Guild Wars 2

It’s time to bring it back.

I miss it.

I want to play it.

Why can’t we permanently have it?

Love it. What I love the most is Tribulation Mode, it offers some decent challenge for the boredom that comes from the dungeons (since both are 5-man content).

Valento.9852:

Love it. What I love the most is Tribulation Mode, it offers some decent challenge for the boredom that comes from the dungeons (since both are 5-man content).

I’ve never actually played SAB with more than one person. How fun is it with a full party?

Been months now I feel like I’ve wasted 600 gems now…
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Infinite_Continue_Coin

AtlasSi.9130:

Been months now I feel like I’ve wasted 600 gems now…
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Infinite_Continue_Coin

I know I got a lot of use going through Tribulation Mode.

BigfootArisen.6509:

I know I got a lot of use going through Tribulation Mode.

Trib mode yea I can see that. But, after nearly a 10 months w/o it? It just feels like a waste…exp with how high gem prices are now days.

oh I love it too!
although it did make me soo mad and it took me ages to figure out even the first “level”.
so for me it would be an advantage if it was there longer.

AtlasSi.9130:

BigfootArisen.6509:

I know I got a lot of use going through Tribulation Mode.

Trib mode yea I can see that. But, after nearly a 10 months w/o it? It just feels like a waste…exp with how high gem prices are now days.

At the time, though, they weren’t that bad. I feel alright with how much use I put into it, but I would definitely be very angry if SAB never comes back. Like, quitting for good angry. Its too fun a thing to just never bring it back. Heck, just bringing it back for a single weekend every month would be fantastic, even with only the worlds we currently have.

Someone suggested SAB: Home Edition 10 months ago. A SAB box in your home instance that let you play it whenever you want at the cost of continue coins, complete with a vending machine for baubles and weapon skins.

MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!

BigfootArisen.6509:

Valento.9852:

Love it. What I love the most is Tribulation Mode, it offers some decent challenge for the boredom that comes from the dungeons (since both are 5-man content).

I’ve never actually played SAB with more than one person. How fun is it with a full party?

The fun is beating your guildies! Like a race to the end, and how skillful you are to perfectly finish the map.

BigfootArisen.6509:

Valento.9852:

Love it. What I love the most is Tribulation Mode, it offers some decent challenge for the boredom that comes from the dungeons (since both are 5-man content).

I’ve never actually played SAB with more than one person. How fun is it with a full party?

Easy/Normal mode is fun as long as you don’t have leechers. Leechers as in people who just stand still and wait for you to do the jumping so they can just check point to you. You even get achievement clowns who let me wait at a gate because he wanted his dig achievement. All 100 digs…

Trib mode. Solo or go home.

Needless to say I solo’d most of the second version of SAB. Less hassle.

Kwazimoto.4870:

It’s time to bring it back.

I miss it.

I want to play it.

Why can’t we permanently have it?

What do you want to do with it? Once you obtained all you can get, you’ll hardly, if ever, revisit the SAB.

I too, would like to see SAB stay. But my guess is that ANet will keep SAB permanently open only after the story arc of Moto and his Shadowbox is complete.

HHR LostProphet.4801:

Kwazimoto.4870:

It’s time to bring it back.

I miss it.

I want to play it.

Why can’t we permanently have it?

What do you want to do with it? Once you obtained all you can get, you’ll hardly, if ever, revisit the SAB.

SAB has a lot in common with 8-bit games and I think that includes the replayability.

People still play the original Mario games. They aren’t getting anything new or different from it, they just enjoy the content.

BigfootArisen.6509:

At the time, though, they weren’t that bad. I feel alright with how much use I put into it, but I would definitely be very angry if SAB never comes back. Like, quitting for good angry. Its too fun a thing to just never bring it back. Heck, just bringing it back for a single weekend every month would be fantastic, even with only the worlds we currently have.

They should of done the weekend sab once a month thing from the start. Sounds much better than having to wait months and months for it again. And the guy saying the sab box in home instance. Amazing stuff imo.

I do wish they’d just have it open permanently. Even if it doesn’t get any new content it would be fun to be able to play through what’s already there again every so often.

