Black Items that need to be BRIGHTENED

Lady Raenef

Lady Raenef

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Oregon, USA.

Zero Mercy [zm]

W/

30 Jul 2008 at 10:59 - 1
Okay, I have a Bandana and HAD a Mask of the Mo Zing. Both Dyed Black. Problem is, I switch out these items for different head pieces. Save your "black is overrated" bullshit for somewhere else. Black is my favorite color. Until they make something darker, it continues to be my favorite color.

My suggestion, can items that are SO black when dyed still be...VISIBLE? in the inventory? You CANNOT see them in the inventory, at all. I just deleted a PvP character that I was messing with that I guess had my Mask of the Mo Zing on it. I had bought a purple dye to mess with armors, put it in the storage before I deleted, guess I put it where the Mask was thinking it was an empty slot. GG, /selfownage.

Like I said, I don't want your flames, as they don't agree with my contentions. I don't see how this harms anybody. Just make the images VISIBLE. I shouldn't have to textmod my game to be a different color just to see these damn things.

Suggestive ideas?

A white shadow behind all items?
The ability to change the color of the UI?
A white outline around all items, whether it makes it distinguished or ugly?
Brighten all the items all together?
Only darker items get brighter, leave the rest the same?

But the majority wins, Anet. Fix this damn thing for us. Make us happy.



Hey look. My black scimitar. It's still.....silver? On the icon. How about we apply this to all items? Leave them alone, don't change the picture? :3 And things that are too dark, make them silver/white by default.

RotteN

RotteN

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

W/

30 Jul 2008 at 11:57 - 2
Quite annoying indeed.

Just make it brighter, or add some white glowing outlining so you actually see the shape.

Aussie Boy

Aussie Boy

Alcoholic

Join Date: Mar 2007

Australia

W/

30 Jul 2008 at 12:08 - 3
/signed
Also add it for the normal drops that are sometimes so dark you can't see them without mousing over like some bows n stuff.

pumpkin pie

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

E/

30 Jul 2008 at 12:26 - 4
making black item brighter, means adding highlight to them = item become dark grey instead of black.

Nadasee

Nadasee

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

30 Jul 2008 at 12:26 - 5
I agree with what you are saying.

The Bandana dyed Black is indeed very hard to se in the inventory, same goes for the Scar pattern for necro. Especially the Elite Canthan one imo.

I remember when the Inventory box/background were more grayish and lighter. Before a update that made it darker and blood more pink in colour ect.
All items were very visiable back then, but i must say i like the darker tone more now.
Allthough it comes with some problems when it looks like a free spot but you got a Black/Dark item there.

I don't know how to fix it, mabye a lighter/lighterdark edge arround the Black/Dark object like you say. Eitherway i don't think well see a change.

//Signed

KoKoS

KoKoS

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

aBove Empress Amarox xP

KDT

Mo/E

30 Jul 2008 at 12:28 - 6
/signed
But brighten only the inventory icon.. NOT the item..
if u want to brighten the item, just buy an old black dye xD
I had lost the o zing for 1 week coz i couldn't find it and then i discovered that it's like a chameleon --> can't see it xD

Lady Raenef

Lady Raenef

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Oregon, USA.

Zero Mercy [zm]

W/

30 Jul 2008 at 12:36 - 7
Quote:
Originally Posted by pumpkin pie
making black item brighter, means adding highlight to them = item become dark grey instead of black.
So? As long as we can see the damn thing, I'm fine. Some items, when dyed green for example, the entire icon shifts to green color, however, the actual skin only has partial effects of green.

Quote:
Originally Posted by KoKoS
/signed
But brighten only the inventory icon.. NOT the item..
if u want to brighten the item, just buy an old black dye xD
I had lost the o zing for 1 week coz i couldn't find it and then i discovered that it's like a chameleon --> can't see it xD
Hell no, I don't want my armor lighter. I love it pitch black. I just want the stupid icons to be visible so I don't end up wasting spent-money again. I had to rebuy my friggin mask. Waste of an hour over a silly mistake that shouldn't have happened in the first place.

gremlin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2006

GWAR

Me/Mo

30 Jul 2008 at 13:00 - 8
There are couple of items that have this problem the answer might be to alter the colour of the slot where they are stored, or some form of "aura" around the item.

