It's a very disappointing decision. I don't mind the friends restriction and wouldn't care if it were extended in time, but I hope that it will be re-evaluated to include all items. Mounts, minions and emotes make awesome Christmas and birthday gifts for my friends.

Quote Originally Posted by Lambda-Delta View Post
"Items that can only be used once per character have been excluded from the gifting feature to avoid the possibility of the recipient having already used the item before"
While it can't be done for emotes, it's trivially easy for us to look at the recipient's lodestone and see if they already have the mount or minions before we buy it as a gift.