IF SS2 was meant to save time, why not reset CDs every new start?

[kyuven]

T12 has no trash and it's impossible to get locked out!

Ah see I haven't been in t12 personally. Makes sense thematically and I was just assuming the same progression for SCOB.
So yeah, t9, 12, and 13 are all Trials.

It's funny because T4 and T5 are almost opposites. I kinda consider anything that, after a party wipe, warps you to the start of the instance/resets with a black screen, a trial, which is what T4 does. T5 is the only 'final' boss area where there is the option given to return.

Also now that I think about it this is correct too. See, this is what happens when your "trial" is just a sequence of trash mobs -_-