I thought I'd finish here, rather than filling up the thread and chewing off mods.
Maruno never said he prefered FRLG tiles, they are just used because back in 2006-7 when essentails was done by FlameGuru, it was originally to imitate FRLG/RSE on Rpg Maker Xp.
Although rarely any projects use defualt graphics now, it seems pointless to change it because graphics are not a priority in Essentails, the coding is.
I never said It was a selfish request, there's no such thing.
It just didn't seem to be much point, when as I said, Essentails top priority is coding, not Graphics.