Agreed. Not only would it let us play it when we wanted, but it’d make the experience more fun. Having time to explore and find secrets yourself, rather than having to rush to get as much as possible done in the time its open, would be much more in the spirit of the game.

At this point I’ve almost given up caring about worlds 3 and 4, just please give us 1 and 2 back.

Danikat.8537:

HHR LostProphet.4801:

Kwazimoto.4870:

It’s time to bring it back.

I miss it.

I want to play it.

Why can’t we permanently have it?

What do you want to do with it? Once you obtained all you can get, you’ll hardly, if ever, revisit the SAB.

SAB has a lot in common with 8-bit games and I think that includes the replayability.

People still play the original Mario games. They aren’t getting anything new or different from it, they just enjoy the content.

If people want to play mario games, they play mario games. If people want to play GW2, they most likely wont play SAB.

HHR LostProphet.4801:

Danikat.8537:

HHR LostProphet.4801:

Kwazimoto.4870:

It’s time to bring it back.

I miss it.

I want to play it.

Why can’t we permanently have it?

What do you want to do with it? Once you obtained all you can get, you’ll hardly, if ever, revisit the SAB.

SAB has a lot in common with 8-bit games and I think that includes the replayability.

People still play the original Mario games. They aren’t getting anything new or different from it, they just enjoy the content.

If people want to play mario games, they play mario games. If people want to play GW2, they most likely wont play SAB.

If you don’t like SAB. Just say you don’t and be done with it.

You’re in the minority.

HHR LostProphet.4801:

If people want to play mario games, they play mario games. If people want to play GW2, they most likely wont play SAB.

I just bought mario for 3ds… and I play gw2 and I play SAB (also known as GW2) when it’s around. I don’t see your point.

Azure Prower.8701:

HHR LostProphet.4801:

Danikat.8537:

HHR LostProphet.4801:

Kwazimoto.4870:

It’s time to bring it back.

I miss it.

I want to play it.

Why can’t we permanently have it?

What do you want to do with it? Once you obtained all you can get, you’ll hardly, if ever, revisit the SAB.

SAB has a lot in common with 8-bit games and I think that includes the replayability.

People still play the original Mario games. They aren’t getting anything new or different from it, they just enjoy the content.

If people want to play mario games, they play mario games. If people want to play GW2, they most likely wont play SAB.

If you don’t like SAB. Just say you don’t and be done with it.

You’re in the minority.

I do like the SAB. I just don’t want to grind it as any other thing you can do in this game. Saying that I’m the minority is very cheesy.

Onis.2418:

HHR LostProphet.4801:

If people want to play mario games, they play mario games. If people want to play GW2, they most likely wont play SAB.

I just bought mario for 3ds… and I play gw2 and I play SAB (also known as GW2) when it’s around. I don’t see your point.

How long will you play SAB? For more than 2 weeks? I rather want to have an update every half year than the box as permanent but irrelevant content.

Also, I’ve spent much time doing all the achievements and getting all the weapons. They’re rare. I want them to stay rare.

No thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

I think people will regret asking for it to be permanent if they make it permanent. Part of it’s novelty is that it is available for a short time. I think that SAB goes well during the back to school time slot as a seasonal release.

HHR LostProphet.4801:

Azure Prower.8701:

HHR LostProphet.4801:

Danikat.8537:

HHR LostProphet.4801:

Kwazimoto.4870:

It’s time to bring it back.

I miss it.

I want to play it.

Why can’t we permanently have it?

What do you want to do with it? Once you obtained all you can get, you’ll hardly, if ever, revisit the SAB.

SAB has a lot in common with 8-bit games and I think that includes the replayability.

People still play the original Mario games. They aren’t getting anything new or different from it, they just enjoy the content.

If people want to play mario games, they play mario games. If people want to play GW2, they most likely wont play SAB.

If you don’t like SAB. Just say you don’t and be done with it.

You’re in the minority.

I do like the SAB. I just don’t want to grind it as any other thing you can do in this game. Saying that I’m the minority is very cheesy.

Onis.2418:

HHR LostProphet.4801:

If people want to play mario games, they play mario games. If people want to play GW2, they most likely wont play SAB.

