I think it defines the main problem with FFXIV as a whole.

Everything is basically glamour in ffxiv.

Current Raid gear is Glamour in 6 months (only non-glamour for an extremly short period of time)
Token gear is either the same as above for top tier tokens or pure glamour for lower tier tokens.
Entire Economy is for glamour gear/mounts/minions/housing
Achievements reward you with glamour
Dungeons reward you with glamour
PvP rewards glamour only gear
Openworld and GC rewards you with glamour only
Relics are basically glamour


Then again the people who say this game is perfect seem to be happy just playing dress-up all day. So I guess it is what the target audience of this game wants.