Quote Originally Posted by RiyahArp View Post
If I want to go into savage, I just need to beat four easy missions, and add one piece of gear to bring me up to the needed Ilvl to enter. Yes, it is hard to complete when it's in there, but I can get into it absurdly quick and easy.

If I want a little moai minion to follow me around, I need to have one specific craft at 70, geared with HQ basic whites, spend probably a couple weeks or more to garden one item, and I need to find another piece called the colossus slab which apparently no one at all as found yet, as it might be gated behind lolsubmarine missions.

If I want a piece of absolute minimum ilvl gear from expert dungeons for glamor, I need to farm the dungeon for weeks and get lucky. Same for a minion from it.

If I want to make a silly little level 1 dress, I need to do maps with a party, which spawn another map, which then may give me a tiny chance of material popping that I need to win a lot against from 8 other people.
I mean, I get what you're saying but it feels like you're trying to connect unrelated points to say it. You already know the value of the item is in the cosmetic appeal and rarity, and that it has nothing to do with ilvl or being a minion. There's tons of cosmetic gear that is super easy to get, you just picked these examples from practically brand new content. They're just there to give people something to do after tomestones until the next content cycle. After that the drop rates always get a significant boost and become very easy to pick up.