MacLean.4087

Fair enough. People in-game have told me they are, but I've never tried it long enough to know, myself.

I'm afraid you're probably correct. The only reason I'm asking here is because Anet's support people suggested that I look for a solution on the forums, since they had none to offer. So, I was just hoping someone might have some method that would deal with it. At least in GW1 I could individually resize and relocate every part of the UI. Seems silly that it can't be done in GW2. Then I could at least move it to the upper left corner, where it would be less bothersome. Not the way it seems to be working for me. Near as I can tell, I have plenty of exp and have used all the mastery-points I've gathered so far. The game wants me to spend all my time going all over the place and "communing" with mastery points. I simply don't want to do this. I still have chairs to appreciate and at least one set of diving goggles to try on... I suspect that I'll have to consider that to be very "debatable" I'm honestly glad that this isn't an issue for you. However, I fear that your secondary account seems to have no actual bearing on the matter. I have characters in Core, HoT, Pof and EoD, and all of them have this exact problem. Any slight "injury" (jumping from a cliff, being attacked) apparently generates some couple points of exp, which brings up the pop-up telling me that I now have fully-trained a mastery and I must do something about it. Very annoying - Particularly if I'm trying to communicate with other players at the time. There have been times where I've gotten killed because I was trying to unblock the chat when I should have been dodging or something. At least I've learned to ignore it that much, but team-members tend to think I'm not listening. (Btw, didn't mean to imply that the message comes up in the chat - It overlays it - But everyone probably knows that) Again, debatable. Yes it is. The fact of the matter is that it really started bugging me a couple years ago, but I've just "put up" with it until now. I simply figured that it might be wise to try and see if there was a solution before the Steam launch comes along - Because I suspect that Anet's support and the forums will be getting swamped with new players shortly. Aside from this, I know I can seem a bit snarky, so I should point out that I really do appreciate the feedback on this, whether a solution surfaces or not. I know, for example that mastery points are available in PVP, so I'm appreciative of the fact that my disinterest in PVP is accepted and no one has said: "Just do 400 hours of PVP". (That was actually why I wound up making my own guild in GW1) No disrespect to those who enjoy it, but if I wanted to do PVP, I'd be playing Call of Duty or Halo... Speaking of which, should probably be looking for a guild before all the Steam players flood the market with guilds that will last 3 months...

To be fair, my attitude may be unusual - But also, you guys don't seem to be "getting it". YES. You have some kind of problem with that? Do I not have the right to do that? I am a long-term, very loyal "filthy casual". Is that okay with you guys? Part of the problem for me is that the "mastery points" are often tied into story progression - And I really don't care about the "story". I didn't care about it much in GW1 and I don't care much about it GW2. I've gotten several mastery points in Path of Fire, a few in Heart of Thorns - and even one or two in End of Dragons, but it just doesn't end. Every time I obtain a point, the pop-up immediately comes back because I already have enough experience gathered for the next one - And probably the next one after that... I like the environment. I like exploration. I like the community - the helping other players, the mucking around and the camaraderie. I don't care about titles (except Legendary Cartographer in GW1), fashion, PVP or Masteries. It's not that I can't get mastery points, it's that I'm not any more interested in them than I am in taking up embroidery. There's an old game called Shenmue, where you had to get a job driving a forklift. Guess what I did for a living when that game came out? Think I wanted to come home from work driving a forklift and play a game driving a forklift? The point you're missing is that the insistence on chasing masteries changes the game from a recreation into a JOB. I don't need or want a job, and I don't want a game nagging at me. Not against it at all. I just want it to be optional - And it's only "progression" if it's going in the direction you want to go. Which buttons? A little help here? You don't have an answer for that, do you? Not so far... Cute. That works for She-Hulk or Picard, but I'm not talking about a TV show. I did. I even hunted down extra ones. It's boring and makes me want to go do something else... Nope. I have 7 level-80 characters. I didn't use "boosts" to get them there. Mastery points are by account, not character. I seem to have enough exp points that the only way to get rid of the pop-up is to get all mastery points, which would turn the game into work. Not fun. Doesn't work that way. Experience gathered after level 80 goes toward Mastery-Tracks. It is the "experience" that triggers the pop-up. The pop-up is just saying that I have enough experience to use another mastery-point. The reason I'm not interested in hunting down another mastery point is that I've already done that several times, and it doesn't help. I seem to have enough exp stashed away somewhere that the pop-up just instantly comes back asking for another mastery point. I'm really just tired of it, and none of it matters except for the constant nagging of that pop-up. As stated before, I imagine I'll eventually come across the mastery points in my wanderings - No problem. The issue is the pop-up that I can't even move out of the way. It's exactly like an unblockable ad online...

This is a bit trivial, but thought I'd try to get it out of the way before the system gets swamped with new Steam-players. My issue is a "pop-up' that keeps coming up in my game. Virtually any time I do anything with any character, I get a notice saying: "Your current ability is fully trained and ready to master!" This is fine, and I understand that it is designed to attract attention. However, the problem is that I do not care. Between GW1 and GW2 I've been playing about 15 years - And I'm not playing for "masteries". I have no particular interest in masteries, achievements, or even PVP. I imagine I will eventually acquire more mastery-points just by wandering around, but have no interest in actively seeking them (Though I've probably accrued enough exp for a dozen more "mastery points") - It's just not what I play for. Meanwhile, this pop-up is constantly covering the chat and otherwise distracting every time anything happens in the game. Yes, I can click on the "x" to remove it - For about 10 seconds (unless I'm in a battle, in which case it comes back in about half a second). It makes communicating difficult. It's become every bit as annoying as a 20 minute ad in a 3 minute YouTube video. I can find no way to shut it off (It isn't under "Hide Optional Announcements"), or even move it out of the way. So the question is: How do I get rid of, or move, this thing? In GW1 I could resize and relocate virtually the entire interface, piece by piece - So why isn't that possible in GW2? No one in-game has any ideas beyond "Go work on your masteries" - To which my answer is : "No". I have 7 level 80 characters wandering around and if I try to fulfill masteries with all of their compiled exp, I won't have time to do anything else. It would turn the game into "work", and I would come to hate it. Part of the problem is that I have gone out of my way to get a couple mastery-points to alleviate this, but I have enough piled-up exp that it just comes right back. And I simply don't want to devote all my time to this. Also, in my opinion, nagging doesn't help and doesn't belong in the game. "Support" tells me "...this notification cannot be turned off until the Mastery has been trained...", "...it is not possible for us...to relocate this notification nor is there a way in game for these to be changed..." And finally "...if you would like to request a change to how this notification appears, please reach out on the official Guild Wars 2 forums...". So here I am. Is there any way to allow the player to decide for themselves whether they should be constantly harassed about "Masteries"? If Anet has time to arbitrarily switch turning and strafing, why can't they do something about this? Any advice regarding this would be appreciated...