Exclusivity and the potential downfall of the game.

[linayar]

XIVs problem is its own hypocrisy.
When it allows things like PVP gear or even ultimate loot to maintain a sense of Prestige / rarity because the developers say "they don't want the items to lose their value or significance"
but then trashes the value of everything else because the developers say "it's just digital pixels they have no value or significance"
Same devs but 2 totally contradictory statements. Should be one or the other not both. That's hypocrisy.

Yoshida recently stated in an interview that Savage is now intended to have broader appeal (likely coinciding with developing Ultimate as additional content). So it's less to do with the value of the rewards by themselves, but more to do with the associated contents since PVP seasons and Ultimate are not necessarily intended to have broader appeal. You literally have limited chance to be considered for those rewards in PVP seasons.

Different approaches to different reward systems for different contents is not hypocrisy.