Guild Wars 2

To make SAB even harder for the people who want really challenging content, but keeping it manageable for the more casual. Something like time attack mode could really do the trick. It should then ofc be on the tribulation mode maps :)

Dying shouldn’t ruin the timer because there are a lot of random elements in play and it’s unnecessarily hard not to die.

Doing a swift run while cutting corners and taking the hardest, but fastest routes makes zones as hard as they can get. You also get to skip those unnecessary checkpoint clouds. This would be something that is a real show of skill since you can’t grind it out slowly while dying a million times (although you would be dying a ton while practicing).

A simple thing like an achievement for doing it could be enough to give some people the incentive to try. Giving something bigger as a reward could attract people who are not really into the speedrun thing to whine about unfairness and stuff I’m afraid.

I’ve been enjoying world 2 zone 2 speedrunning for a while now and can say in tribulation mode completing it in under 20mins could prove to be a real challenge to many. I just ran a test through it and got 15min 48seconds chest, but I also have a video that shows it can be done in under 12 mins.

I don’t have any insight into other zones, because I feel they aren’t as well suited for this thing. But in the future worlds where I have a feeling the design will change more akin to world 1’s, having time attack in mind while designing could create some interesting challenge.

Time attack should be in SAB, because:
1. it really fits the theme
2. it should be really easy to implement

Also (out of context) give the whistle a whole scale of notes please! I need to jam while running and do re mi aint enough!