Guild Wars 2

I understand that you gain Masteries by filling your XP bar, but I’ve found these Mastery Point spots on the map that you commune with and accrue points; what do these points do because they sure don’t increase my XP bar or grant me Masteries?

When you fill the bar with XP you can then spend the mastery points accrued from the commune spots to complete them and unlock that mastery tier.

So in other words once I learn updraft I can spend the rest of them to max the rest of the masteries in that line?

Filling the XP bar allows you to spend Mastery Points to train that ability. Once it’s trained then you can start getting XP for the next level and so on. Once you learn Updraft you can spend the Mastery Points training it. That then allows you to start earning XP for the next level in that path.

So you gather Mastery Points however you do from achievements and POIs and the like, then you earn XP which allows you to spend those points.

I get it now, thank you.

Oldirtbeard.9834:

So in other words once I learn updraft I can spend the rest of them to max the rest of the masteries in that line?

No. So to get Gliding basics you need to get around 600K exp (I think). Then to master it you need to spend one mastery point. Then Updrafts costs some more experience (can’t remember the needed quantity) and when the bar is full you spend 2 mastery points to master that. This carries on through the whole mastery line.

You get the mastery points then you need grind out millions of xp to use them to unlock features you payed for when you bought the expansion. Anet take us for fools and next expansion we might get to unlock the ability to use mounts for 100million xp. plus the cost of the expansion.

eldrin.6471:

You get the mastery points then you need grind out millions of xp to use them to unlock features you payed for when you bought the expansion. Anet take us for fools and next expansion we might get to unlock the ability to use mounts for 100million xp. plus the cost of the expansion.

But who doesn’t like a little bump and grind?

i paid for the expansion, maybe over paid, now to lesson the horrible grind i pay again for xp boosters. i suspect this was anets plan all along with masterys.

Oldirtbeard.9834:

eldrin.6471:

You get the mastery points then you need grind out millions of xp to use them to unlock features you payed for when you bought the expansion. Anet take us for fools and next expansion we might get to unlock the ability to use mounts for 100million xp. plus the cost of the expansion.

But who doesn’t like a little bump and grind?

Apparently a portion of the forums….