Quote Originally Posted by Gokuhan View Post
I think they said they didn't want to add things with requirements so high new people would feel it would take too long or be impossible to get. That's why they stopped with the Veteran rewards.
The veteran rewards are different than those kinds of mounts though: They're locked behind nothing but time. You cant speed up the process of getting them by getting invested into certain aspects of the game, you just have to wait it out. On top of that the amount of time you could pay for was (and is) limited to "only" half a year in advance so you were absolutly stuck with not getting those rewards for years if you started playing with Heavensward or Stormblood or any time after ARR release. And you had no way to influence that or speed it up.

Mounts (and other rewards) that are tied to achievments are different: You can influence that. You can influence - to a degree - how fast and how many commendations you gain, by running content (maybe even unpopular content), being nice and helpful to people and picking jobs that have a higher chance of getting commendations (hint-hint: its the jobs that are in high demand, tank and healer).
Adding another commendation-reward could actually help to encourage good behaviour and more tanks and healers in queues (since those are some of the main-factors when picking who to commend - at least going by what I've read in threads on that matter).

They've added the hunt-tiger and the mentor-pony and both are locked behind a huge amount of time and effort, so I wouldnt be surprised if a lot of people just looked at that and went "Nope, not bothering with that!" - but thats their choice then! They know they could get the mount if they'd put in that effort - veteran rewards were just a waiting game that no amount of effort on your side could shorten.

I would love to see a new reward for the commendations - I'm approaching 5k and every one I get feels a bit like its gone to waste, specially when its one that goes to me instead to my boyfriend for the simple reason that I play a tank and he plays a dps.