I don't think the vanity stuff in this game necessarily feels tacked on so much as it feels useless. For instance, I don't really feel dyes have much use.. I can't run dungeons with my pet out, titles don't display unless someone looks at my lodestone thing, and any vanity gear I can't wear while actually -doing- stuff in the game. From my understanding though, they are fixing at least some of that in 2.1.