The original question is the most important to me for this release.
To rephrase it. I’d like to transfer my old characters and account with the HoT release but have the “new” account there for whenever I want to use it.
That would give existing players the opportunity to try out new characters with a play account and use the HoT one as their main account.
That’s far from ideal for existing players but better than paying twice for the game. I paid 30 Euros for it almost two years ago and will NOT pay again but rather continue without the expansion until I get bored/frustrated and drop it.
Of course you will have thought about the influx of new accounts this is causing…