First as many people stated before, we didnt have mounts for year and yet map completition on core tyria was possible, yes mounts make it easier now but just as a quality of life, now you make it sound like this was a f2p game by saying "f2p players" which is a false statment, the correct and more accurate one would be "buy to play game" and "Free TRIAL players" this game by no means is mean to play f2p forever, you're going to be stuck on the trial forever, just because here we dont have a time based trial period, doesnt mean it is not a trial. On a side note, is not like you get a free month right after you buy pof you need to do your personal story and level the masteries (in order to unlock different ones) and buy them with actual gold....