Quote Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor View Post
It is because you are comparing two radically different features and attempting to draw parallels. You may only care for glamour, however games exist for their gameplay. Without it, you have no game to play whereas the game remains functionally unchanged whether you play it wearing armour or walking around naked. Aesthetics in no way impact this, thus they are not comparable. As for Wildstar... considering it's dire financial state, it's not exactly a great example.
I think MMOs have more substance then just the gameplay. At least for me, sometimes I log in just to talk to FC/LS. I would not consider it a strong connection as I most likely would not talk to anyone outside the game/game forums, so for outside the game content it does provide the social aspect is counted as part of the reason I keep my sub going even during the down/slow period leading up to stormblood expansion.