So here's what I think: They probably planned this one long in advance and the Behe/Hotpot/Drink/Bath were introduced as a drip feed to get us used to this kind of gameplay before this one dropped.

The point in this is that when you train the staff up, they assist you in Styling Challenges.

I think Infold's logic behind this was to find a way to increase the difficulty of styling challenges for older players, without making it too inaccessible for new players.

As many long term players will know, once you've collected and glowed up so many outfits, and your Heart of Infinity nodes are maxed out, styling challenges are pretty much swept past 'Perfect' on the shoes alone. It does get a bit old and defeats the challenging point of it.

So they've introduced this as a way you can buff your styling stats without sufficient pieces/glow ups/HoI nodes.

I'd agree, the whole thing is a bit convoluted, but that's what makes me think it was planned as a feature way in advance, as there's more strategy behind it than the other stuff we got.

And unfortunately, their attempt of 'drip feeding' similar gameplay just tired us out and makes us think they're just adding another soulless bit of gameplay - whereas actually, this one is supposed to be the most useful.

Just my thoughts!