Awhile ago, for this reason, I started a forum thread about FOMO and why they're reaching the point where they shouldn't add time gated items to the game. It's disappointing indeed. Time gated items are manipulative. FFXIV has less time gated items then most mmos, thankfully, but ever since PvP's battlepass they've slowly been adding more and more. It's gone to the point where it's starting to reach the threshold where it starts impeding the enjoyment of the game, like it has with PvP. a Two year period of time where the items are unobtainable is way too long, IMO.
Anyway, as for hairstyles that would be nice to have, someone recently showed me some of the hairstyles that didn't win the 2023 hairstyle contest, that looks really nice imo! They fill in a lot of areas that are lacking in the game's current hairstyles. I hope they could still be implemented even if they didn't win the contest because I think they would compliment the game really well. Specifically these ones.
https://i.imgur.com/pHH2486.png
