I don’t think that makes any difference. Either it’s okay they remove stuff or it’s not. Threads still come up all the time about bring back the mage tower. It was out for over a year, they stated that it would be limited time only very shortly after it came out, and there were still people who felt it wasn’t enough time or were simply too bad (coughsRastlincoughs) to complete it.
People have already had sixteen months to save up and have another nine to thirteen months to save up further to buy it at a set price, and it will still be available on the BMAH after. I just don’t see how this is worth being upset about. I really think a lot of it is sour grapes and wishful thinking about “someday I’ll have enough to get it.” But someday was never going to come for the vast majority of this thread. If it was something they were actively working for, they’ve already had a really long time to get it. Of all the things that have ever been removed from the game, this is one of the longest warning periods there has ever been and is the most merciful “removal” since it’s not actually getting removed. I don’t know why they’re changing it and get it hasn’t been done with one of the prestige gold mounts before, but it’s such a minor change that affects so few people that I just don’t see the point in freaking out (let alone coming up with conspiracy theories about it as has been happening in this thread).