Quote Originally Posted by Erzaa View Post
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.
Of course it is. Reaching Elemental 60 is a considerably larger investment than Island Sanctuary which is little more than a glorified retainer. Comparing the two is completely disingenuous because one requires going through four entire zones of battle content whereas the other is putting things in a spreadsheet.

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.
Funny thing. This very common misconception. Not just in this game but in gaming as a whole. The majority of people who play games don't actually complete them or stick with it "just to see the ending." We know this based on achievement data. Seriously. Pick any game, be it single player, co-op, MMO, shooter or really doesn't matter. Go look up the trophy/achievement for completing their respective story modes and you'll find very few people actually finish them.

If you're grinding through four zones of Eureka, you aren't the casual demographic this game markets towards but more in the middle. Most of those players aren't going to invest tens of hours to reach level 60 in Hydatos unless they actually like the content. Or at the very least want the rewards it offers. They'll watch the story on youtube or twitch if they care at all.

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.
No, it isn't. Baldesion Arsenal is a completely different piece of content that targets the raid community not the general playerbase. You're trying to conflate the two as if they're one in the same. Adenium mount isn't locked behind several Extreme level bosses that requires large scale communication between 24 players. That's the equivalent of basing DT's active player count on how many people have the EX mount. Just because BA is gated behind Eureka doesn't mean it appeals to the same demographic.

Regardless, the Adenium mount can be bought off the market board. Which immediately disqualifies it for any relevant statistical data. I am curious though why you keep bringing up that particular mount. I just double checked and the reddit post I linked never once mentions it. In fact, when I ctrl+F, not a single post came up for the Adenium mount. Bluntly stated, nobody ever used it to gauge participation. So I have no idea why you even brought it up in the first place.