Quote Originally Posted by Vidu View Post
You're looking at this like a level 15 character who just did Sastasha looks at the current Savage-mount and goes "I want this now!" and then gets told what they have to do to reach that.
Well, no. I cherry picked the maps specifically because maps are awful. Something like the Ex mounts have RNG, but also have non-RNG. Even if you never see it drop, you're still making (slow) progress towards it. Tomestone and scrip stuff is never wasted time in terms of getting closer to your goal. Gathering stuff to craft and levelling crafters to make it also do that.

Maps are special, because maps are a giant pile of RNG mechanics blended together and then excreted out into something resembling a system. Maps are effectively a lottery. Some people will win said lottery and get lots of stuff fairly quickly, which is great. Some people will lose said lottery and have a lot of time wasted for nothing.

So it's more like saying "I want to craft that dress because I levelled WVR, geared it, and gathered all the other materials", and then being told that what I have to do to get it is park myself in front of a slot machine and keep playing it until it works out. That's lame, and it got worse because Canals are even more RNG heavy than Aquapolis was.

(Also, why can't I hold a stack of 50 maps and do them all in one shot, when it comes to the items on lower level maps? I mean, seriously. Who designed this nonsense?)