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...