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I’ve actually been reading through most of the SAB posts, and I’m curious what is the justification besides “we want it” for SAB to be made permanent? Player base splitting, reward influx, temp draw are all reasons to keep it temporary. What are the reasons for it to be permanent?
Just to clarify once again I would also love to see it be made permanent, I enjoyed playing it while it was around ~I’ve even kept my coin and baubles~. I’m just interested in seeing what other reasons beyond “we want it”. The OP is asking for a logical response from the devs as to why it’s not open permanently, yet offers no concrete reasoning other then “more players like me want to play it”. Lets get some solid logical reasons out here, and maybe we would get a solid logical answer
The thing about the “player base splitting” excuse is that people will eventually be done with the current content and go back to the things they were doing before. It being permanent would make it available to new players (like myself) who never got to experience it, or returning players who may have also missed it. Players won’t feel like they need to rush through it just to get all of the rewards and go through it at their leisure to really enjoy it.
ANet is not stupid.
I haven’t been here too long but even I can tell some of their reasons for doing things/not doing other things are really questionable. I wouldn’t say they’re stupid though, they’re obviously doing something right or we wouldn’t be playing the game.
The fact that you all think you know better than they what they need to do is hilarious, and shows you have no idea how businesses function.
The problem with video games nowadays is that they’re treated too much like business. When a company loses touch with its playerbase and starts doing everything in their power to make money you end up with a company like EA where they nickel and dime you for everything they possibly can. I get that this is a subscription free game and they need to make money to keep everything running, but flat out ignoring what is obviously a huge demand for something they can easily make money off of isn’t too smart of a business move. Hell, someone mentioned earlier that streams have been bombed with “BRING BACK SAB” spam. It’s obvious people want it. If anything they should have added it a while ago and figured out more ways to make money off it. It feels like they don’t want to please the player base or make money. Even Riot Games brought back old skins they said they would never sell again due to huge demand and the fact that unused content doesn’t generate any income. I’d buy a permanent coin in a heartbeat, I’m sure lots of people in the thread would. If someone else comes along in the future and likes the SAB enough they’ll probably buy a coin too. It would generate more income over a longer period. Especially when they decide to add new worlds.
