Whether you enjoy it or not, it's pretty clear that the Scholisticate questline is SE's "long-runner" questline for this expansion. The fact that they're so vague about how Hildy is going to be making his return leads me to believe that he's either just going to be a cameo appearance in the Scholisticate questline, or he's going to get a one-and-done quest unrelated to the Scholisticate. I find it quite unlikely that he'll actually get a long-runner in the same vein as his ARR appearance, simply because it would be too much work to be developing two long-runners at once.

It's possible that Hildy may "take over" the Scholisticate questline and transform it into a zany romp, but honestly, if that happens I hope it's not because folks expressed their disapproval of the Scholisticate storyline and SE is switching rails to appeal to the masses. While I'll admit I enjoyed the Hildy story more than I'm enjoying the Scholisticate story, I DO still want to see where it goes, flaws and all...