Guild Wars 2

Seemed more like a brush off than any confirmation….

So, come back to the game sometime next year?

Says “When the time is right and we have the right and we have the right place for it to return it will do so”…

Wouldn’t the right time be when we are between living story seasons or waiting for an expansion… you know… like right now >.>

We don’t need an updated version with World 3 if you want to focus on the xpac, just put World 1 and 2 in and leave it there.

Yes not sure why existing sab worlds don’t just sit there as an activity to play. Especially during the wait for expansion. I just cant fathom, as a player, any logical reason for this.

Randulf.7614:

Yes not sure why existing sab worlds don’t just sit there as an activity to play. Especially during the wait for expansion. I just cant fathom, as a player, any logical reason for this.

I swear, Anet won’t consider it the “right time” for SAB until we kill off all the elder dragons only to find out that there is Super Elder Dragon inside SAB.

To be fair we have known this for rather many months now. It was confirmed by Colin via Gaile in the SAB thread.

This isn’t really a surprise. The likelihood of SAB never ever appearing was always next to 0%. The issue seems to be that ANet doesn’t want to release it without new content, for some reason.

Either they mean to release it as an april fish again (and thus cannot spoil the surprise) or we won’t see it for a long time.
Assuming there is even any intent to do it. Cause they didn’t want to release it during living story seasons, and ok, that’s fine. But even when they’re done, they still seem to have no intention to release it either. And when they’ll have finished focusing on the expansion it will likely be living story time again, henceforth still not a good time for SAB…

I doubt it will come out soon, if ever. I think they’ll do it only and only if they have the time and the resources to do so (chaining Josh to a chair in a basement or something). Not a “when”, more like a “if”, with a chance to happen. I have a minuscule hope we’ll see it by the end of the year, maybe like a 2week apparition or something. I hope. Sigh. I’ll be content with world 1 and 2 and no new worls, just give it back to me. Plz.
Aaand I’m back to begging and trying desperately to hope. <.<
P.S. I thought sab would’ve appeared inbetween the ls and the xpac, like a little, delicious amuse-gueule. Apparently, I was wrong.

Unless they have something big planned, these months before the xpac arrives look like the best opportunity to bring SAB back.
Just the latest release, without any world addition, would be more than enough. Not only there are probably tons of new players that haven’t experinced it (including the whole Chinese community if I’m not mistaken), but it also can offer something for veterans (on top of a lot of fun for some of us) thanks to the wardrobe feature that didn’t exist the last time we played it.
In fact, holding the whole thing until the 3rd world is ready could deliver one of those “too much things to do in a limited amount of time” situations, which would be a shame since we’re not exactly receiving a lot of content these days.
A far better choice IMHO than a 2 week Dragon Ball arena or that last patch that just removed it :P

I hope they spend their precious time on better things, not that 8bit-ish sab thing.
It was horrible, and didn’t fit gw2’s concept. It’s a whole seperate game, as an april 1 joke it was nice, but it has ended and should not go further. They should spend their time for real gw2. Also as an achievement hunter I felt myself obligated to play it for achievements, and didn’t have any fun.

Umut.5471:

I hope they spend their precious time on better things, not that 8bit-ish sab thing.
It was horrible, and didn’t fit gw2’s concept. It’s a whole seperate game, as an april 1 joke it was nice, but it has ended and should not go further. They should spend their time for real gw2. Also as an achievement hunter I felt myself obligated to play it for achievements, and didn’t have any fun.

I’m quite sure that can be said about every single piece of content that one is not the target group of.

E.g. I didn’t like grinding Dragon Ball for achievements, but know that many others enjoyed the game. I can’t remember me asking for it to be removed. It was me, and me alone, who forced myself to go in there.

If you don’t like the SAB, nobody but yourself is forcing you to go in. If it were to be added again, it wouldn’t affect your experience in any way (if you decided to stay out that is).

