Disappointment with the double dye weekend
Drithlan
Well in my opinion the weekend was a waste i spend nearly 50 hours farming for dye all over elona and found 3 dye, 2 brown and a green. on an average i will find double if not tripple that amount in 30 hours of play. I want to hear if any one else had feelings like this because im now sad because I wasted that time looking for what wasnt there.
Hockster
Play more and whine less.
Ulivious The Reaper
i didn't notice anything, i got one yellow dye, whooptee, first day of nightfall my first drop was a white dye, :| oh well
Sir Skullcrasher
I wonder if dye really matter for us!
JAFO2RHh
No noticable drop rate increase here, as a matter of fact, I found more dye farming Charr carvings during Halloween then I did farming for dye. After all night friday hoping for dye drops I gave up and continued on with the game.
wilq
I got 2 white dyes so I can't complain :>
Rainith
I got more dye, mostly purple (4 or 5 I think). No white/brown/black though. 
Lilanthe
I didn't get any dye, and I don't care. It's just... dyes.
Sir Skullcrasher
I got total of 5 dyes only from this event.
Corwin_Andros
I got a total of 1 puple dye in Elona all weekend.. Got a white helping my son in Shing Jea (not part of the Double Dye thing). I played about 25-30 hours over the course of the weekend, all but about 3 hours of it in Elona.
I usually average about 1 dye every 5 hrs or so.. So not so great for me.. oh well.. not the end of the world.. WOuld rather have a double rune weekend personally so the supplies can get restocked and the prices a little closer to normal.
I usually average about 1 dye every 5 hrs or so.. So not so great for me.. oh well.. not the end of the world.. WOuld rather have a double rune weekend personally so the supplies can get restocked and the prices a little closer to normal.
ElinoraNeSangre
I got 2 and my husband got 1. However, we don't typically net that much dye anyway, so I'm cool with that. I'm almost thinking it had to be tweaked just a little more to really matter (maybe 3x...).
But it was decent incentive for the dye hoarder types to farm a bit (I *love* stockpiling dyes and suck at it).
But it was decent incentive for the dye hoarder types to farm a bit (I *love* stockpiling dyes and suck at it).
SilentVex
For the small bit of pve I did, I got 3, as opposed to the usual none.
Sir Skullcrasher
Did anyone here got like multiple white or black dye dropped for them?
Quinevere
I got 1 purple, 1 blue, 1 green over the 3 hours or so I managed to play this weekend so I'm not really complaining 
MelechRic
I found that Olias and Jin were secretly stealing all my dye drops. They had decided to sell them Varesh since she needed them to keep her multi-colored robes from fading in the Elonian sun... 
Narutoscryed
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Originally Posted by Drithlan
Well in my opinion the weekend was a waste i spend nearly 50 hours farming for dye all over elona and found 3 dye, 2 brown and a green. on an average i will find double if not tripple that amount in 30 hours of play. I want to hear if any one else had feelings like this because im now sad because I wasted that time looking for what wasnt there.
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i wasent even trying for dye and i got more black and white dyes than anything.
2 white
1 black
1 silver
1 brown
Batou of Nine
I played all weekend. My grand total is now 2 yellow dyes. Go me!
LoL, double dye...Riiiight. Instead of .00000000000001 is it (.00000000000001 x 2)? Woohoo, my chances went to .000000000001.
cheers!
LoL, double dye...Riiiight. Instead of .00000000000001 is it (.00000000000001 x 2)? Woohoo, my chances went to .000000000001.
cheers!
Diablo???
Double dye weekend is so great! Instead of buying 1 grey dye at the merchant, i bought a whopping TWO!
weeeeee!!
weeeeee!!
cosyfiep
I had one good run, the rest nothing.....but today (monday) I got 2 dyes killing the ettins in the northern shiverpeaks!!!
Hope its back to normal now and I can go back to ascalon and farm for dyes (and get some too!!)
