Riding Maps removed! Mount Speed Increase Upgrade 2???

[wildbill]

First and foremost, my apologies to the forum as I was attempting to refrain from typing things over and over again. When you say you tried something and everyone tells you to try it again, or people just plain don't read your question, it does get frustrating.
So again, my apologies. I meant no disrespect to the members of the forum or those that are looking for answers. It is my wish that this information helps others.
I hope this thread helps anyone else who is having the same problem. I am not the only one.
Here's the thing... I have taken my time going through the game. I was a tester back in the prerelease days. So I have been at it for a long time. I read the patch notes and try to really have fun with the game.
I upgraded to HW because I wanted to continue upgrading my gathering and crafting classes while I take my time finishing the MSQ. That is same reason I recently upgraded to Stormblood. I like those classes a lot and seem to upgrade them way faster.

[wildbill]

I am the guy who does all of the side quest stuff first and plays the game last. Backwards I know.
I have not completed the Ultimate Weapon quest as of yet. So this may be the reason the maps aren't available to me as of now; however, they were there 2 weeks ago before I upgraded to Stormblood. I am 100% positive and here is why.
I know they were there because I started the Yo Kai Watch event and realized everyone was faster than I was. By a HUGE AMOUNT! By the time I made it to the next FATE, everyone else was already there and the FATE was 75% over. Very hard to get a Yo Kai Medal when you can't get a gold or silver medal in the FATE. As a matter of fact without that prerequisite, you can't get one at all! So this was "extremely FRUSTRATING"!

[wildbill]

So I looked into mount speed increases. I saw that my mount speed had increased for only certain areas. That compelled me to move a little further along in the story. After I did the Stone Vigil, I saw that the speed was increased for Coerthas. Eventually I got almost all of the places with 1 star. That is what caused me to search for where to get the 2 star increase. People were still faster than I was.
Finally I was at my Grand Company when I checked the Hunt Bill Master's "Other" section and saw all of the maps. Each one of them for 250 allied seals. That is precisely the moment I said to myself , "I need to start hunting." So I did!

[wildbill]

During that time I upgraded to Stormblood. Again, I wanted to open up the level cap for my gathering and crafting classes in case I hit it prior to engaging HW. While at the Grand Company turning in some dungeon gear I decided to hit up the Hunt Bill Master and noticed that in the exact same place where all of the maps were before, they were now gone. I only have one item under the "Other" section. The maps are all gone.
I went crazy looking for information as to their whereabouts. But alas, I found nothing! That is when I came here. The maps were no longer available to me.

[wildbill]

So from this conversation I can assume two things.
1. It is possible that since I have really taken my time and have upgraded in a weird way, that the maps somehow were shown to me early on. Perhaps a patch update that met certain conditions to allow the maps to be visible to me due to order of operations or some kind of logic that was not intentional. Remember, I upgraded to HW when it came out, but never completed the MSQ. This may be the reason I was able to see them. I patched and patched since then too. So, who knows?
2. The upgrade to Stormblood somehow reset this and now I have to complete the Ultimate Weapon quest to re-unlock it. This is an assumption of course. I have no way of knowing for sure.

[wildbill]

I am like 3 quests away. I am not the only person that this has happened to. I have spoken to at least two other people with the same issue. Another person on this thread has encountered it as well. So I am not alone.
I will attempt to complete those quests tonight. If successful, then I'll check the Hunt Bill Master at the Grand Company and see if the maps are back.
I will report back to you all when I find out.
Again, my apologies to the forum for my lack of decorum early on. I just hate having to repeat myself over and over again when most of the information was already stated. I am sorry.
More to follow -

[soulz]

During that time I upgraded to Stormblood. Again, I wanted to open up the level cap for my gathering and crafting classes in case I hit it prior to engaging HW. While at the Grand Company turning in some dungeon gear I decided to hit up the Hunt Bill Master and noticed that in the exact same place where all of the maps were before, they were now gone. I only have one item under the "Other" section. The maps are all gone.
I went crazy looking for information as to their whereabouts. But alas, I found nothing! That is when I came here. The maps were no longer available to me.

From this alone, we already can conclude he pick wrong option when talk to Hunt Billmaster....

The riding mount speed is under Allied Seals (Other) > Others TAB

[alimdia]

No, I'm quite sure OP is going there already, his theory is very possible, being able to see the upgrades ahead of time could have been unintended, we'd have to wait and see if finishing the ultimate weapon will unlock them. I think you'd also need to do this quest OP https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Let_the_Hunt_Begin it will appear when you reach 2nd lieutenant in your GC

[Pence]

From this alone, we already can conclude he pick wrong option when talk to Hunt Billmaster....

The riding mount speed is under Allied Seals (Other) > Others TAB

This seems to be the correct answer, the only allied seals list which has only 1 item under 'Other' is 'Allied Seals (GC name here)', with the maps being listed under 'Allied Seals (Other)' option

[Vasala]

It does appear that the map issue is quest based. I just got an alt to 50 and went and checked the Maelstrom Billmaster. The alt did the quest to open the hunts but is on Rock the Castrum on the MSQ. The maps are not present for him though they are for all my characters that are past the Praetorium part of the MSQ.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.n...FD022CE6762FA/

The picture shows the tab scrolled to the bottom. So it does appear that the maps are locked out if you are not to the correct part of the MSQ. I do not have a character currently in HW but not finished with the initial MSQ for heavensward to see if the same applies to the Centurio Seal maps. My guess is that those may also have MSQ pre-reqs. As to why the op could initially see it and now can't I would attribute to one of the patches fixing the bug that let him see them before he hit the MSQ requirement for ARR.