The power of moving fast to get from point A to point B in Eorzea cannot be understated. Before I decided to spend some time at the Masked Carnivale, I was three riding maps away from increasing mount speed across all of Thanalan, the only region that didn't have mount speed increased. At first, I struggled with the Masked Carnivale and the first stage "All's Well That Starts Well." Eventually, I decided to take on the mobs one by one. I ended up gaining a trove of Allied Seals, a couple of new achivements, a couple of actions learned that I overlooked (The Look and Plaincracker), and after hunting Unktehi and doing one more round of Allied Hunt marks, I finally collected the Riding Maps for Eastern Thanalan, Southern Thanalan and Northern Thanalan.
All of the regions and zones from 2.0, 3.0 amnd 4.0 are now at top speed. I can move anywhere on my mounts at lightning speed. That will change when 5.0 comes. I have to deal with slow movement in all the areas of the First, but eventually that will change. I also bought a couple new hairstyles. The Gyr Abanian Plait and the Form and Function braided hairband. Perhaps I will need to finally consider raiding the Crystal Tower...