Guild Wars 2

This was only a minor annoyance during the LS1 Scarlet attacks as it was infrequent, but in the new area every single stage of every single event throws a big yellow notification both in the middle of the screen and in chat. Since the events in Silverwastes are near-constant, the end result is an unending stream of event spam with only occasional short breaks, no matter how you have your chat settings.

These notifications can and should easily be handled via the existing Dynamic Event message system, with the orange notifiers on the side of the window and no corresponding chat intrusion. Is it really necessary for these particular event messages to have exactly the same notification priority as “a new build is available,” and if so can we please at least have the option to uncheck a box somewhere so they don’t fill the chat window with event spam? I would rather keep track of guild/whispers/map/say chat than be flooded with event messages that could easily be handled with the existing event notification system.

Click the small down arrow on the active chat tab header to set your options. A check box is there for Game Messages. Been there since launch I believe

Nope. I have multiple chat tabs set, with “Game Messages” off for all but one. These bright yellow messages show up on every tab, regardless of the checkbox setting.