I feel somewhat obligated to post here since my thread was linked in the OP.

I am a very involved PvPer. It's not my main focus in this game, but I do like it a lot and care a great deal about it. So I'll say this...

Take the mount and the minion. I don't really care.

However, we do need something decent in return. I'm very tired of hearing the same people whine over and over about exclusive rewards, when the maximum amount of effort the put into it are the 20 or so games they play and get absolutely destroyed. If you suck at something, you do not deserve the same rewards as those that don't suck.