That is about the most moronic argument I’ve heard.
Player travel was always level-based and always had a gold sink cost. Period.
Player travel gets you from point A to point B. It isn’t content; it does not enable you to do content; you can’t complete quests, run dungeons, raids, pet battles, craft goods or do anything on a mount except travel.
The idea that it some exalted privilege to be awarded only after a punishing grind is idiotic.
Worse, PF is the entire game now.
#Pathfindersucks