Scions - cheapskates?

[CyrilLucifer]

Enter Rowena, whose apprentices extort you for ultra-rare artifacts and high-quality merchant goods in exchange for the materials for your new weapon.

Assuming you can take care of your own gear is just like assuming someone will have the necessary tools to do their job when they're hired. And while we may be famous now, they supplied us with nothing I can remember to go take on our first three (hell, they were unable to do so at all for the last of the "starter trio"), and nobody gives us anything for free despite all the effort we put into saving their skins time and again.

Meanwhile, Tataru designs Y'shtola a brand new shiny outfit.

And you get nothing.

I am a bit bitter about that, actually.

Edit: Wait, I lied.

You get a Wind-Up Cid.
Yeah. Well, I have to give the Scions credit. They know how to appeal to the WoL's kleptomania.

[Atoli]

Forget a flood of Light/Darkness, the real threat facing Eorzea is drowning in all the Company Seals we keep getting... Sh*ts more common than air...

I never had that problem. If you have more than the general 2 retainers and send all of them out on Quick Explorations every hour, that's about 1.6k GC seals per retainer you use up per day.
Depending on your number of retainers, that can be up to 12,8k seals per day. Not easy to make that much, even with roulette rewards, craft/gathering turn-ins and need/greeding on any green/pink item drop you see in dungeons.
And if you also need materials or gear sometimes, good luck with that. I can't remember the last time I made it to 20k Seals.

Meanwhile, Tataru designs Y'shtola a brand new shiny outfit.
And you get nothing.
I am a bit bitter about that, actually.

Not just Y'shtola. She made one for Alphinaud too and said she made one for every Scion to greet them with when they return (mean Thancred bought himself a new outfit already, though).
I'm still hung up on the fact she never even considered making one for the WoL too >.>