Are Current Expansion Allied Races Unlockable?

[HeyItsHayden]

Was considering picking up War Within and a month of gametime, which got me thinking if it would be worth unlocking the Earthen for play once that gametime runs out. Obviously you can play older allied races once unlocked even without gametime, but have any long time vets tried doing this for a race that's part of the current expansion?

 

[sector3600]

The key is once subscription ends only <= level 20s can be "played" with restrictions without a subscription. So, if you are Earthen and <= 20 then there shouldn't be an issue playing them without a subscription. The Earthen are tied to having 'The War Within' expansion on your account not necessarily a subscription.

Now if trying to create an Allied Race on a Starter Account, requires having the content enabled/unlocked which currently only up to Dragonflight is available to the Starter Account minus any reputation or achievement to unlock the previous Allied Race/Locations/Renown/etc. prior to TWW.

Caveat, if a level >= 70 content then you may not be able to reach that area on a <= level 20 character without assistance. I.E. Emerald Dream area in Dragonflight one can currently use the DF Engineering wormhole toy to reach that area <= 70. But as another example, Nazjatar in BFA is fairly locked out without assistance via a Warlock summon or some other method.

 

[Kethcup]

The key is once subscription ends only <= level 20s can be "played" with restrictions without a subscription. So, if you are Earthen and <= 20 then there shouldn't be an issue playing them without a subscription. The Earthen are tied to having 'The War Within' expansion on your account not necessarily a subscription.

Now if trying to create an Allied Race on a Starter Account, requires having the content enabled/unlocked which currently only up to Dragonflight is available to the Starter Account minus any reputation or achievement to unlock the previous Allied Race/Locations/Renown/etc. prior to TWW.

Caveat, if a level >= 70 content then you may not be able to reach that area on a <= level 20 character without assistance. I.E. Emerald Dream area in Dragonflight one can currently use the DF Engineering wormhole toy to reach that area <= 70. But as another example, Nazjatar in BFA is fairly locked out without assistance via a Warlock summon or some other method.

the quests to unlock allied races is locked to minimum 40 (maybe 50?), so a pure F2P will never get allied races.

 

[sector3600]

the quests to unlock allied races is locked to minimum 40 (maybe 50?), so a pure F2P will never get allied races.

True if pure F2P, the OP suggested they were a veteran account so if they had TWW and unlocked the Earthen that is, if Earthen start at level 1 then they should be able to keep their Earthen <= 20 when their subscription/game time ends.