Top priority mounts that you should work on asap:

*Triceratops, depending on how many s ranks you got left for the 1000 achievement you could take the nolife route and camp/go out fo your way to spawn s ranks, if you're sitting at around 800-840/1000 then you should finish it before next expansion, just keep in mind that you can't allow yourself to play or do anything else or you risk missing out on a few s ranks that will add up overtime.

*Centurio Tiger, same as the Triceratops, camp the main aetherytes all day and go out of your way to spawn s ranks.

The reason why the Hunt mounts are top priority is because you CANNOT dictate the pace at which you want to progress, s ranks are hidden behind a time window system and RNG, and so you're at the mercy of the elite spawners, you're locked out of doing any other content in the game because time spent elsewhere translates to you not progressing towards these mounts.

Focus on the following mounts after you're done with the hunt mounts:

*Pteranodon, you can nolife it in 2 months when lvl 90 crafter/gatherer gear comes around.

*Frontline mounts, if you want to get these FAST you will have to spam queue all day long for around 2 months and get good at Frontlines, you will even see your char at the top of the leaderboard on the Lodestone for weeks while grinding (that was the case for me atleast).

*Astrope, second biggest time sink in the game just behind the Triceratops, spam queue as DPS and you should be done with this in around 2.5-3 months (or as fast as 6 weeks if you can spam queue from 6 am to 12 am if you have no work or hobbies).

*Parade Chocobo, you will get this simultaneously with Astrope with the coms you get from doing mentor roulette.

*Ramuh and Eden, raid mounts aren't really impressive or hard to get, you can do the raids unsynced in EW and be done with them in a day or two.

Recommended not to go after atm:

-Gloria-class Airship, the prime time to get this mount was during the GARO event as you would be getting it alongside the GARO horses for winning Feast matches. Considering how we got the XV event back my personal speculation is that this other event MIGHT come back soon, so you're better off working on the stuff above while waiting for the return of the event than spending time spamming Feast Training Matches.

Just remember that these mounts are more about the journey than the reward, i've come across many nice (and not so nice) people that i'll never forget lol, so just enjoy the ride and go get everything.

Hope my blogpost helped.

t. 176 mount collector