Why do casual players seem entitled to cosmetic items added in game?

[Kaurhz]

Catering rewards to potential future players is pointless and near impossible anyway

Like why can’t I log onto RuneScape right now and go “why can’t I have a party hat?” I mean they were worthless when they dropped in 2001 and now they are the most valuable items in the game

Should every person be given the option of being given a partyhat because not everyone was around in 2001? Or should if you want something but joined later than it was at its most accessible point you pay what it’s being sold for

You should already know why RuneScape is a bad example to use when comparing it to FFXIV. There are only a few examples where content in XIV is designed long term. Comparatively practically everything in RuneScape is designed for Long Term functionality, and even a lot of the content in RuneScape has a high amount of solo activity in it which lends itself to the design they’ve opted for.