A lot of the playerbase of rise came from world, and most of them haven't played any older mh games. World/iceborne didn't have any layered dlc other than in deluxe version and had tons of events with layered armor. It kinda set the standard a bit too high.

Sunbreak has been out for 3 months and we only got 1 event layered piece, but we got tons of paid layered hunter/pet gear and a new character skin that's also paid. While I don't think it matters that much compared to the huge amounts of existing armor, it's certainly way worse than in Iceborne. It's reasonable players are mad at Capcom for the change from "no paid layered" to "way more paid layered than free event ones". Delaying layered weapon for 3 months (the system already exists in rampage) then announcing paid layered weapons with it just makes it worse.