Guild Wars 2

This is really a two part question, 1. when playing can we move from the new area to the old area the same way as we have been able to in the beta test? 2. When playing in the old area, will be able to use our new skills that we learn in the new area? For example, can we glide in the old area. (by old area, I mean the original Guild Wars 2 areas).
Thanks!!

Gliding would break the old maps in various ways, since they aren’t designed with gliding in mind. Glide to cheat jumping puzzles, glide off a high mountain to an area you aren’t meant to reach and thus “break out” of the map, ect. They COULD technically go back and overhaul them, but the amount of work required for such would be immense and thus is very unlikely to happen. So almost certainly, the answer to that is “no”.

Likewise, most of the other HoT masteries will be unusable in core Tyria simply because none of the stuff actually exists there. There are no special Mordrem which require the Mastery abilities, no mushrooms, none of the unique races found in the Jungle. ect.

Elite Specs are a completely different thing, though. Those are simply upgrades to your character class, not “context specific” upgrades like Masteries are. So yes, those will work in all areas of the game.

2 Gliding won’t be possible in the old maps.

What about the new secondary professions? Will they work?

sebrown.1963:

What about the new secondary professions? Will they work?

Yes, those can be used everywhere.

Thanks everyone for the answers!