I for my part hope we will get it back soon. I’m currently listening to the SAB soundtrack again on soundcloud – that could be interpreted as signs of withdrawal…

GoldenTruth.2853:

Randulf.7614:

Yes not sure why existing sab worlds don’t just sit there as an activity to play. Especially during the wait for expansion. I just cant fathom, as a player, any logical reason for this.

I swear, Anet won’t consider it the “right time” for SAB until we kill off all the elder dragons only to find out that there is Super Elder Dragon inside SAB.

haha I’d almost be happy to wait for that…

…almost

They should bring it back.

As a GW fan who played this game 24/7 for the first 9 months or so I had to take a break due to RL commitments and missed the SAB. I don’t mind time-gated content in terms of holiday events, if your not around you miss out, fair call. In saying as a player and fan of indie and old-school games I’m really gutted I missed out on this content and would like to think they will bring it back even if it’s the old SAB re-opened for those that missed it the first time around.

They have said they hope to do as much for the LS, which I’m not a fan of, but I hope they extend the same courtesy to people who missed the SAB the first time around and would like to experience it.

Hello.

I have a simple request, but I need some premises first:

-I love SAB and know many more who do so or are eager to try it out (I may have hyped them to insane levels in the last year… Accidentally, I swear).

-I know you WON’T thell’us when it’s coming back (I don’t necessarily like it but heh)

-I know why you may want to wait and add world 3 or at least modify it before releasing it (it might be broken due to some update or just in need of love because, as much as I loved it, it did have issues the last time it came out).

-I also know many are expecting it to come back before HoT and bet on April 1st as the most likely date and many more are just hoping it will.

Now, I know you don’t talk about stuff you’re not sure about, but I guess you know what is or is not coming in a month from now.
In case SAB is NOT coming back on April 1st can you please, please avoid us another heartbreaking disappointment and prevent another HUGE kittenstorm from hitting you by telling us now?

You have no idea of how sad I’ll be logging in all hyped for SAB and finding out we have april’s fool fishes attached to our backs instead. Just don’t break my pixel heart again, please.

I can see no negative side in bridling our hype so we don’t get hurt too much. Hope you’ll consider replying. please?

PS. Think at all those poor kittens flying around. Poor things. You don’t want to hurt kittens, do you?

They should just release SAB as a flash game on the gw2 website. That would make everyone happy, right?

Why isn’t SAB in the game permanently? Like Southsun Survival, etc.?

SAB would be great while we wait for the expansion

Celtic Lady.3729:

Why isn’t SAB in the game permanently? Like Southsun Survival, etc.?

Been saying this for ages. I wish they’d leave it in-game permanently. :/

I don’t really see how announcing its not going to come back now would be any better or worse than just having April 1st roll around and not having it appear. Its going to be the same amount of disappointment and anger either way.

People just need to stop expecting it at certain times or with every update and just roll with it, then instead of being disappointed when it doesn’t come back you’ll just be happy when it does.

Electro.4173:

People just need to stop expecting it at certain times or with every update and just roll with it, then instead of being disappointed when it doesn’t come back you’ll just be happy when it does.

I agree. We had it on both April and September. What’s in a date? Nothing. Everything’s subject to change.
As long as it’s not cancelled for good, then that’s fair enough.
I only want it to be around as long as possible when it arrives, like that whole month when it came in September (best month ever).

Killface.1896:

SAB would be great while we wait for the expansion

It would.

Electro.4173:

I don’t really see how announcing its not going to come back now would be any better or worse than just having April 1st roll around and not having it appear. Its going to be the same amount of disappointment and anger either way.

People just need to stop expecting it at certain times or with every update and just roll with it, then instead of being disappointed when it doesn’t come back you’ll just be happy when it does.

Yeah, how dare people who spent actual money on an item that hasn’t been useful for 18 months now have expectations that the content rendering said item useful again return on some sort of timeline!

Infinite continue coin. Wiki it.

