Guild Wars 2

Ok, long story short – pre hot I run this awesome 2 man guild, that despite shortage of manpower got pretty far (lvl 5 upgrades on all).

Now some time later (and owning HoT) I’m thinking of claiming guilded hollow for myself. Question: Will my pre-hot guild progress be carried over to the guild hall, or am I forced to do everything from scratch?

Things will carry over but you still need to do everything basically from scratch. I have 2 private guild halls and it is not too bad. My least favourite is shovels and celestial/charged quartz. I really, really hate silverwastes so one of my guilds is sitting where I need shovels for mine expansion. But really less expensive than a legendary.

Some of your progress will carry over such as any banners you previously had will now be scribe crafting recipes and your guild bank will be available. However, you will need to build the guild hall buildings from scratch.

Shovels will be the bane of your existence. Prepare to spend a lot of time in the Silverwastes.

Well does this “some” involve guild trecks, bounties etc? Because I had these unlocked before HoT dropped.

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Well does this “some” involve guild trecks, bounties etc? Because I had these unlocked before HoT dropped.

Those are unlocked for everyone. You can see them in the guild tab even without a hall. You need some of the points to be able to claim a hall as well.
Three different missions are available right away, I think it is ten in total at guild level 40 I could be wrong. You can also choose if you want pve PvP wvw or a mixture.

Your guild missions are now all unlocked, whether you unlocked them previously or not. You will need guild favor from these missions before you can claim your guild hall.
If you go the the missions tab of your guild menu, you can see and adjust what type of mission you can undertake. Missions now reset weekly. Since you are a small guild, you should set your mission preference to PvE. Some of the missions can be soloed.