Gunna disagree with the guy above. OP, if you're enjoying the game just buy the expansions. I don't think "buy gems to get the things you'll get in the expansion" is the right call since you're just spending more money for something that comes by default. In the trial you'll get: 8 Professions 2 Character Slots 3 Bag Slots per Character Start the Guild Wars 2.exe with 2 quick clicks of your left mouse button Wait till the turquoise bar reaches the very right end Use your left mouse button to click PLAY Use the arrow keys, A and D or your mouse to select a character already lvl 80. Use your left mouse button to click on Play in the bottom right corner The second method requires the new End of Dragons expansion.The raptor mount can be unlocked via a Renown Heart mission located in the Cobble Ward of New Kaineng City. The tengu, Strigidae, leads Mount Skins are only available via the Gem Store, which you can get by translating your in-game gold to gems. You get mounts from playing PoF expansion, the mounts you see on the gem store are skins for them. Those are skins for the mounts / gems can be bought with gold and you can buy those. Your friend is probably just lucky to got a spot in th raptor testing group. We know little about specifics of this particular test, but according to data mined text it is supposed to last 10 hours and require game purchase after that. It's still testing phase so they can mix/match time/values every now and then. 19. Posted October 10, 2017. The free to play player base are not at a disadvantage because there is no area in core Tyria that can't be reached without a mount. Mounts are a mechanic in PoF due to the structure of the new maps, and needing mounts to transverse the landscape and reach these areas. Spectre and Virtuoso were fun but a little gimmicky after balance updates. Most of the other classes felt half-baked during playtests. The mount is a joke, skiffs are worse skimmers, and fishing is a grindy collectathon with no skill or payoff. Strikes however have received much attention and I may get the expansion once it goes for half off. You still need to go and unlock the actual mount in-game. Once you've played farther in the Path of Fire expansion zones when you're level 80, you'll be able to unlock the other mounts there. Once you've unlocked the Skimmer, you'll be able to use your Luminous Ray skin with it. For every Mount you need to Do a quest. Hold onto that feeling with an iron grip. In GW2 time is your primary resource, achieving any goal takes a whole lot of time to get anywhere. GW2 is a game where some goals are months to years of daily work. It's a game where it's easy for the design to make you force yourself into making it into a job. Mounts are a feature unique to Path of Fire, the second expansion. How to get a mount. You need a lvl 80 character for this.Start the Path of Fire story in your Hero panel and complete the 2nd instance. It takes you to Elona and unlocks the Raptor mount. Other mounts are unlocked by completing heart quests and buying the saddle from the heart Pk7u.