I get where this is going, role-playing as an "entertainer" from the period. I like it!
Would be nice if they had that sort of focus on creating little "packets" of content that you could dive into to focus on but if they did I suspect it would be a combination of what we'd like versus that they think we could afford, i.e:
You want to be a cowboy and you've done nothing but bounties for the last 10 hours then you get access to cowboy items without having to buy shark cards.
Fine being a cowboy is fun but instead you'd like to be known as the horse whisperer of the West so you focus on taming them all from Black Betty to Timid Timmy. You now get access to unique lassos (that can tame them ladies quicker than a mud monkey can eat a banana) after only 8 hours of breaking them - all again without having to buy buffalo cards.
Things aren't swell and you always knew that you were never going to pick a profession...it's just too easy to swipe a horse, polish your six shooters and "visit" the local bank for your monthly wages (Betty Sue had better have your favourite produce available come Friday morning). 7 hours of these nasty acts will earn you access to the "It's mine otherwise I shoot you" store: No "weedle cards" required.
To be honest I'd probably push the sale of these if I was a shareholder: