New island grind

[LianaThorne]

Oh, no! A MMORPG has included rewards gated by long term grinds. How terrible.

looks at the complaints we've had because the relic weapons didn't feel like grinds this expansion

I doubt this mount is exciting enough to anyone to make them feel like they're "forced" to stay subbed to get it. It's more like an extra available for those who are staying subbed for other reasons. Those who don't want to stay subbed but want the mount can always buy it off the marketboard as others have said.

If it's purchasable on the MB, how is it locked behind a grind? It's not technically locked if not everyone is forced to do it to gain the item.
Relic weapons would be locked imo cause you can't just wander up to the MB and buy your completed relic.
The mount only requires one person to do it for others to get it.

[Jojoya]

If it's purchasable on the MB, how is it locked behind a grind? It's not technically locked if not everyone is forced to do it to gain the item.
Relic weapons would be locked imo cause you can't just wander up to the MB and buy your completed relic.
The mount only requires one person to do it for others to get it.

Getting millions of gil is another form of grind. There's little "difficulty" involved but there is a time investment and grinds are about the time investment.