This isn’t necessarily directed to just you OP:

I have no idea why people think that it’ll be back on April 1st. It was on April 1st the first year largely as that year’s April Fool’s joke, but it brought back due to popularity. They will do a different April Fool’s joke every year. Last year was bobble heads. This year will be yet another prank.

Stop assuming that SAB has a greater chance to come back on April 1st. It doesn’t.

Chiara.9827:

-I know why you may want to wait and add world 3 or at least modify it before releasing it (it might be broken due to some update or just in need of love because, as much as I loved it, it did have issues the last time it came out).

Didn’t the guy who build SAB leave ArenaNet?

Asking them say it wont be coming on April 1st when they haven’t said it seems a weird question to me. It certainly will wont be their fault if there is outrage. They have made no commitment – and it didn’t return last April 1st, so there is little precedent except its launch. I’d much prefer something new and unexpected again this year than SAB – and I want SAB to return!

I absolutely agree it should just sit in the game and happily be there for those wanting to play it. There is no reason that I can see why that shouldn’t be the case. Maybe our new pve forum specialist can relay this to the devs so there can be a response as to why it isn’t a permanent part of their game?

Test.8734:

Chiara.9827:

-I know why you may want to wait and add world 3 or at least modify it before releasing it (it might be broken due to some update or just in need of love because, as much as I loved it, it did have issues the last time it came out).

Didn’t the guy who build SAB leave ArenaNet?

Not according to linkedin, and I didn’t hear anything about him leaving.

Guhracie.3419:

Electro.4173:

I don’t really see how announcing its not going to come back now would be any better or worse than just having April 1st roll around and not having it appear. Its going to be the same amount of disappointment and anger either way.

People just need to stop expecting it at certain times or with every update and just roll with it, then instead of being disappointed when it doesn’t come back you’ll just be happy when it does.

Yeah, how dare people who spent actual money on an item that hasn’t been useful for 18 months now have expectations that the content rendering said item useful again return on some sort of timeline!

Infinite continue coin. Wiki it.

Passive-aggressive sarcasm aside, it’s ridiculous to come on here at the beginning of March and say “let us know now if it’s coming in April” when they clearly would have done that already if it were. It’s also ridiculous to expect it to happen when there has been zero indication that it will anytime soon.

Also, has anybody brought up what would absolutely be happening if it were a permanent fixture in the game? Instead of non-stop clamoring for it to come back, there would be non-stop clamoring for it to be updated, which is obviously not high priority for the devs since they have the rest of the actual game to worry about updating. If SAB were permanent, the devs would still not be working on it any more than they are now, and people would just be complaining for a slightly different reason.

I do think it should come back; I never even got to experience it once! But to make it a permanent part of the game would only result in the same demands for updates, but with higher frequency.

Andred.1087:

Also, has anybody brought up what would absolutely be happening if it were a permanent fixture in the game? Instead of non-stop clamoring for it to come back, there would be non-stop clamoring for it to be updated, which is obviously not high priority for the devs since they have the rest of the actual game to worry about updating. If SAB were permanent, the devs would still not be working on it any more than they are now, and people would just be complaining for a slightly different reason.

Honestly, a lot of us or at least my friends believe it should come as a permanent feature (or just back one month per year), with or without updates each time. We honestly just want it back because it was amazing to play. Of course you’ll end up with a group of people who moan that it needs updating from time to time, but it’s not like the words of a few community members have really made an effect on the choices of Anet anyway, or else we wouldn’t be here talking about it, but playing it already. :P

While we have no reason to think it will be back on April 1st, I think that it could still be a significant date. SAB riots last year were supposed to lead to increased communication, but we still haven’t heard anything about the focus point of the riots. I don’t think it’s implausible that a significant date passing with no word could lead to the same thing.

This is especially true as it marks the 18th month mark on the infinite continue coin being bought by many with real money. That’s not a small issue. ANet took people’s cash and have basically wandered off with it, and haven’t even given an explanation let alone a refund.

