I will BUY SAB as a DLC!
This is Anet
While it sounds great to give people SAB year round or even just more events per year seeing how their are literally people who log in just for this event alone. They’d only need to toss in some SAB styled crafting station and vendors in the lobby so people can also us it as a pass area thus keepign the are populated and those people will assist other in their SAB runs from time to time.
The issue from Anets side of things even if people paid for this feature is that constantly seeing SAB is a constant reminder that it is incomplete. Anet really doesn’t respond to all the people asking about W3 or W4 they just load the cash shop up with more SAB items. No doubt they’ll release the SAB sickle and pick next year since they released the axe this year. It would be a year long reminder of people staring at the W3 and W4 buildings and people trying to get Anet to put additional work into SAB which will go as well as the WvW crowd trying to get Anets attention. In the end it will lead to SAB becoming a toxic community due to neglect and no longer having that slim chance of hope that maybe content would come around April 1st since SAB would be open year round.