Why do casual players seem entitled to cosmetic items added in game?

[kajv95]

The answer is that the overall playerbase took "Glamour is the true endgame" as gospel rather than a joke, so now the actual game is in the way of playing the dollhouse game whenever this happens.

[PaulusHamsteru]

So what's a causal player? I play on average 3-4 hours a night I will try and challenge myself with extremes, unreal, criterion and on occasions savage. But I dont have a static and I join random Pfs with friends I have 118mill as there's not much i want atm, but I would class myself as a casual player. In my opinion lately there has been more gil sink items on the MB and it's about time.

Bro, you've been playing this for over a decade. You're anything but casual lol

[Zakuyia]

Hairstyles aren't really cosmetics, they're one of the most fundamental aspects of character appearance. It's why the game has 4 faces but like 50 hairstyles, hair is incredibly important for how a video game character looks. They shouldn't be locked behind savage or ultimate, and haven't been until now.

Also casual players don't have 50 million gil, so it being on the market board is irrelevant. It doesn't seem likely that it's going to be 100k any time soon.

I mean you just described cosmetic in a round about way aka purely there for looks. You have ppl complain about savage wall / mog station lol the walk really was made by design XD

[Zakuyia]

Bro, you've been playing this for over a decade. You're anything but casual lol

Bro legit answered his own question when ge asked what a casual is. 3-4 hours is a casual btw. Anything over 6+ hours is usually hardcore. Dawntrail cured me of that. I use to be able to play for like 8+ hours on the days i dont work 6 hours on the days I work XD

[Zakuyia]

The answer is that the overall playerbase took "Glamour is the true endgame" as gospel rather than a joke, so now the actual game is in the way of playing the dollhouse game whenever this happens.

I mean glamour is true endgame.....why do you think ppl use glamour crystal to glam their ultimate weapons savage extreme/boss weapons or look for that particular piece for their fashion. lol lets be honest. The mid - hardcore players make up like 2 - 5% of player base and rest are casuals.....the rp scene legit carrying this game.

[Mawlzy]

I think we're overcomplicating this.

Many people simply don't find PvE in this game particularly engaging. They don't attempt EX+ because they don't want to. You can smooth out difficulty spikes and create as many learning opportunities as you like, but it won't make the slightest bit of difference.

SE's approach to funnel more players into EX+, particularly on NA/EU, seems to be to introduce massive content droughts for non-raiders. It will only work in the sense that the player base will tilt more towards EX+ as non-raiders leave.

[Zakuyia]

I dont think ppl are over thinking. If there general concern about this game ppl wanna know why is the game leaning one way.

[Worldofwarcraft]

I guess the idea is both pay 15 dollars a month. Unfortunately the time of exclsuive rewards is kind of dead when it comes to video games. There are far more casual players then hardcore players at the end of the day, and it's often not worth listening to the hardcore players as they make a very small % of the actual player base.
it's just how it is, it's nothing personal, just business.

[IndraSyngiwyb]

I think it's less so entitlement and more so just being bummed that such cosmetics seem beyond them. Speaking as a casual player who doesn't do high-end content, there is a reason I don't. And it's not because the content itself is too hard. It's because of how intimidating the preparations are.

You need to have the best current gear, preferably overmelded with the best and CORRECT materia. Perfect stats. Best high-end raid-tier food. Etc.

When a person who wants to attempt savage sees all of these things they have to do, they will have one of two reactions.

1.) All right, this is fine.

2.) *petrified with anxiety*

Number 2 happens a lot because no one wants to be the one who accidentally melded the wrong materia, didn't overmeld at all because they couldn't afford it, or ate the wrong food. Because then you wind up feeling like you are dragging the party down because you didn't go into it with 100% perfect everything.

And maybe raiders will say, "You don't NEED to be 100% perfect to clear" but that is absolutely the perception from casual players like me who watch raiders spend millions of gil overmelding and getting their hands on the absolute best of everything.

TL DR High-end content feels extremely intimidating and insurmountable for most casual players due to the perceived expectations placed on them. Therefore, they get sad that they are missing out on cosmetics that they feel like they cannot and will not ever get.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Bro legit answered his own question when ge asked what a casual is. 3-4 hours is a casual btw. Anything over 6+ hours is usually hardcore. Dawntrail cured me of that. I use to be able to play for like 8+ hours on the days i dont work 6 hours on the days I work XD

Yes I would deem myself as casual that's what I was getting at to the OP earning 50 mill is not that difficult to the casual player. But the question of what is a causal player? as it varies from player to player. You only have to read the comments, over 6 hours +, someone who's played over a decade, 3-4 hours a night averaged out (i.e could play for 5-6 hours on sat + sun and then skip a couple of days) or someone who doesn't do savage etc.

And no if someone plays for 1 hour a week or every few weeks etc then they shouldnt be handed everything to them without work.

TL DR High-end content feels extremely intimidating and insurmountable for most casual players due to the perceived expectations placed on them. Therefore, they get sad that they are missing out on cosmetics that they feel like they cannot and will not ever get.

But they're not missing out it's just a matter of WHEN they get the item as eventually you out lvl the difficulty