Thank you for this information, but the next area is still locked by the story, which is still a problem to me, because it wasn't the case in ARR : I was able to go anywhere to gather whatever I need. And I did.

And still, flying mount is locked by the story, and I don't think that's fair.
Imagine a new player, excited to get his flying chocobo. Imagine when he realizes he has to go through all the story from 2.0, and progress even in HW to get it.


Now, if I look at the mission list in Gamerscape (SPOILERS if you click), without reading because I don't want to be spoiled, and looking just at the tiny icons on the right parts showing rewards, I see you unlock ether currents even in the latest mission. And the ether compass is roughly at the half of the page (looking at the scrollbar).

It doesn't bother you ?
It does to me.