I just bought mario for 3ds… and I play gw2 and I play SAB (also known as GW2) when it’s around. I don’t see your point.

How long will you play SAB? For more than 2 weeks? I rather want to have an update every half year than the box as permanent but irrelevant content.

Also, I’ve spent much time doing all the achievements and getting all the weapons. They’re rare. I want them to stay rare.

How would making it permanent stop us from getting other content? Its already been done, all they have to do is set it up once and be done with it. Just give us the new worlds when they’re done. Permanent is far better than temporary in the long run. Sure, you don’t run it all the time, but it is an available thing to do. And it is instanced, so its not like it’ll be “OMG ITS SO EMPTY DED GAME” that we hear frequently about Southsun.

HHR LostProphet.4801:

How long will you play SAB? For more than 2 weeks? I rather want to have an update every half year than the box as permanent but irrelevant content.

And why would this be an either/or situation?

HHR LostProphet.4801:

Also, I’ve spent much time doing all the achievements and getting all the weapons. They’re rare. I want them to stay rare.

Ahh! the real reason you don’t want it around.

HHR LostProphet.4801:

How long will you play SAB? For more than 2 weeks? I rather want to have an update every half year than the box as permanent but irrelevant content.

Also, I’ve spent much time doing all the achievements and getting all the weapons. They’re rare. I want them to stay rare.

I would definitely play SAB more than two weeks. More importantly, I wouldn’t have to ONLY play SAB for two weeks, and nothing else. Having SAB open would allow me to play it when I actually wanted to play it, not when it is decided that I should.

Moreover, the SAB skins have both a good and bad reason for their rarity. The green and yellow skins are rarer, because they’re harder to get and account bound. That’s good. However, they’re also rare because some people don’t have that much free time and can’t get them in one calendar month (especially if they happened to be on holiday or lose internet access that month). That’s bad.

Removing the weird time restriction would keep the rarity of the weapons, but it would do so for the right reason, rather than the wrong one.

anzenketh.3759:

I think people will regret asking for it to be permanent if they make it permanent. Part of it’s novelty is that it is available for a short time. I think that SAB goes well during the back to school time slot as a seasonal release.

This makes sense for Wintersday and Halloween, but SAB doesn’t rely on novelty. Its a genuinely fun and different aspect of the game that adds much needed variety (especially since activities were put on rotation) to the available things to do when you log in.

Having the new worlds released every September, fine. There’s your novelty right there (heck, have a meta-achievement that is only available in that month if need be). No need to stop the people who actually enjoy SAB and want to play it from being allowed to.

I’d like to see something like Catacombs of Juneau (Allods Online) in GW2, but I think it’s against the phylosophy of cooperation… still an awesome feature, a big confusing labyrinth where players face each other in “warparties” to earn goodies in the end, and if they ever make it alive from the labyrinth there’s a chance to face a powerful boss at the end (suited for a warparty size, which implies a maximum of 10) which can drop tokens for exclusive wings.

Now that I look back, Catacombs of Juneau’s atmosphere resembles Plains of Ashford’s Guild Puzzle.

Valento.9852:

I’d like to see something like Catacombs of Juneau (Allods Online) in GW2, but I think it’s against the phylosophy of cooperation… still an awesome feature, a big confusing labyrinth where players face each other in “warparties” to earn goodies in the end, and if they ever make it alive from the labyrinth there’s a chance to face a powerful boss at the end (suited for a warparty size, which implies a maximum of 10) which can drop tokens for exclusive wings.

Now that I look back, Catacombs of Juneau’s atmosphere resembles Plains of Ashford’s Guild Puzzle.

Sounds a lot like Lunatic Inquisition without the big payout at the end.

BigfootArisen.6509:

Valento.9852:

I’d like to see something like Catacombs of Juneau (Allods Online) in GW2, but I think it’s against the phylosophy of cooperation… still an awesome feature, a big confusing labyrinth where players face each other in “warparties” to earn goodies in the end, and if they ever make it alive from the labyrinth there’s a chance to face a powerful boss at the end (suited for a warparty size, which implies a maximum of 10) which can drop tokens for exclusive wings.

