Quote Originally Posted by ForteNightshade View Post
The data isn't mine but what I found on a quick google search. Hence why I linked to the discussion reddit. I suspect they used the Mandragora because it's the cheapest mount available but someone else provided the data for the others.

Garlond GL-II: 271,050 (23.8% of total active)
Island Alligator: 174,904 (15.4%)
Island Mandragora Queen: 111,182 (9.8%)
Island Buffalo: 85,139 (7.5%)

So the "actual popular mounts" weren't all that popular. Or rather, Island Sanctuary itself wasn't.

As for why they didn't Ozma or Elemental Gear +2 because it wouldn't be relevant to the overall participation of Eureka but rather Baldesion Arsenal. Neither of those things would matter to casual players, especially the +2 which is only a stat boost for BA.
Thank you for linking the other stats.

Clearly, the mount everyone expected to be popular, is the most popular one, the motorcycle, which unlocks at Rank 10 and is owned by more players than those reached Elemental Level 60, while also being part of content not related to relic weapons.

This is exactly my point, you can't associate two unrelated items based on the stats.

It's highly likely that people suffered through Island Sanctuary just to get that and stopped. Or maybe most players got that mount, reached Rank 20 and got all the quest glams, watched the NPC interactions, and stopped.

Elemental Level 60 is when the Eureka story ends, for many players who were interested in seeing the ending, they would've continued doing so, just to see the ending. I know I did.

And yes the Ozma mount is very much relevant, because that's the gauge of user participation in Eureka after completion of the storyline. Just as, did players continue doing Felicitous Favours to acquire the Adenium mount, is participation in Island Sanctuary after completion of the story. And it's very likely, more players did do BA because the Ozma mount is probably more sought after than the Adenium mount, or any of the Mandragora mounts.

I mean, even the devs realise this, Mandragora mounts are valued at 12,000 cowries, whereas the Garlond motorcycles at 24,000 and 100,000. It's easy to gauge which mounts non-completionists will gravitate toward.