Title says it all. Planning on coming back and plan on a month sub to test the waters. If the expansion comes with a month, that will be sufficient. If not, I'll pass on the expansion and just buy a month. Read through the description of the expansion and game time is not listed, so I assume it's not included. Just wanted to verify. Thanks SC
If you buy the expansion, you can play the content FtP. If you do not buy the expansion, but subscribe, you will have the quality of life advantages like Free Fast Travel, broker anywhere, mail anywhere, talking in chat, etc, but you will be limited in content up through Altar of Malice. You can not buy a subscription and play up through Altar of Malice without the quality of life advantages. Personally, if it were one or the other, I would go with $17 for the basic expansion, then subscribe if I like it when I can afford to.