Josh,
This is my first time posting on these forums. There are many like myself that play this game on a daily basis and understand the choices Anet is making for the SAB.
Whether you keep this addition in the game for a month or for a year, there will always be people on these forums spewing their distaste and personal reasons why they do not want you to take it or the items it generates out.
The idea of prestige items is very real indeed. If these weapons were kept in the game on a permanent basis then it would lose value and feel no different than any other easy to obtain weapon in the game.
The simple fact is that the majority of players do not visit or care to even comment on these issues on the official forums because frankly they are not unhappy or either content with these decisions.
For instance I came to this thread through a Reddit link talking about this conversation and honestly everyone that is commenting seems to think this is a positive solution.
Long story short; This thread doesn’t speak for the majority because the majority are happy with this decision as well as the game as a whole.
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