Playing One Week: Got a Black Dye!

Maximumraver

Maximumraver

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

The Netherlands

Twisted Revenge [TR]

E/

A girl i know, got a black dye of the first river skale that she killed in pre-searing. Oo!

MsMassacre

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Aye. Sell it.

Once, a friend and I got SUBSEQUENT black dye drops. As in, one dropped for me, then the next monster to die dropped one for him. Craziness. Here's a screeny for the unbelievers:

Personette

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2007

I'm pretty sure that I got a black dye within my first day or two in pre...but at the time I didn't know that dye was valuable, let alone black dye (at the time even 200g would have been a TON of gold to me), so I sold it to the merchant for 1g.

I think it was black because I recall thinking, "Well, what a bore - what's the point of this black dye when you can buy grey dye from the merchant for 50g? They're practically the same color. How do you get armor with colors on it?"

Pirates Arrrg Matey

Pirates Arrrg Matey

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

N/Mo

I got a black dye drop once, and after that got a white dye drop then. Then 10 mins later I got purple, blue, and yellow dye drops. It was a happy day for me

Omniclasm

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

Guild Hall

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Quote:
Originally Posted by MsMassacre
Aye. Sell it.

Once, a friend and I got SUBSEQUENT black dye drops. As in, one dropped for me, then the next monster to die dropped one for him. Craziness. Here's a screeny for the unbelievers:

Dyes drop in pairs for some reason. At least that is how it has seemed to me recently. Every dye drop that me and my friend have gotten since we started duo farming has been followed up by another one within a few kills.

Dallcingi

Dallcingi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

The Black Parades [死人死]

Mo/

Cool at least you know its value!

Steph Fire Adept

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

Yesterday me and my guildies did the Underworld and the smites drop me a Black Dye and a Glob of Ectoplasm. (guildies hate me after this )
But for my 23 months of playing this game, I guess I had only 4~5 black dyes.
Red dye love me anyway... I had like 800 red dye (+ my armor dyed in red).

MoriaOrc

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2007

Congrats. Personally, I got my first black dye from the 1st or 2nd Abnormal Seed I killed outside of Pre-Searing Ascalon on my friends account (this was the day before Prophecies went live, and I hadn't pre-ordered like he had).

Of course, since then I've only found 3 or 4.

I'd only sell it if you really need the money or you really don't want black. Basic equips are usually cheap enough, especially in Nightfall where quest reward money helps you along more, so it shouldn't be too hard to get the cash for your first max armor set. Plus it's fun to take it a bit slower your first time through.

donjn

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

I just got another one. This is amazing. I have been playing three weeks and have gotten two black dye drops...lol

plasmasword

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

I finished my fow armor before I got my first black dye drop. :<

higaru

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2007

D/

I haven't had a dye drop for over 2 months!!!! my last black was about 6 months ago!!!