Honestly I think a long term goal is good. People will burn themselves out if they go from it from the start but if they just play casually it'll get there eventually and this way the casino won't become a ghost town in a week nor maybe even a month. The minigames and GATE's are only so entertaining, they don't have enough pull in and of themselves to keep people returning for months. The way it's set up now, you have fancy things along the way but the really fancy thing will take a very long time to get. You don't have to spend all day every day in there either. Go in and do your daily cactpot and weekly jumbo and do a few races or hands of Triad, that'll give you progress without burning you out. The rare mount will still be rare when you get it, you'll get to have casual fun, it won't block you from joining your friends in this/other content and you will still get him if you earn him. That sounds like win/win/win/win/win/win to me. We don't need everyone riding the exact same mount next week, like what happens after most of them are introduced. Fenrir will be special and pretty and *hugs the pooch* yours~