Coloration

[Impos!]

So once you become no longer a hatchling, how exactly does the coloration work? It says your elements effect how you look, and you, physically are absent from most pictures besides battle scenes after reaching a certain age, probably so someone didn't need to draw in a rediculous degree of different dragon colorations and such.

But how does it work in more detail? The changes your elements bring seem so subtle- I often find myself looking the same as I did last life.

[Hybrid]

It starts with a base coloration that's rather drab-looking. As each individual element increases, certain portions of the player-Draak's body increase in color saturation, different areas for each color. It is difficult to notice a difference at the start of Part 2 as it is difficult to get your stats high enough to make big differences.

But if you look at the possibilities side-by-side, it might make a little more sense:

High Fire (low everything else): https://i.imgur.com/hKk7s0C.jpg
High Water (" "): https://i.imgur.com/bzrIcqI.jpg
High Earth (" "): https://i.imgur.com/O6MrjbB.jpg
High Air (" "): https://i.imgur.com/TowuqUq.jpg

All elements at maximum: https://i.imgur.com/mMkJa99.jpg

It's also a bit more noticable in Part 3, especially if you've been neglecting your Water mastery and won't even have blue crest-feathers.

You can also see the image of the player-Draak at any time by clicking on the tiny pool/puddle just outside your cave, so the colors might be more vibrant at the end of Part 2 or Part 3 compared to the forced viewing during the transition.

[Impos!]

Ahhh I see interesting!

Is there a "Middle" range for coloration too? I imagine doing something gradiual would be a ton more work.

And do you also happen to have a example for a dragon with low in everything?

Thank you!

[Hybrid]

Messaggio originale di Bee:

Is there a "Middle" range for coloration too? I imagine doing something gradiual would be a ton more work.

Actually, gradual is the easiest approach and what they do. It's done in layers, like you'd have in Photoshop. You have your base dragon, and a layer each for Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. And then based off of the mastery for each one (scale of 1 to 100), it increases saturation and opacity for each color. Each point increase makes that color just ever-so-slightly bolder and brighter.

Messaggio originale di Bee:

And do you also happen to have a example for a dragon with low in everything?

Well, there's two ways to take that, I think...

Technically, this is as low as they go, but I think that's unrealistic. This would literally be zero in all stats:
Part 2 - https://i.imgur.com/7rYhYBq.jpg
Part 3 - https://i.imgur.com/Q1tM2Ga.jpg

In terms of actually seeing in the game, you might get an individual color lower than this, but not the whole dragon:
Part 2 - https://i.imgur.com/J1j7F37.jpg
Part 3 - https://i.imgur.com/Xf5xMcy.jpg

[Impos!]

Oh dang, that sounds like a ton of work.

And thanks! That's really cool!

I wonder if this all will be used again somehow when the Time of Creation dlc comes out.