Editing AC2:Announcements - 2003/03 - Revelations (section)

== Crafting and Dyeing ==
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 |  Link = microsoftgamesinsider.com/AC2/Episodes/Episode4/ep4_crafting.htm
 | Title = March Episode - "Revelations"
 |  Text = '''Dyeing'''

With all the recent changes that have been made to dyeing, we want to take a moment to give a comprehensive history of this craft, so that the March changes will make more sense.
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When Asheron's Call 2 launched, there were two types of dyeing success states and two types of failure states. Most success states were "critical successes," meaning the item took on the dye color. A smaller percentage of success states also gave the item the desired color, but slightly damaged the item. Most failure states would give the item the desired color, but horribly damage the item. Finally, there was a small chance for a "critical failure," which resulted in damage and a strange color, like orange or pink.
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When the February Episode launched, the success state that damaged armor was removed, meaning there was only one success state and two failure states. However, the message given by the more common failure state was causing some confusion. Due to localization issues, we were unable to easily change this message in the update, so we temporarily disabled the common failure state. This means that in the February update, there are only two dyeing states, a success and a critical failure.
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In the March Episode, there is again one success state and two failure states. A success state will give the item the color. A failure state will do nothing; the item will not change color or be damaged in any way. A critical failure state will damage the item and give it a strange color.
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We apologize for this confusion. We also would like to say that we are aware that many dyed items do not take on the color they should. This is due to an issue with our graphics engine. We'll try to fix this in the coming episodes, but at this time, we can't provide a specific date on when the fix will be implemented.
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