To the OP: stop complaining! This is just like those stories our parents tell us about how they never had tv when they were kids or all they had was pong! wah wah wah, times are constantly changing. I could understand complaining if they were buffing Swift FF up if you paid for it, but all they are doing is making it easier for people to get it.
Do the quest or pay the gold either way your going to get instant cast pure flying speeeed!