Originally Posted by Propheet 
According to devs, this is terrain for future DLCs, which means that TW2 comes best prepared for expandable content among competitors.
Ugh. If your statement is true, that is the wrong direction for the DLC concept.
I really don't want to see games like this have significant map areas that are unreachable in the original game. I'd prefer landmass be added as part of a DLC instead.
This direction is ripe for abuse.