Guild Wars 2

simpel question , if i dont buy HoT, will i never get stronghold for map selection ?

seems logic to me that i could not play the content i didnt pay for but…that means that they have a queue where stronghold is not includet for players without HoT ?

It’s not announced yet what parts of HoT you can access without buying the expansion.

If I have to guess, I’d say any major parts like Stronghold, Specializations, Revenant, new WvW map and the Heart of Maguuma area are all locked if you don’t buy the expansion.

But as said, we don’t know.

Looking again it looks like they plan to put Stronghold into the normal queues. Then it definitely will be available for all regardless if they purchase the x-pac or not. There’s no other way it could work.

Yeah, my guess is Stronghold and the new WvW maps will be available for all players while the Revenant, Specializations, and Heart of Maguuma will be locked.

Guild Halls is an interesting side question. Will Guild Halls be locked for players who don’t own HoT? But that’s not really a PvP Forum topic.

My guess is that the specializations will be OP for a few months which will mean you will have to own HoT to be competitive. There is a reason these modes are being merged and it has nothing to do with what would be fun, competitive, or what the community would want. It’s about cold, hard, cash, homey.

There are zero reasons that this is good for players in any way shape or form. Could you imagine if game modes were all random in CoD or Halo? Just think about the reaction from players. There has to be some reason behind this choice and my bet is it’s all based around what makes them the most scrilla.