Guild Wars 2

I personally think it should be permanent.
- It’s not “really” a part of the lore. I mean, sure, Moto created it to teach young asuran prodigies stuff and such, but it’s more of a gimmick than part of the lore.

I like the SAB, I find it fun, I like the idea and I had a lot of fun playing through it.
- Understand that it is my opinion, I know that some people don’t care for it, but I don’t really care about that. I don’t care for WvW, but I don’t whine about it being there. I’m glad that some players are getting a kick out of it, and I don’t mind it being improved for those players.

With that out of the way, I think that since there’s no reason lore-wise for the SAB to be temporary. It would be a nice addition that would also amuse new players coming into the game.
- I don’t see why we can’t have it as a permanent feature that gets updated every once in a while.

- Can the devs clarify why they have chosen to go with this model for it, if there is some technical reason behind it that I’m missing?

- And what is the opinion of the players? (And if you don’t care for it, don’t start flaming on it. The ones that enjoy it don’t care that you don’t, and saying “Oh great… more pixels…” or some such offers no real insight for the devs to work with. Thank you).

I love SAB, but I don’t mind it being temporary.

I don’t think it should be temporary. Its just too good to be removed (again). But, there were at least a couple of really big threads last time and Anet still decided to make it temporary.

I think the lore reason for it leaving is for Moto to continue working on it, fixing stuff/making new worlds. I don’t really think it should be like that though, I mean, look at GW2. Stuff is still going on while they fix/make new stuff, why can’t Moto?

SAB is not an integral part of the GW2 universe and I think Anet wants to limit people’s exposure to it so that player attention does not divert from the world to SAB. Furthermore, it limits expectations that Anet diverts significant resources to update SAB frequently. Temporary content also prevents content from becoming too boring.

skullmount.1758:

I think the lore reason for it leaving is for Moto to continue working on it, fixing stuff/making new worlds. I don’t really think it should be like that though, I mean, look at GW2. Stuff is still going on while they fix/make new stuff, why can’t Moto?

Yeah, I also stated that. They have that “story” to go with the SAB, but I think that players should be able to do it whenever they want. What if I have a friend that is new to the game. I want to show him something cool and I say: “Oh, the Super Adventure Box is pretty neat and unique. Lets do that!” or if a friend is coming back to GW2 and I say: “Lets do SAB, they added another world… and then removed the whole thing… again…”

Vol.5241:

Temporary content also prevents content from becoming too boring.

Yeah, I had thought it would be something along the lines of this.
- Still, I’d like for it to be there, instead of feeling like that I just need to do it while its there and suck all the fun out of it that way.

I don’t mind it being a temporary thing.
For me it keeps that novelty.

I’d like for them to look into their mechanics and focus all their resources on that instead of the Living Story, if I have to be truly honest with you.
- I think that SAB is a very creative and nice addition that while it seems like an “Oh, I could’ve thought of that.” it’s great to see that someone finally did, and I enjoy it because I also enjoy the work behind it, especially the 8bit music. Composing for it limits the composer extremely, but I think they’ve done a pretty decent job with it so far.

MMOs should offer different things for different players. So if lots of people love SAB then why not make it permanent?

The other issue is the achievements of course. Completionists want to check those boxes but I think that, like it or not, this game is not really for completionists. Things that come and go but also with bi weekly updates there’s a bigger chance to run into things you may not like simply because of the frequency. If there are 2 major updates in a year or 26 small ones makes a big difference in that.

I think that because of the nature of the game. You can’t really go for 100% completion in achievements. As soon as you missed one fleeting LS item, you’re screwed.

So yeh, it may suck that it is that way, but I do think it’s “as intended”. It’s one of those things that you may or may not like, it may even be a deal breaker, but it’s also one of those things that I don’t think will be changed.

Thank you all for the feedback.
- I’m personally gonna stop commenting more on it here, but don’t let that stop you from letting ANet know what your opinion on the subject is.
- Whatever the outcome, I’m gonna enjoy this next part of SAB, I’m sure.

It should absolutely be temporary.
This theme does not fit the guild wars lore or environment, for it to be permanent.

Asuran technology is just an excuse to justify this being in game. It’s ridiculous and has no place.

nexxe.7081:

It should absolutely be temporary.
This theme does not fit the guild wars lore or environment, for it to be permanent.

Asuran technology is just an excuse to justify this being in game. It’s ridiculous and has no place.

Then ignore it.
I don’t think thieves should be allowed in WvW cause they’re too OP, yet they’re still there and I ignore them, whenever possible.

SAB really should not be temporary. It is too much fun. I played it hundreds of times last time and can not wait to see it again. Would be nice to have to be a dungeon of sorts.

I think SAB should be temporary as each World is being made. This revitalizes interest in SAB, both in past levels and new ones. Plus, it makes it seem like more content was developed (being granted access to World 1-4 seems more impressive than just World 4).

However, after SAB is finished, and we save the princess it should be made a permanent addition (and then the team can start working on Super Adventure Box 2 or something, which would follow the same temporary releases until completion).

GoldenTruth.2853:

I think SAB should be temporary as each World is being made. This revitalizes interest in SAB, both in past levels and new ones. Plus, it makes it seem like more content was developed (being granted access to World 1-4 seems more impressive than just World 4).

However, after SAB is finished, and we save the princess it should be made a permanent addition (and then the team can start working on Super Adventure Box 2 or something, which would follow the same temporary releases until completion).

I know I said I wouldn’t be commenting, but I like your idea. More storylines SAB style later on sounds like a nice idea.
- I think that after it’s done, make it permanent. Because I agree, the temporary keeps the novelty of it intact, but it just kind of made me feel like “Awh, I can’t do this with friends when I want to…” and while it would be more convenient the other way and seem better right now, the SAB would undoubtedly lose its novelty that way. I guess it was more whinery from my part than I’d care to admit. :P
- But +1 from me to you. I think your idea would be awesome to see implemented, adding an SAB 2 sometime.

It should have stayed the joke it was suppose to be.

it is cool because it is temporary

i can remember last time we had this it was very funny the first week but after this it was boring/anoying and ppl just speedfarmed the chests all day

noone would go in anymore when he can have this everyday