It’s a shame. Between SAB and the traits fiasco, so much good will from HoT and camera changes is being wasted. They just need to turn the thing back on as it was, or at least explain why that isn’t as simple as it sounds.

CrashTestAuto.9108:

While we have no reason to think it will be back on April 1st, I think that it could still be a significant date. SAB riots last year were supposed to lead to increased communication, but we still haven’t heard anything about the focus point of the riots. I don’t think it’s implausible that a significant date passing with no word could lead to the same thing.

This is especially true as it marks the 18th month mark on the infinite continue coin being bought by many with real money. That’s not a small issue. ANet took people’s cash and have basically wandered off with it, and haven’t even given an explanation let alone a refund.

It’s a shame. Between SAB and the traits fiasco, so much good will from HoT and camera changes is being wasted. They just need to turn the thing back on as it was, or at least explain why that isn’t as simple as it sounds.

You got the point.

While they cannot comment on what they’re not sure will be released, they certainly know what is not being worked on cannot show up in game anytime soon. SAB was supposed to be a recurring event, but has been gone for a long time now and not a word on when we might see it again. The way I see things, now is the perfect time to enjoy some SAB, while we wait for the expansion. But if they cannot work on it, it’s unlikely we’ll see SAB before the expansion, making it 2+ years minimum of wait.

We put up a huge protest in September and I think it was possible because people were tired of waiting and never hearing a word from anet in the meanwhile. And what happened? They promised to communicate more, restarted the CDIs, but not a single word on SAB return. Half a year has passed and their best response is still it will come back, one day, eventually. I don’t know about you, but I’m so sick of this and I’d appreciate some sort of honesty from them, if they’re not planning on releasing it this year.

Would like more information on SAB other than ‘it will return.’

At least a date so we know ‘when to return.’

Azure Prower.8701:

Would like more information on SAB other than ‘it will return.’

At least a date so we know ‘when to return.’

That would however require that they actually had a date for when it would return, something that they most likely don’t.

Have they ever said why the first two worlds aren’t in the game currently? Like nothing new, just the old stuff so i can grind out all those wondrous skins?

Please bring Super Adventure Box back.

I’m not hoping for it anymore, but I at least would like world 1 and 2 back so I can have my skins. And my fun. It’d be nice.

What do you miss the most?
Sliding on ice was my favorite.

I miss the w1 tribulation mode (I found w2 just a little too frustrating, mostly due to the crazy jumps on those pillars, I’m really afraid of heights and was getting nauseous), and I looooooved the jumping on logs thingy in w2 zone 1… and the hillbillies!!! Ahahaha…
Moonshine!
I miss the bears and the bunnados, the bee dogs and the flowers, and the skins you could actually earn by exploring and skillful jumping. Great design on them.
I also miss the last bosses on both worlds, reaaaaally fun fights and really well designed. Funnier than most dungeon bosses.
…
And the whip.

Why Super Adventure box doesn’t come again..?They just need to take what was done 2 years ago and that would be great. So much people want SAB’s come back. Only 3 seconds to put last SAB in our game… 3 seconds which make thousands people happy.

Why don’t give us our SAB pending HoT ? I’m so sad to wait again and again ….

Maybe in april? Yeah .. We will see that but i don’t believe it. I hope …
When the SAB will come again guys?? Anyone have ideas? In april or after HoT? :/

sMihaly.1492:

What do you miss the most?
Sliding on ice was my favorite.

The entirety of zone 3 in world 2 on tribulation mode would be my favorite. Incredibly well done.

Rin.1046:

I have equipped SAB minis on all my characters to show support for its return. Show your support too and display your SAB minis at all times.

#OccupySAB

I have no minis, but all my SAB skins are in active use. I actually caught someone’s attention with the Super Warhorn last night.

