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

[RyoXander]

I played many many years of FFXI and have been playing XIV since it's release and the main reason I don't do savage raids is because scripted fights bore me to death. I find they require very little skill expression aside from having good memory whilst "staying on task". I enjoy this game casually with my friends because I play much harder games more competitively.

I get both sides of the argument for this. Casuals want to have access to the ONE thing they play the game for, glam. And raiders want stuff to make them feel special and superior to those of us who hate the toxicity and/or boredom of raiding so they can stand out in Limsa and afk with their weapon drawn.

[Kaurhz]

I played many many years of FFXI and have been playing XIV since it's release and the main reason I don't do savage raids is because scripted fights bore me to death. I find they require very little skill expression aside from having good memory whilst "staying on task". I enjoy this game casually with my friends because I play much harder games more competitively.

I get both sides of the argument for this. Casuals want to have access to the ONE thing they play the game for, glam. And raiders want stuff to make them feel special and superior to those of us who hate the toxicity and/or boredom of raiding so they can stand out in Limsa and afk with their weapon drawn.

To be honest, this issue wouldn't be as bad if:

a) The selection of hairstyles and character features, etc., were more diverse. Like, it is a game that is already on a severe character customization deficit for the art style it uses, IMO. This is also why people take issue with releasing certain items like hairstyles on MogStation (Though this is a more normalized method).

b) If the content they were locking this hairstyle behind didn't have poor shelf life. The trend of pricing with the item(s) is pretty indicative that the content has poor shelf life. Eventually in due time the content will continue to fade into obscurity (carried almost exclusively by Discord), especially when the longer form relic content releases, and especially when a subsequent Chaotic is released... Like, you probably could've locked this hairstyle behind 1.5mln MGP, and you would unironically have less complaints than putting it behind content which evidently doesn't have much shelf life.

I don't think it's just a case of "They want it, and they want it now" -- Like we've had quite a few threads of people lambasting casuals for joining chaotic parties when they struggle with fundamental mechanics, whilst also subsequently lambasting those same casual players as entitled (Literally the OP)