

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Originally Posted by Mavrik

best I got was 7k for black dye at merchants... I sold my three and bought 15k armor for my Ele.

i wish i had sold all of them as i still have10 left
and 27 silver
and 48 oranges driving me crazy (i got 2 more just a bit ago)

el_excentrico · Sep 25, 2005, 11:50 PM // 23:50

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Originally Posted by TeK 23

I've gotten tons of dye's in "pre" but not as many in "post" I've gotten (3) Blacks in pre and only 1 in post. lots of silvers and everything else. pritty common drops.

Indeed, in pre-searing Ascalon, you get dye drops from just about anything, but after the searing, very few of them occur

A NERD1989 · Sep 26, 2005, 12:11 AM // 00:11

i got alot in rpe searing but now i get none

Eskimo Bob · Sep 26, 2005, 06:09 AM // 06:09

Well in pre-searing you have a higher chance to get dye drops because a monster's drop pool is much smaller than in post-searing.

A monster in pre-searing can drop like what? A total of around 20 different items. While in post-searing it is like 50.

melbo · Sep 28, 2005, 04:13 PM // 16:13

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Originally Posted by Naprius

i have never gotten a black dye since ive started the game. (which was in june)

Don't feel bad, neither have I

But I do get a good amount of colored items so I guess that kinda makes up for it. I've also only had like 3 silver dye drops.

Nawn Centz · Sep 29, 2005, 01:09 AM // 01:09

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Originally Posted by Chad

I don't think it's random, the higher the value the dye, the less likely it will drop, at least from my experiences. I've gotten tons of orange and blue dye, a medium amount of red, green, and the rest of the colors, but in 500+ hours of PvE I've never gotten a black dye drop. I've gotten a few silvers, though I rarely see those drop. I think only once or twice have I seen a Black Dye drop for someone else in one of my groups.

I could be totally wrong and this could be a mere coincidence, but it sure seems to me that the higher the price of the dye, the less it will drop.

I agree 100%. I've been playing for 4 months+ now. About 3 lvl 20's deleted and 3 more lvl 20's later; I've only gotten 1 black dye drop. Every other dye drops like mosquitos when they run into the bright blue light. It seems as if black and silver are the least common dropped, due to my hours/experience of playing teh game.

Believe · Sep 29, 2005, 02:06 AM // 02:06

My first black was in presearing as a monk in cats. Ive found 9 blacks total from there. 8)

Layith The Slappith · Sep 29, 2005, 03:05 AM // 03:05

I found a black dye on the day i started this game.

Alone) · Sep 29, 2005, 04:06 AM // 04:06

Like everyone else has said before, black dyes are a bit more common in pre-searing than in post.