This was basically my point in this post:

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I have no idea what the deal is with the Odin mount...I mean..well..
Did they expect it was going to be a drop from the new Odin Primal Battle that was shown in Las Vegas? If so...I guess I could understand but, it's totally optional ;___________;.......
Hell, I got it cause I like to look big :x.
I was talking about WoW, but to your reply... yes everyone I talked to expected this. If every primal has a mount drop why wouldn't Odin? "Totally Optional" is different to who you talk to. Some people don't care about raiding, is that "totally optional"? How about crafting? Gear? Housing? The only thing in this game that isn't "optional" is the main scenario since you need it to unlock everything. So while you may not care (and heck I don't either) about mounts, there are others who are angry that their slice of content is now being thrown behind a paywall. Now with EB also getting sliced up, players will have to ask every content trailer:

"So what exactly here comes with my sub, and what is behind a paywall?"
Optional is only optional to those who do not care about that content. Coil is optional by every means of the word since you get similar items for Poetics. So should SE start selling paywalled raids too? Heck even GEAR is optional, hey some people don't care about BIS, let's make a "optional" item as well!