Quote Originally Posted by RobynDaBank View Post
My boyfriend who has played MMOs far longer than I have, said that anything related to really high prestige will lose its sheen over time - not necessarily because the content gets easier, but the content becomes less relevant the older it becomes. People who truly care about their achievement eventually swap off it outside of the first month of that content coming out. The later someone flexes that they cleared the content, for example keeping a The Legend title in current time, the more it implies that they did it for the bragging rights (or maybe even got carried).
Definitely agree prestige has a very limited shelf life before the same items/accomplishments become more commonplace/mundane. It's especially true in XIV with the unsyncing which you can trivialize content but get old mounts/gear.

I also agree with the other posters who pointed out that buying clears is also not very impressive.