Guild Wars 2

Is SAB ending tomorrow or in 2 weeks? Thanks!

I wager it ends tomorrow as most Living Story content lasts between 1 and 2 weeks. It could last maybe another week, but I’d play like it’s supposed to end tomorrow just in case. If it was posted somewhere, then you’ll have to wait for some one with the knowledge to reply, I’m just speculating.

It’s usually a month for Living Story events, and they add more to it after the first 2 weeks. Anyway, last time SAB was here for a month, I think it’s safe to assume it will be the same this time as well.

Josh Foreman.8250:

It’s open through Sept. 30th.

Hooray! And kudos for realizing that leaving the previous fortnights content up for the two weeks of the latest content is a win all round.

who cares ’bout SAB now?!!?!? Tequatl and bosses are gonna be….well…BOSS!!!! new features!!! ermergerd -

btw Mr. Foreman, can we comment on the other thread you posted for ideas on skill changes recently on the Oct 15th? people are arguing over thieves etc, could just lock the thread since no more constructive feedback is being given and only further wastes time.

Can’t you just leave it open? Some of us paid gems for an item that’s going to become completely unusable when you take SAB away…

bradderzh.2378:

Can’t you just leave it open? Some of us paid gems for an item that’s going to become completely unusable when you take SAB away…

Don’t throw it away once its over I’m hoping we can use it again once world three and four opens up

Sep 30th?? Eeep. O.o I’d better hurry up and complete TM for World 2!

Webba.3071:

Josh Foreman.8250:

It’s open through Sept. 30th.

Hooray! And kudos for realizing that leaving the previous fortnights content up for the two weeks of the latest content is a win all round.

Oh gods, I had thought it ended tomorrow so I was going to force myself to finish the last two tribulation zones I still had to do… I was kind of stressed about this, but now I can have a relaxing evening of doing whatever I want… which of course will entail researching software requirements and composing draft project proposals…

I’m glad I came on here to look for this info before I was deep into trib mode.

Don’t know why everyone hasn’t caught on yet:
First patch of the month lasts all month.
Second patch of the month is only for two weeks.

But when there isn’t any lore reason for it to leave, it should stay. SAB really should just be there in rata sum until w3 is released. It’s solidly enjoyable for it’s own merits, enough that plenty of people like myself would continue to play it throughout the year. (And new players would continue to be able to enjoy it.)

hi josh
we miss you

will the skin vendor go away on the 30th too? or will they be around for longer?

Zaxares.5419:

Sep 30th?? Eeep. O.o I’d better hurry up and complete TM for World 2!

you and me, both!
dw.. we still have.. two weeks! :OO

I’m glad I still have the time to enjoy the SAB and finish the achievements. I didn’t have that much time by now due to work, so 2 weeks would have been far too little time.

I hope that there will be a permanent version of the SAB as soon as the 4 Worlds are finished

Sparrowsong.4238:

bradderzh.2378:

Can’t you just leave it open? Some of us paid gems for an item that’s going to become completely unusable when you take SAB away…

Don’t throw it away once its over I’m hoping we can use it again once world three and four opens up

I’m sure it will but that’s not the point. I didn’t pay gems for a part time item there should have been a disclaimer saying this item will not be usable when the SAB gets removed.

bradderzh.2378:

I’m sure it will but that’s not the point. I didn’t pay gems for a part time item there should have been a disclaimer saying this item will not be usable when the SAB gets removed.

Personally, I would buy a gem store item that would permit all round access to SAB in a heartbeat (or would love if the coin did that, even if you can’t farm SAB anymore), but I can see that it would create two problems. Mainly that the content would be perceived as being gated behind a pay wall but also that they would have to maintain SAB consistently (which would apply even if it was permanent without any strings attached) and they could not focus entirely on making improvements for the next round of it.

Somehow SAB strikes me as a content type that would be difficult to maintain by people who didn’t create it because it is so different in terms of the rest of the game and probably has to do many things in an unnatural way compared to normal maps. So I think the recurring nature of SAB probably means that they can do more with less than if it was open all year around.

Edit: still when all four worlds are done, a personal access to SAB through ones home instance or some such area would be nice.

What’s wrong with simply leaving it there… Or allowing us to have a home console in our home instance for paying gems towards it…