Hope its back to normal now and I can go back to ascalon and farm for dyes (and get some too!!)
gamecube187
I played almost the whole weekend, and was hoping for a dye drop the whole time, but I didn't get a single one! Towards the end of the weekend, I got so depress about not getting dyes, I ended up buying them from the merchant so I could re-dye some of my armors with the improved dye system. Well I guess it was double dyes.. buying double the amount of dyes that is...
Towards the end of the weekend, I got so depress about not getting dyes, I ended up buying them from the merchant so I could re-dye some of my armors with the improved dye system. Well I guess it was double dyes.. buying double the amount of dyes that is...
Neo Nugget
i got a yellow dye....scoooore.W/ my team of 8 heroes and henchies too. so yeah i wasnt really expecting an awsome event like the boardwalk one.(I miss that).
Kha
Double Dye Weekend actually translate to:
Half of the population's dye drops went to the other half of the population.
So it was double dye weekend... with the same amount of dyes dropping overall.
Half of the population's dye drops went to the other half of the population.
So it was double dye weekend... with the same amount of dyes dropping overall.
SlyClone
I got 1 white, 1 silver, 1 brown, 1 purple, 2 reds, 1 blue, 1 green, 1 yellow and 1 orange. More than I got in previous 5 month combined.
BUT I used 3 different characters. And the chances of getting Dyes were progressively lower, the longer I played on 1 character.
This game is so random.
BUT I used 3 different characters. And the chances of getting Dyes were progressively lower, the longer I played on 1 character.
This game is so random.
SamGad
...I got about 7 dyes.
Including 2 white dyes.
All during a short farming session on the newb island of NF.
Just cleared zones from kamadan through to some of the other places...
Including 2 white dyes.
All during a short farming session on the newb island of NF.
Just cleared zones from kamadan through to some of the other places...
julien
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Originally Posted by Drithlan
i spend nearly 50 hours farming for dye all over elona and found 3 dye, 2 brown and a green
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Where is the life in there???
Drithlan
yes 50 hours in 3 days i usially play less but i was mad cause i wasnt getting dye and all i wanted was a white dye or black but fro0m what i noticed the drops were halved not doubled. A-Net please run this event again WITH the proper %...
julien
Bah, just farm and you'll get the money for the dyes
snikerz
i got 4 black dyes from farming bugs for sunspear points outside the great sunspear hall,
btw ive played the game since day one, and ive never found a black dye ever, now i get 4 almost one after the other, i stopped farming there because i got my quota on sunspear, and he wouldnt let me farm sunspear points anymore.
btw ive played the game since day one, and ive never found a black dye ever, now i get 4 almost one after the other, i stopped farming there because i got my quota on sunspear, and he wouldnt let me farm sunspear points anymore.
Cybergasm
I got a blue... IN TYRIA!!!
Former Ruling
I got 1 Purple Dye this weekend 
Ailyrr Merlena
I got 1 yellow, 1 orange, and 1 brown.
Now....for me, this is a bad drop. I've been called the dye lady before, because of all the dye drops I get.
My first character, my ele, had 6 blacks before she ever left pre-searing (Okay, so I deleted 4 of them accidently when I put them on a pvp-only character).
A friend and I joke about making pre-searing characters just to farm dyes. We will most often, by lvl 5 (when we leave) have filled up our bags with materials and every color of dye (I haven't tried with the whites yet).
So this weekend was a HUGE disappointment. I kept thinking, double dye drops? Where? Who? Oh wait, they'd be with the gold and purple, and max damage weapon drops that I never see either.
Now....for me, this is a bad drop. I've been called the dye lady before, because of all the dye drops I get.
My first character, my ele, had 6 blacks before she ever left pre-searing (Okay, so I deleted 4 of them accidently when I put them on a pvp-only character).
A friend and I joke about making pre-searing characters just to farm dyes. We will most often, by lvl 5 (when we leave) have filled up our bags with materials and every color of dye (I haven't tried with the whites yet).
So this weekend was a HUGE disappointment. I kept thinking, double dye drops? Where? Who? Oh wait, they'd be with the gold and purple, and max damage weapon drops that I never see either.
