Why is SDS Fenrir allowed to exist as it is?

[Gyson]

Mind you, this isn't a post made out of jealousy, I own the mount, I'm just curious.

Why is something so obviously pay-to-win allowed to exist? Are the devs okay with this, or are they just oblivious?

For those who don't know: The SDS Fenrir shop mount runs at top speed even when you don't have riding maps, eliminating any need for players to get the maps if they own this mount (while also limiting them to only using that mount). It's a lose-lose situation both ways, and makes the game look bad imo. Pay to win elements shouldn't exist, even if you think movespeed 'isn't a big deal', eliminating the need for people to do the riding map unlocks is a pretty big thing I think.

The bike has been around for a while, long before it was added to the Mogstation. Originally the developers were against adding it into the game because they didn't like how odd it looked when traveling at the standard mount speed (which, for a long time, was the only mount speed that existed).

When additional ground speeds for mounts were eventually introduced, the idea of allowing the bike in was revisited, and apparently the developers liked how it paired with the advanced ground speed because they finally added it into the game at that point (while making the advanced ground speed its base movement speed).

Essentially, I don't think the bike would have ever been released with the slower speed. At least, that's the direction things seemed to be going. So, it was either going to be a fast bike, or no bike at all.

It should be no surprise that a fair portion of the community was begging for the bike.