So who is NOT getting Heavensward?!

[Niwashi]

I'm sorry, but I won't be moved on this. It's simply unfair to people who can't afford the expansion, and downright annoying for those of us who do older content with no gains.

I see it as just the opposite. People who are sticking with ARR alone and not getting HW have no content for which being above level 50 would be beneficial. Keeping their level cap where it is allows them to stay at the level where their highest content is. If the level cap was unlocked for everyone, but only those getting Heavensward had any level 51-60 content, then soon those with ARR alone would end up out-leveling everything they have available to play. What you're asking for would pretty much destroy the game for everyone not getting HW.

All this will do is eliminate any reason to run level 50 content for existing players and relegate new and existing players to begging for help because they can't find a tank or a healer. With new content, and higher level gear on the horizon, no one is going to give two hoots about hard or expert roulettes any more. But sadly, it seems no one has even thought about that caveat.

Now here you're combining two different issues, as in this case you appear to be discussing people who DO have Heavensward and all its content as well as its level 60 level cap. We don't know yet what incentives SE is adding to get them to continue running ARR's dungeons, so it seems a little premature to say there isn't going to be any. We do know there will be an initial period where they don't get XP for level 50 dungeons, but then later they will. (It was a little unclear, though, whether that just referred to an XP completion reward or whether it also includes mob-kill XP while there.)