First of all I saw the 'new city' today, most of my reaction was good with it. Then i realized what was waiting next was probably 'Roads to get there', which meant me running across two or more maps to reach there (when its fully running) this also meant, anyone new to the game will spend even MORE time running from city to city with the quests, that I have no doubt will be implanted regarding the new city.
So with that, I thought I might bring up a thought. To have in one of the 5 cities, a place where we could Buy a mount instead of needing Winch Access to get there, just to buy a mount.
For the most part the only thing in the Winch area that my character wants, would be Helms (the book to make helms with), and Mount. A lot of those New ish to the game want a mount, and thus well I think it might be a good idea, save some of the newbie-ish ones of us from traipsing over hill and dale now for the other cities. The price etc is fine, as it might encourage more to join a guild for its resources to boot. But to have a way to gain a mount with out winch access earlier on to make city travel easier, with out the 'merchants' charging us for travel.