Guild Wars 2

Question was already in title, so why not?

Originally when the SAB came out, there were several things players could get with the Bauble Bubbles besides just weapon skins and continue coins. These items were Obsidian Shards, Crystals, Philosopher’s Stones, and SAB Box o’ Fun.

With the Champion Loot Bags dropping skill points, I can see why Crystals and Philosopher Stones aren’t an option any more. Skill Points are far easier to obtain and purchase these things with.

And with the Account Wallet making Karma account wide, I could also see why Obsidian Shards are no longer on that list either. Well, that and they’re also obtainable through the Fractals of the Mists.

But, the Box-o’-Fun is currently only on the Gem Store. That irks me in such a way. Why? Because they’ve reverted what was originally a fun way for others to have these besides spending exorbitant amounts of gold or $5-10 to get them. They were purchasable with the Bauble Bubbles, which at the time were easily farmable using the create-run-delete new character method. However, this new SAB iteration is not farmable as the chests are once-daily account bound affairs. So, someone could chose to either spend Baubles on free skins, or on the boxes.

At the time they were available in both Gem Store and in-game, I felt like A.Net was giving me enough options as a player to go ahead and support them. I spent money in the gem store at the time (purchase the mini-pets, of all things). However, this current lock-behind that they’ve done makes me not really want to support them this month. Maybe next month’s Gem Store options will be better and allow me to choose not to be a “freeloader”, but right now this month I’m using in-game gold, getting the Continue Coin via that, and that’s about it. Sorry….