The official How are you doing with your cygnus thread

anyway. explorer chars have to pay for their level 120 mounts, so why shouldn't cygnus chars?

Because we pay for our 50 and 100 mounts? The 50 mount is the equivalent to the 70 mount, and the 100 mount is equivalent to the 120 mount for adventurers. While cygnus may not pay as much as adventurers overall, they still have to pay for the first two mounts and then their final "epic" mount comes free as a reward for getting to the job-respective 'end game'.