Guild Wars 2

So I’ve been thinking about this for awhile, and have avoided posting because I can only imagine the level of negative feedback that’s going to follow. However, I’m going to post out of hopes ANET reads this and takes it into consideration.

With HOT we are getting the mastery system. From current understanding, you progress through the mastery system by leveling up past level 80. I really hope ANET does not make it possible to pop tomes of knowledge as means to gain mastery points. There are people who have stacks of these, and it will be extremely disappointing to see players fully leveled on day 1. This is just my opinion, looking forward to seeing others constructive feedback!

The mistake that we will gain mastery points from leveling up comes up now and again.. This comes from a misunderstanding in how the mastery system works. There are two components to masteries: 1) mastery points and 2) xp. Mastery points are gained from various activities (such as map completion and adventures). Mastery points unlock a ‘tier’ of a mastery and then that ‘tier’ has to filled via xp. Thus you can’t level masteries using xp alone.

Besides that, Anet has stated that they are still looking at how leveling items will work with the mastery system.