*looks around* ... You see, I had nothing to do with this thread!

I'd like to have them obtainable with Wolf Collars, so that way you have to actually participate in Feast. I'd even be okay with a different skinned mount too that isn't exactly like the top rewards ones (but truly I'd love to be able to have a choice between them so that it doesn't feel like you're stuck with "leftovers")

No matter how much you want to say "don't make it something everyone can grind for" - the truth is that damn near EVERYTHING in this game - ESPECIALLY MOUNTS -- is gotten by grinding OR the blessings of RNG.

- Want a bird or a wolf but have pitifully low rolls? Grind to 99 totems.
- Want Fenrir? Grind to 1 mil MGP
- Want your lion/bear/panther tank mount? Grind through hundreds of dungeons and trials.
- Want a beast tribe mount? Grind through their quests and level up in time with them.

It's only a grind if you perceive it to be. If it's something you really want, you'll slog through it even if it means hating the whole process (see also: Eureka Anemos).

A really good point that was brought up on Reddit was how someone who has a history of nothing but Bronze in Feast shouldn't be able to obtain the same reward that people who got to the top 100 achieved. And I can see where they're coming from...

BUT

Everything else in this game so far is more easily obtainable over time. Remember when people had the Domitor/Domitrix title from doing Coil and you thought that was awesome? Today, anyone can get it in a few minutes. Raiders have long since replaced that title with The Legend and such. That doesn't belittle the fact that YOU did it when it was hard -- when it meant something to you and your teammates. And you've moved onto other challenges and got those titles/mounts before anyone else. Such is the treadmill of MMOs. Why PVP is held to be this sacrosanct echelon that we don't talk about?

Participating in PVP has been dwindling to the point where queues are 30+ minutes any time after the first 2 week initial rush. Making rewards more attainable over time (but still requiring effort) would let people work on it at their own pace and skill level while still breathing life into stale queues.

Even if someone who got nothing but bronzes was able to get the, say 20 wolf collars needed to get the mount or armor, it would take them SEVEN SEASONS to reach that point. What is that... 3 years or so?