Quote Originally Posted by Seraphor View Post
That's how MMO's usually work anyway...
It's old, outdated content, it goes in the bargain bin at gamestop for $5.
It is nowhere near $80 of content anymore. Hell HW is currently FREE anyway, that's how SE feel about it, it's free.
In this game's format, it isn't outdated because it's still part of the story, and the current content builds on it.

Also the "Heavensward for free" thing seems like it might be a workaround for those people that have the base game and are waiting for their Shadowbringers purchase to unlock the expansions. They still need the base game, they'll likely be getting HW for free pretty soon if they don't already have it, and it's still not giving away current content.