Hello i'm new and have a question!

lighten up, mate

he's a new user, so it will work to any steam game, better say something useful than nothing, right ?

Well, color me corrected. Thank you for pointing out both my error and ignorance on this matter. Is the only non-standalone expansion, Eye of the North, also available? It doesn't matter to me since I've owned all the games since they originally came out—all the Guild Wars games, especially Guild Wars 2 + Heart of Thorns, are, in my opinion, the best mmo games out there. However, others who come to this thread may want to know, oh wise one. ;P

Of the Guild Wars 1 line, the standalone expansion Nightfall, is my favorite.

Cheers!

I guess I don't understand what you're saying. I pre-ordered GW2 during open beta, i.e., I had to buy it, however, there is, and never has been, a subscription cost. The Heart of Thorns expansion you have to buy as well, though it includes the core game. Either way you still must buy the game. I've neither seen nor heard of the core game being free—as far as I'm concerned, purchasing the expansion which, at release, had little in the way of content, means that you are/were paying most of the initial $60 cost for the core game. They've been adding to the Heart of Thorns expansion's content as the Living Story Season 3 progresses. I think that, now, there are 4 new maps, however, at launch I believe it only had 2 new maps. It was a clever approach to sell an expansion that wasn't finished under the guise of locking content behind Season 3 (which is going to be spread throughout the entire year).

Back on topic, though, you still have to buy the core game... even if you're purchasing the expansion that includes the core game. They say they're giving it to you for free (some of the biggest BS I've ever heard, btw), yet you must still buy it. Now, though, you're buying a 4-year-old game plus an unfinished expansion whose content will slowly be released over this year.

Don't get me wrong, though, I thoroughly enjoy the game... I just wish I had people to play with that aren't random kids. Shrugs

If I'm simply not understanding something (e.g., you can download the core game without buying it—or the expansion—and play (un)restricted(?)), then please help me understand. After re-reading your last post, it sounds as if this may be the case... with some form of restriction(s), such as a level-limit and/or map restrictions.

I don't know. Btw, if I seem a bit rude or confrontational it isn't my intent—it's 1:30 in the morning and I didn't get much sleep last night nor, does it seem, will I tonight. I simply haven't heard of a restricted free version of the core game despite being subscribed to their newsletter (possibly I've not heard about it due to owning the game and GW2 simply not sending me that notification).

Cheers!