Making People Wait Months To Purchase EX Mounts Is Silly

[Liam_Harper]

This is why they delay being able to purchase mounts. They're banking on people doing exactly what you did: spamming it beyond the 99 times, thus keeping the content alive longer. If they let you purchase the mount from the onset, you'd have stopped at 99 and may never gone back.

I see this theory every time and I'm fairly sure it's off the mark. I doubt a notable majority are farming past 99. Maybe 1% of players at most go past that because they really want the mount. The rest either stop at 99 or wait for the Echo and boosted drop rate.

Encouraging players to spam past 99 every trial actually reduces content lifespan in the long run anyway, because it burns people out and even carries risk of them unsubbing for a bit. Or they simply don't bother in the first place because it's not worth the effort. There's such a thing as dangling too small a carrot too far away.
Allowing a 99 totem exchange from the start might actually entice more players to do the farm and make it more active. Right now EX is fairly inactive compared to Savage or Normal DF.

I'd also consider adding a totem exchange for the crafting mat, which might encourage more activity.

[ItMe]

I'd also consider adding a totem exchange for the crafting mat, which might encourage more activity.

That would be very cool to see.