Now that I look back, Catacombs of Juneau’s atmosphere resembles Plains of Ashford’s Guild Puzzle.

Sounds a lot like Lunatic Inquisition without the big payout at the end.

Now that you mention it, yes it does. But Catacombs of Juneau was more “closed”, not open skies, like a real dungeon by itself. There were ancient magic-empowered robots made out of stones and mystical bricks, assassins hidden in the shadows, etc. There were about 5 floors that would deceive you very easily, some doors would only open if certain switches were pressed making it very hard to proceed as the combinations were random. (yes, it was a pandemonium! and only once a week, making it a much frequented feature back then)

It should be a feature of Rata Sum. A permanent feature. The old rewards should remain (be added back). Once a year a new tab of rewards could be added and the adventures continued.

I would play it and get shiney new stuff at my own pace. Not the rush rush rush pace, but the sloooowww pace I like for most stuff that takes much tokens.

Short terms stuff that has cool items and is rush rush gone is like fast food. ewwww

Permanent stuff that you can savor and slowly accumulate your tokens to get is like home cooked food. Much more satisfying.

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CrashTestAuto.9108:

Moreover, the SAB skins have both a good and bad reason for their rarity. The green and yellow skins are rarer, because they’re harder to get and account bound. That’s good. However, they’re also rare because some people don’t have that much free time and can’t get them in one calendar month (especially if they happened to be on holiday or lose internet access that month). That’s bad.

God forbid that there is more reward for those who play more than for those who aren’t…

I think the best benefit of bringing it back permanently is not having to ONLY play SAB for a month straight. I’m one of those people who loves the SAB rewards so much, I need to have a copy of every weapon on all my characters, and to pull that off I had to run regular and Trib mode every single day. I got tons of use out of that Infinite Continue Coin. I enjoyed myself, but it would have been nice to do things at a more casual pace.

BigfootArisen.6509:

How would making it permanent stop us from getting other content? Its already been done, all they have to do is set it up once and be done with it. Just give us the new worlds when they’re done. Permanent is far better than temporary in the long run. Sure, you don’t run it all the time, but it is an available thing to do. And it is instanced, so its not like it’ll be “OMG ITS SO EMPTY DED GAME” that we hear frequently about Southsun.

I want them to evolve the SAB. If they take it down, I’m fine with that. Furthermore, it was meant as April fool hoax and I want to keep it that way.

HHR LostProphet.4801:

BigfootArisen.6509:

How would making it permanent stop us from getting other content? Its already been done, all they have to do is set it up once and be done with it. Just give us the new worlds when they’re done. Permanent is far better than temporary in the long run. Sure, you don’t run it all the time, but it is an available thing to do. And it is instanced, so its not like it’ll be “OMG ITS SO EMPTY DED GAME” that we hear frequently about Southsun.

I want them to evolve the SAB. If they take it down, I’m fine with that. Furthermore, it was meant as April fool hoax and I want to keep it that way.

Why wasn’t it available this april though! I was really hoping it would be, then nope no luck.

Aaaaand here we go again.

SAB is a “In-development” project. It’ll have 4 worlds in total, released in 4 patchs. Once it is completed and have all 4 worlds, then it’ll probably will become permanent

Makes total sense lorewise, and it’ll probably be back in the next months. It’s not likely it is permanent off.

HHR LostProphet.4801:

CrashTestAuto.9108:

Moreover, the SAB skins have both a good and bad reason for their rarity. The green and yellow skins are rarer, because they’re harder to get and account bound. That’s good. However, they’re also rare because some people don’t have that much free time and can’t get them in one calendar month (especially if they happened to be on holiday or lose internet access that month). That’s bad.

God forbid that there is more reward for those who play more than for those who aren’t…

Being rewarded for playing more is fine. But being rewarded for playing more within a limited time frame is not. A person who only has four hours a week to play, but plays for twenty weeks, shouldn’t receive fewer rewards than someone who has twenty hours a week to play, and plays for four weeks. Not even allowing the person with four hours a week to play the game at all after the four weeks is just ludicrous.