Its not a big problem simply something to adjust for gw2 and maybe for gw1 when time permits so /Signed

nix1016

nix1016

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

30 Jul 2008 at 13:09 - 9
/signed... I was like why is it telling me I have no storage space when I clearly do? Oh wait... there's the bandanna that I've been looking for for ages!

distilledwill

distilledwill

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2006

Blighty

The Legion of the Blue Blade

R/Mo

30 Jul 2008 at 13:27 - 10
yeah, i guess so. Aurete Aegis' are very very dark when died black.

/sign

Pleikki

Pleikki

WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!

Join Date: Nov 2006

???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]

30 Jul 2008 at 13:36 - 11
Get glasses.. .. .. i have no problem at all seeing things

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

30 Jul 2008 at 13:42 - 12
They simply need to make Black dye brighter, instead of the horrible shading version that they currently have.

pamelf

pamelf

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Australia

Lost Templars [LoTe]

Me/Mo

30 Jul 2008 at 13:44 - 13
/signed. There is absolutely no reason no to sign this. It's annoying. And the glasses comment is unnecessary as there are a lot of different considerations here as well i.e. playing the game on different computers with different brightness settings. My computer at home is set to how I like it with the best visibility etc...but when I play at my boyfriends he has his set to how he likes and needs it which often means for me I even have trouble seeing where i'm going in some dungeons, thus having no hope of ever seeing something with low dye visibility. (temporary brightness changes aren't possible as we both have dual monitors and it's absolute HELL trying to re-calibrate colours to match once you've got it perfect the first time...)

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

30 Jul 2008 at 14:00 - 14
/signed for giving some more contrast between items in storage and the background!

Harvester of Sorrows

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2008

The Fathers of Faith

D/

30 Jul 2008 at 14:14 - 15
Better yet, making the outline of the object clearer.

LucyLythia

LucyLythia

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2007

UK

Eternal Enchanted Wings [wing]

E/Me

30 Jul 2008 at 14:16 - 16
/signed

Either make the inventory icons lighter or the inventory background. I've lost a few items in there too

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

30 Jul 2008 at 14:24 - 17
They should a white 'shadow' when they are dyed black. It's hard to see shadow weapons because of that.

I Is Special

I Is Special

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

NJ

To Gain Extra Mobility We Play [NUDE]

W/

30 Jul 2008 at 14:30 - 18
/signed

Same thing happens to me with one of those ugroz bows.

rohara

rohara

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

Rt/

30 Jul 2008 at 14:36 - 19
sure /signed

i had a character than ran around with a random urgoz bow in my inventory for months without noticing it. i discovered it one day and thought it was a bug lol oshi going to get banned for making random things appear in my inventory!

Zenos Squad

Zenos Squad

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Mo/

30 Jul 2008 at 14:46 - 20
/signed

I always misplace my Kappa Shield because I NEVER see it in my bags or inventory.

SpotJorge

SpotJorge

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Europe

Temple Of Love

R/E

30 Jul 2008 at 14:49 - 21
and thats not all .... aegis of augh have the same problem impossible to see it in inventory or storage ... solution its easy and problably its only 1 comand to be change .... just make background of inventory and storage grey or other color instead of black

/signed

Shadowhaze

Shadowhaze

Nothing, tra la la?

Join Date: Oct 2007

30 Jul 2008 at 15:15 - 22
/signed
I thought I lost some stuff too and was like...fudge, did I accidentaly merch or something?! But I found it later, just couldn't see it. Needless to say, I was relieved.

Voodoo Rage

Voodoo Rage

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

Sacramento, CA

Geezers

R/

30 Jul 2008 at 15:36 - 23
Pywatt's Talons are just about invisible in inventory. The first time I had a set drop, I was racking my brain trying to figure out what happened to them...

GoodApollo1234

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006

Ohio

R/

30 Jul 2008 at 15:41 - 24
They should just have a warning box pop up that says when a character has items in its inventory. No need to waste time changing icons.

SpotJorge

SpotJorge

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Europe

Temple Of Love

R/E

30 Jul 2008 at 15:58 - 25
Quote:
Originally Posted by GoodApollo1234
They should just have a warning box pop up that says when a character has items in its inventory. No need to waste time changing icons.
they only need to change color background to grey and thats a change in a comand line for shure ... so dont think it will make gw2 come out in 2015 instead of 2014

toastgodsupreme

toastgodsupreme

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

United States

Me/

30 Jul 2008 at 16:32 - 26
Should've just given us the ability to customize the UI from the start.

WoW got it right with that.

