Why would you want people to covet you? Why would you want to inspire that feeling?

Yes, I completely understand having a trophy for something you worked hard for. Having an actual physical thing to represent your accomplishment.

However, desiring to make others covetous or jealous is extremely petty and really glaringly shows your lack of self-esteem and pride in yourself in the real world. That's like the biggest statement of "I couldn't make it in real life but at least in Eorzea people are jealous of my pony that I got lucky enough to get," that I've ever seen.