One could of course also point out that even if you chose to ignore the content there will be a massive influx of people running around with, in the dislikers eyes, silly and immersion breaking weapons everywhere.

The most popular sword looks like a runny watercolor stroke with a handle.

Last month they released a warhorn that roars like a lion.

I run around swinging a bat. The animal kind. And it spits bats.

People kittened off about ‘immersion-breaking weapons’ have no latitude for criticism.

Sariel V.7024:

One could of course also point out that even if you chose to ignore the content there will be a massive influx of people running around with, in the dislikers eyes, silly and immersion breaking weapons everywhere.

The most popular sword looks like a runny watercolor stroke with a handle.

Last month they released a warhorn that roars like a lion.

I run around swinging a bat. The animal kind. And it spits bats.

People kittened off about ‘immersion-breaking weapons’ have no latitude for criticism.

It was a stupid complaint when the box came out too. “Holograms don’t belong in gw2! It’s imersion breaking, its lore breaking, this is a fantasy not a scifi!”

Makes me wonder how many people have not even stepped foot in Rata Sum.

Holograms are freaking everywhere in this game. The Tequatl fight involves a freaking mega laser for crying out loud. Not just a laser, a Mega Laser. Also surrounded by holograms. Asuran tech is almost entirely holograms, including interfaces and gears, spinning, functioning, mechanical gear holograms.

Immersion breaking is not, EVER, a valid argument in this game. Let alone about the super adventure box and related memorabilia.

Ehhhh but you know, the SAB wouldn’t fit in the LS lore and the story with Rox and.. whatever they said about it… if it’s not LS, it’s not ok.
I wonder how anyone can be immersed in this kind of mmo?

So … I can break my dreams on SAB next month, that’s it…?

Some people think it will be come soon because we will don’t have anything pending HoT….

They don’t even need to add anything to SAB, just give us what’s already there.

Ok so, this topic needs to be brought up again, what does the big community that LOVES SAB have to do to get it back? why hasn’t it came back? it was probably one of the greatest implementations you guys have done as a team and i genuinely think you should bring it back. I heard that it was said that the reason behind not bringing it back was because it didnt get a big enough crowd of the whole pve community but what event brought more then that one? please take it into consideration to bring that part of the game back.

I love how they say it’ll be released when the timing feels right (or whatever their wording was), but that time should be now. They can’t continue the LS since the expansion starts up right after the last chapter, and it would allow us to keep busy (as long as current worlds are made permanent) for quite a while.

As to why they have yet to bring SAB back, I have no idea, other than that they’ve been pretty busy with the Living World and leading that into HoT.

As to why SAB is not a permanent fixture in the game, I theorize that it’s simply because the devs have no intention of adding anything to it, and if it were permanently in the game, rather than asking why it’s not been brought back, there would be just as many (probably more) people asking why it’s not being added to, why it’s the same boring old thing as before, etc.

It seems the devs just meant for SAB to be a one-time event, so the community that wants SAB will probably never be satisfied.

Andred.1087:

As to why they have yet to bring SAB back, I have no idea, other than that they’ve been pretty busy with the Living World and leading that into HoT.

As to why SAB is not a permanent fixture in the game, I theorize that it’s simply because the devs have no intention of adding anything to it, and if it were permanently in the game, rather than asking why it’s not been brought back, there would be just as many (probably more) people asking why it’s not being added to, why it’s the same boring old thing as before, etc.

It seems the devs just meant for SAB to be a one-time event, so the community that wants SAB will probably never be satisfied.

That hasn’t seemed to stop them with dungeons/fractals, the whole not adding new content thing.

They did say SAB would come back. They just never state when and well.

Jerus.4350:

That hasn’t seemed to stop them with dungeons/fractals, the whole not adding new content thing.

Yeah, but then, they never took those out, either. I think it’s just an issue of taking the lesser of two disgruntled player factions. I do hope they bring it back at some point, though. I completely missed out on it the first time!