Gheist.1465

Yesterday I submitted probably around 30-70 tickets about it. Every one with a screenshot, showing that it was popping up literally everywhere. Know how tricky it is to open up the ticket, get a screenshot, set it to art/visuals, put in a title and description all while dodging AoE from a world boss? I, unfortunately, do now... and given that I've got a bit of nerve damage thanks to military service, it was probably harder for me than it would be for someone else.

For reference, I've; Central Tyria1.) Completed Personal Story for Core/Central Tyria2.) Completed the entire Pact Master track for Central Tyria3.) Completed the first rank of Legendary Crafting for Central Tyria4.) Completed the first rank of Fractal Attunement for Central Tyria Heart of Thorns (HoT)5.) Completed up to Prisoners of Dragons (6) for HoT6.) Completed Glider Basics and Updraft Use for Glider Trianing in HoT Path of Fire (PoF)7.) Completed up to Blazing a Trail (2) for PoF8.) Completed Ravenous Strike for Raptor Training in PoF

As it says in the description, I've done parts of both HoT and PoF. I got Glider Basics AND Updraft Use for HoT. Then I also completed Ravenous Strike on the Raptor track. I have masteries unlocked and completed for Core, HoT and PoF. Yet I still get pop ups after EVERY combat and/or instance of fall damage.

A quick Google search will show you that I'm not the only one who's had to suffer with this issue over the literal years, and based on my searching the only thing I've read or seen is "Just ignore it", however, these popups are "tutorial" style popups. They're literally designed to draw attention to themselves. Not to mention, they appear DIRECTLY over the default placement of the chat/combat log, so, if the advice is to "just ignore them", I'd also have to completely ignore the entire social aspect of the game, since my chat box would be perpetually covered by a "tutorial" text box and a moving, flashing and shining arrow directing me to click a little box. What popup am I referring too, you may ask? Why that insanely annoying "Your current ability is fully trained and ready to master!" popup showing up after EVERY "combat".Kill a mob, congratulations, you win some xp...and a popup! ^~^Take some fall damage, even if your on a mount? CONGRATULATIONS! You win a popup!Try doing dungeons to earn some bloody mastery points so I can unlock the next rank and make the stupid popup go away? You win a popup!Fight a world boss and during the fight somehow exit combat for a split second during a phase change or boss invulnerability phase? YOU WIN A POPUP!Ride your mount in town and take a TINY bit of fall damage from a jump? You guessed it, YOU WIN A POPUP! I'm a disabled combat veteran, somehow surviving both Operation Iraqi Freedom, as well as Operation Enduring Freedom. As a result, I have severe PTSD and legitimate anxiety issues.. None of that "lets say I have anxiety so I can get meds and/or attention" nonsense. This popup is WRECKING my anxiety. It's making the entirety of Central Tyria virtually unplayable for me, as I'm fighting more with a popup than I am with mobs. Earlier today, thanks to some friendly people in a guild I joined, we worked for a few hours to get me enough Mastery Points to max out the Pact Master track - I already had two banked mastery points, guildies helped get 5 more, and then I battled the popup on my own through a Living World season 2 chapter to get the last point on my own. I had heard a rumor that finishing the Pact Master track would fix the issue. It did...until I did another world boss and earned myself two more Mastery Points. Now I get a brand NEW popup every time I exit combat or take fall damage, "You should begin training another mastery ability. Any experienced gained while not training an ability will be lost." I KNOW, and I don't care! I've already maxed the xp bars on both Legendary Crafting as well as Fractal Attunement, but I don't have enough Mastery Points to unlock the next rank of Legendary Crafting (needs 3, and I only have 2) - on top of that, I'd rather just ignore whole thing until I have enough mastery points to finish an entire track, since I KNOW that as soon as I finish a mastery track xp bar, I'm just going to get that stupid "Your ability is fully trained and ready to master!" popup again. What do I need to do? Find a way to magically earn roughly 30 more Central Tyria mastery points on a character BELOW level 80? For reference, I'm now Mastery Rank 26. I've completed the Pact Master track from Central Tyria, as well as completed the first rank of both Legendary Crafting and Fractral Attunement. I've completed Glider Basics as well as Updraft Use from HoT. As well as completed Ravenous Strike for the Raptor Mount in PoF. I think I've figured out how a completed experience bar works. I don't NEED a popup to remind me to spend mastery points that I don't even have. So, yeah, I've completed at least one mastery unlock for core and each of the expansions. WHY do I keep getting this stupid popup? How do I turn it off? How do I disable it? How do I make it go away? How do I.... Make. It. STOP!? I've only been playing a week, total, and I'm trying to enjoy the game. And I'm succeeding....when I'm not battling with a completely annoying recurring popup spamming me every three and a half seconds. This feels like Fable..... "YOUR HEALTH IS LOW! DO YOU HAVE ANY POTIONS? OR FOOD?" Outside of clicking the uninstall button, how do I make this revolting popup go away? Is this really the "reward" new players get for spending money on the game? I've got super fond memories of Guild Wars one, from probably around 12 years ago now. It was that nostolgia that convinced me to give GW2 a try - I'd wanted to try earlier, but I was kicking myself for forgetting my login infor for GW1, and really wanted the achievement rewards - and within a couple days I'd thought, "You know, ArenaNet was always good to me; the least I can do is actually purchase the game and not be a free leech". THIS, is my reward? THIS is my "thank you for your purchase"? An unrelenting bombardment of recurring tutorial popups with no way to disable them? Does anyone know how to fix this? I've done several Google searches, I've asked guild members, I've asked in chat, I slowly combed through all the options that seemed even remotely relevant. Nothing seems to work. The only thing I see is to just get 49 Central Tyria mastery points to complete the entire mastery track, and/or "ignore it". However, yet again, this is a tutorial style popup.... It was literally designed to draw attention to itself. All I want is for this ridiculous message to stop appearing so I can actually enjoy the game. HOW do I do this?

I could use an active guild also. Today marks one week of playing for me. Though I do have ancient experience with GW1...