Because mounts will be one lump sum, of gold, and thats it. By increasing waypoints cost, as you get higher on leveling coin is guarnteed in large amounts of small increments as long as the game is live. Eventully players will need more coin for other things including waypoints some time. So they get that coin through trade of gems in the Gem shop. Since coin loot and gear drops got nerfed. Problem with the game is aNet is depending on the Gem shop to much to give sometype of real life cash for payroll. Hence – All the loot, and event nerfs. They will do anything neccessary to make it harder and harder to earn coin with regulaur play, because they want people to trade gems for gold at the shop. Look at etco’s for example. They are needed for legendaries.
Once upon a time, here and there, The ruins of Orr risen use to drop them, now, which seems to be the only way to get them is using a Master salvageing kit on Rare gear or the TP from other players that used the Master Salvaging Kit on their Rare drops.
So Master Salvage Kits cost coin.
The TP takes 10% of your items first, then you get whats left over in your pocket. when sold.
Rare gear only drops once in awhile.
The Devs add MF gear and bonus’s which cost game coin.
Waypoints cost more the higher your level is, and a thousand of other things including diminish returns and coin sinking, etc. The goal is to make players get rewarded less, to support the Gem shop.
