Guild Wars 2

Will any of the content they announced at PAX be available without buying the expansion? For instance, the new WvW map can’t be withheld from players that haven’t bought it, same goes with the new PvP mode.

Nobody knows until they start releasing info on the main page. I think that starts from the 13th. They wont release any info before the official announcements

My guess is that since they probably want to avoid dividing their player base as much as possible; they’ll try to make as much of this content available without purchase as their publisher will allow. How much of it? We can only guess right now. I don’t think maps will be withheld, but I do think that masteries, specializations, precursor crafting, the story, and the Revenant will be withheld for people who buy the expansion.

So, my guess, remember… is that you’ll be able to play in the new borderlands, PvP mode, guild halls, and even the heart of maguuma… only caveat on going into the heart of maguuma is that you’ll need masteries to get very far and you won’t have access to those, and that’ll probably motivate people to buy it despite having access to the new areas.