MauricioCezar.2673:

Aaaaand here we go again.

SAB is a “In-development” project. It’ll have 4 worlds in total, released in 4 patchs. Once it is completed and have all 4 worlds, then it’ll probably will become permanent

Makes total sense lorewise, and it’ll probably be back in the next months. It’s not likely it is permanent off.

In what way does it make total sense lorewise? New content development doesn’t require turning off old content, whether done by ANet or Moto. That’d be like if ANet turned off GW2 between living stories :S

CrashTestAuto.9108:

MauricioCezar.2673:

Aaaaand here we go again.

SAB is a “In-development” project. It’ll have 4 worlds in total, released in 4 patchs. Once it is completed and have all 4 worlds, then it’ll probably will become permanent

Makes total sense lorewise, and it’ll probably be back in the next months. It’s not likely it is permanent off.

In what way does it make total sense lorewise? New content development doesn’t require turning off old content, whether done by ANet or Moto. That’d be like if ANet turned off GW2 between living stories :S

In-development project should give you a tip .

Moto is developing it, and in last time we’ve seen that it have been not working properly and even moto noticed it. Don’t make sense maintain a thing not completed. Take this as the “Beta wekeends” that gw2 used to have until it has been totally completed. Follow the history and you’ll notice the same things.

MauricioCezar.2673:

In-development project should give you a tip .

Moto is developing it, and in last time we’ve seen that it have been not working properly and even moto noticed it. Don’t make sense maintain a thing not completed. Take this as the “Beta wekeends” that gw2 used to have until it has been totally completed. Follow the history and you’ll notice the same things.

I see your point, but that still feels tenuous. I would agree with you that “Beta weekends” is probably a better comparison, but I don’t think quite good enough to justify turning it off.

Yes, it would have been cool semi-annually. But since we had no actual indication that it would be, its current lack isn’t an indication that it’s gone.

I can wait until September for it to come back. I don’t feel the need for it to be always available, but I can say that if it were I would definitely jump into it when I was bored.

It would not be difficult for them, I think, to make the skins and achievements only available during specific times, while the instance is always available, but I think that would upset just as many things. Personally, I like “you had to be there” skins, but at the same time I wouldn’t have a lot of problem with them being permanently available to everyone all the time.

I’m also content to wait until the entire game is compete before it becomes permanent.

I’d like to point out they still have to finish world 3 and fix world 2. I understand why there’s been a delay in it’s release. coincidentally, I absolutely loved sab, but because of the clocktower, i’m not really fond of the team that works on it.

A Massive Headache.1879:

I’d like to point out they still have to finish world 3 and fix world 2. I understand why there’s been a delay in it’s release. coincidentally, I absolutely loved sab, but because of the clocktower, i’m not really fond of the team that works on it.

But… but the Clocktower was so much fun…

Kal Spiro.9745:

Yes, it would have been cool semi-annually. But since we had no actual indication that it would be, its current lack isn’t an indication that it’s gone.

I can wait until September for it to come back. I don’t feel the need for it to be always available, but I can say that if it were I would definitely jump into it when I was bored.

It would not be difficult for them, I think, to make the skins and achievements only available during specific times, while the instance is always available, but I think that would upset just as many things. Personally, I like “you had to be there” skins, but at the same time I wouldn’t have a lot of problem with them being permanently available to everyone all the time.

I’m also content to wait until the entire game is compete before it becomes permanent.

I think that something like:

Blue skins – Every September
Backpack skins – In the year of release
Tribulation skins – Permanently available

Could work. Limiting trib mode skins to one month just disadvantages busy people and makes people farm really aggressively even if they have time. It sucks the fairness and fun out of the challenge.

Bring it back, been too long now.

Because if it were Christmas and your birthday every day, it wouldn’t be special anymore. It’s not too bad that it’s not around all the time, as long as they plan on bringing it back periodically- which I’m sure they will

I’m really glad a lot of people feel like I do.

Thanks to work and family I don’t get to play all the time but I’d love to have SAB access all the time. I don’t mind some of the story arcs being limited time, but it seems silly to me that SAB would be. I’d love to be able to access it permanently.