Lawrence Chang

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

United States

[SOHE]

W/

30 Jul 2008 at 16:50 - 27
Lol i thought i was missing my Gloom Shield

/signed.

ShadowsRequiem

ShadowsRequiem

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Inde is Smoking [Hawt] *ToA*

W/E

30 Jul 2008 at 16:52 - 28
I can never find my god damn black golden phoenix blade! or black echovalds : /

/signed!

glacialphoenix

glacialphoenix

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2008

Singapore

Royal Order of Flying Lemmings [ROFL]

Mo/

30 Jul 2008 at 17:06 - 29
/signed

Yeah, as long as it's visible. I have perfectly good eyesight, but I don't want to have to go hunting through every. single. character. because something doesn't show up that clearly on my computer screen.

SOF

SOF

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2008

The Rejected Sins [SOF]

30 Jul 2008 at 17:23 - 30
Quote:
Get glasses.. .. .. i have no problem at all seeing things
Shu'up Pleikki :P

/signed

Smurf Minions

Smurf Minions

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Somewhere you can't see

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

N/

30 Jul 2008 at 17:29 - 31
If they can highlight the borders somehow, it will regain it's visability

Lawliet Kira

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

E/Me

30 Jul 2008 at 17:31 - 32
This has actually happened to me once, with my ninja mask :/, I looked thru my inventory...my storage...couldn't find it, after an hour i gave up, 2 days later, i was doing a storage/inventory clean out, and my mouse hovered over the last row on the last tab of my inventory i couldn't even make the mask out from the black pic...i was so happy xD

/signed

Karate Jesus

Karate Jesus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Texas

Reign of Judgment [RoJ]

Me/

30 Jul 2008 at 17:48 - 33
/signed

I've almost deleted my mo zing too (and my dread mask). It's kind of annoying

TheodenKing

TheodenKing

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2008

DoA

Dark Order of Retarded Knights (doRk)

N/Me

30 Jul 2008 at 18:42 - 34
Ummm.. why all the suggestions about lightening black dye and changing the aura around inventory items? Wouldn't it make more sense to not have pitch-black background for the storage containers? Duh! Please don't say you actually care what color the inside of your xunlai chest and your backpack are.

Snow Bunny

Snow Bunny

Alcoholic From Yale

Join Date: Jul 2007

Strong Foreign Policy [sFp]

30 Jul 2008 at 18:48 - 35
/signed.

RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing black bandana

mastar of warrior

mastar of warrior

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

sweden

N/A

Mo/

30 Jul 2008 at 18:52 - 36
Monk sunspear shoes , dont know how many times i put them in storage , they still make their way back to my inventory , never noticed they were there , until i couldnt find them..

MisterB

MisterB

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy

[ban]

W/

30 Jul 2008 at 21:28 - 37
/signed

Several items, not just those dyed black, are very difficult to see. Bo staffs, for example, I can never see without hovering the mouse.


I'd prefer a border outline to making them brighter.

Lady Raenef

Lady Raenef

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Oregon, USA.

Zero Mercy [zm]

W/

30 Jul 2008 at 22:58 - 38
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pleikki
Get glasses.. .. .. i have no problem at all seeing things
I'd rather not ruin my eyesight by setting my brightness incredibly high. Right now, it's fine. I can see things fine. The only way to see these damn inventory items is to put the actual box over something bright. I shouldn't have to do that. What if I'm in a deep dark dungeon? How the hell am I supposed to see it then...by the way, I have glasses. /pwned

Thanks for the suggestions, I hope this comes into place, relatively soon. I don't want to spend more money on items I bought once before... -.-

Marverick

Marverick

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

R/

31 Jul 2008 at 02:23 - 39
I'm curious... why did 7 people vote no? How exactly can this change be detrimental in any way, shape, or form to the game?

/signed btw

depletion

depletion

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Mo/

31 Jul 2008 at 02:55 - 40
/signed.

I thought I lost parts of my elite armor and weapons only to find it a week later (didn't care too much about it.)