Another thing, Vision is an LWS4 Legendary, that's why you need to do the original collection to get the Mastery unlocked. Anet has said that when the Soto-Skyscale was mentioned that people who get the Skyscale through Soto will not unlocked the LWS4 mastery track.. since obviously the Soto method is quite a bit easier. 3.
In addition these limitations are now applied SOTO now, rather than the Default SOTO settings. (Meaning I LOST mount Access.) So now the only way I can get on a Skyscale, in both Base and SOTO is to use the 3 minute leap and mount (J) skill, or walk into a Skyscale launching point. It's making navigating SOTO quite Difficult. 7. Turtle (unique mount that you can use with another player) 8. Jackal (I prefer Raptor. It is useful to go through certain portals though, so still see use) 9. Springer (After getting griffon and skyscale, this mount is not useful anymore. It is however very useful before you get those) #8. Think of Skyscale as a "legendary mount". Like all legendaries you don't really need it for anything, but like all legendaries, it allows for a lot of QoL and convenience. In this analogy a Griffon and a Beetle would be your "ascended" mounts based on their usefulness and the rest "exotics".