the mount prices aren't ridiculous it's the ability to solo MC that's just not right, man they need to reduce the damage people do. :P

The game progresses there is no reason to have someone sitting around at 60 farming gold for days when the game really starts at 80. If you already have an 80 then the gold is trivial anyway why not allow faster progression for newer players to the server or game for that matter? It's not like they give you 20g for each quest you complete at level 10. They still have to farm a bit just not as long.

The other thing to think about is the rate at which you'll replace the mount. In original WoW 40-60 took a little while if you were just playing to play, so farming the gold to get it was worth it. Now you gain experience faster and can level 40-60 in a day or 2 of casual play, there aren't really any new quests at that level and the rewards are the same as they used to be, coupled with doing fewer of them to level, you have very little gold now while leveling.

As for the classes that had a quest for mounts, post a message in here next time you see "LF healer and tank DM lock mount quest," in the general channel. Sure you can just outlevel it and go back for it but that kinda takes away the experience doesn't it?