Eyesadi.1524 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Ok.....I bought the deluxe version of the xpac. After 3 days I got my gems. Yea! My question is this......what about my turtle? I see him nowhere? Must I travel to the new xpac area to have him unlock? How about all the other free skins? They do not seem to appear anywhere? I guess a simpler question would be what simply do you GET upon purchase as opposed to what must be earned? Second question - remember, I have been gone for quite some time, so please be kind! I bought the xpac to mainly try the new classes. Am I correct in reading there is no way to play them other than to earn enough hero points to unlock them? That scares me to death as a very casual player. Several I want to try! Thank again to everyone. This forum is a Godsend! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 5 minutes ago, Eyesadi.1524 said: My question is this......what about my turtle? I see him nowhere? Must I travel to the new xpac area to have him unlock? Yes you have to play the new expansion to unlock the turtle. It's the same with all the mounts, they're unlocked during the story or by completing achievements. (In case you're not aware the ones in the gem store are just skins - you need to have the mount unlocked to use them so it's not a way to bypass the process. I know a few people made that mistake.) 10 minutes ago, Eyesadi.1524 said: How about all the other free skins? They do not seem to appear anywhere? I guess a simpler question would be what simply do you GET upon purchase as opposed to what must be earned? When you first logged in after buying the expansion you should have gotten mail from Anet titled "Special item delivery". That will have contained the items you got with the expansion. If I remember correctly the character slot is applied to your account automatically (either when you open the mail or right away) and the level 80 boost goes straight into the shared inventory slot (which is also applied to your account automatically). But the dragon boat skiff skin, raptor skin and the Identity Repair Kit will be items in the mail that you need to withdraw and then use (by double clicking them). If you pre-purchased it you will also have gotten a cape, weapon skin choice box and a title. The title is applied automatically and the other two are items in the mail. 19 minutes ago, Eyesadi.1524 said: Second question - remember, I have been gone for quite some time, so please be kind! I bought the xpac to mainly try the new classes. Am I correct in reading there is no way to play them other than to earn enough hero points to unlock them? That scares me to death as a very casual player. Several I want to try! You'll be able to play them right away in PvP. All characters there are level 80 and have all the elite specs available to them unlocked automatically. So you can go to the PvP lobby (click the crossed swords icon at the top of the screen) to try them out. There's NPC golems you can fight in the lobby if you don't want to fight other players. If you want to use them in PvE or WvW you'll need hero points. You get those by completing Hero Challenges in PvE maps. Ones in the core game maps give 1 point each, ones in expansion maps give 10, so it's much quicker to focus on those but the maps are harder. Some can be done solo (some are quite easy, you just get to the right spot and push F to use a channeling skill) others need a group. Probably the easiest way to get them is to look for an 'HP train' in the LFG menu - that's someone leading a group around an expansion map to collect all the hero points. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farohna.6247 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Gems you received...great! The turtle is not a skin. You will need to play EoD to unlock the mount. There is a skiff skin and a raptor skin. The skiff, again you will need to unlock to be able to use it, but you will see it in your mount tab. The raptor skin is available for use. Open you hero panel and you will see it for your mount skins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesadi.1524 Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 Thank you folks. I've been bugging support for those items......Now, thx to you folks.....I GET it! I must add......without these forums I'd most probably be gone by now! And....all on me......I was cursing ANET..........WRONG!!! I was just totally confused as to the game mechanics. Thank you so very much for the wisdom boost! (and my apologies to ANET support!) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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