Alleji
Dye drops are so rare and random that nobody actually cares... we probably wouldn't notice an increase unless they were increased 10-fold.
Yawgmoth
The OP played 50 hours during 3 days. Wow i'm impressed. The most i've ever played was during the old beta events and that was 35-40h per 3-day weekend.
I dedicated around 1 and a half hour to farming dyes in Elona during the weekend. I found about 17-18 dyes (1 black 1 white, no silver). So for me the event was ok, nothing really special but increased drops were clearly visible.
It's all about how you do it - going with 7 hero/henchies around high level areas is not the way to go for sure.
I dedicated around 1 and a half hour to farming dyes in Elona during the weekend. I found about 17-18 dyes (1 black 1 white, no silver). So for me the event was ok, nothing really special but increased drops were clearly visible.
It's all about how you do it - going with 7 hero/henchies around high level areas is not the way to go for sure.
Nanood
I got none all weekend.. Then when i started a new toon and got outside Kamadan i got 2 dye out of the first lot of monsters there..
Then i thought.. Oh cool, dye. 2 Blue.. yay.. I love finding dye.. I don't know y i just do.
Didn't think much of the drop rate for the weekend though. I think since being a fun item they should make dye drop like the jade wind orbs did for the dragon mask.. It's dye. A coloring agent. It should be dropping all over the place. Lets have a 10,000 x chance drop weekend just to get the supplies up and running. I would much prefer to be getting large amount of dye drops than a large amount of white weopons.
Then i thought.. Oh cool, dye. 2 Blue.. yay.. I love finding dye.. I don't know y i just do.
Didn't think much of the drop rate for the weekend though. I think since being a fun item they should make dye drop like the jade wind orbs did for the dragon mask.. It's dye. A coloring agent. It should be dropping all over the place. Lets have a 10,000 x chance drop weekend just to get the supplies up and running. I would much prefer to be getting large amount of dye drops than a large amount of white weopons.
Angel Netherborn
I wonder if the reason that there wasn't a noticeable increase in dye drops was that in NF, the drop rate was generally lower than the other 2 campaigns, as such, doubling a low rate might still be pretty low.
I did PvE for a couple of hours during the weekend and I got around 5 dyes, just crappy ones. Haven't seen a white before, and haven't seen a black is a very long time. Funny that I seem to be getting alot of browns.
I did PvE for a couple of hours during the weekend and I got around 5 dyes, just crappy ones. Haven't seen a white before, and haven't seen a black is a very long time. Funny that I seem to be getting alot of browns.
The undead Mesmer
I farmed about 10 hours this weeked netting me 2 white (1 with a group of 8 henchies yay) 1 black 3 silver 2 brown 3 red 3 blue 4 purple 5 yellow 4 green and 2 orange... I was rather happy actually ^^
And people there will be more special weekends so stop the whining :/
And people there will be more special weekends so stop the whining :/
Bibblenorn
I thought it was fine. I spent about 6 hours of actual dye farming (me, solo, right outside of Kamadan), and got 22 dyes. No white though, and no black. 10 of them were orange. *sigh*. I can't really complain though.
On the plus side, I wont lack for drake flesh.
On the plus side, I wont lack for drake flesh.
Gwmaster
i wasnt very surpriced with the weekend...i dont know if i have bad luck but normaly i find 1-2 dyes in a week and this weekend i got around 4 dyes per day.
Mystic-
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Originally Posted by Batou of Nine
I played all weekend. My grand total is now 2 yellow dyes. Go me!
LoL, double dye...Riiiight. Instead of .00000000000001 is it (.00000000000001 x 2)? Woohoo, my chances went to .000000000001. cheers! |
Gun Pierson
Got no dyes. Instead I got two gold swords this weekend with a 20/20 sundering on each of them. I couldn't care less about the double dye weekend.
It was an event easy to implement for Anet but nothing fancy or unique though. But some people wanted it I guess.
It was an event easy to implement for Anet but nothing fancy or unique though. But some people wanted it I guess.