Are there any rules specifially for mentors?

Like the title asks: Is there any extra rules when becoming a mentor?
I became eligible for DoH/L mentor and a friend of mine told me that there's lots of added rules that could easily cause someone to be banned so I shouldn't go for it.
I want to help people but if there are any rules for mentors I want to know about them. I tried searching a bit but couldn't find anything about rules and mentors. I know that should be a sign there aren't any but I just want to be sure about it.

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Originally Posted by Death2all546

Like the title asks: Is there any extra rules when becoming a mentor?
I became eligible for DoH/L mentor and a friend of mine told me that there's lots of added rules that could easily cause someone to be banned so I shouldn't go for it.
I want to help people but if there are any rules for mentors I want to know about them. I tried searching a bit but couldn't find anything about rules and mentors. I know that should be a sign there aren't any but I just want to be sure about it.

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just follow the two commandments of life:
1: Be cool
2: Don't be a douche

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Originally Posted by Death2all546

Like the title asks: Is there any extra rules when becoming a mentor?
I became eligible for DoH/L mentor and a friend of mine told me that there's lots of added rules that could easily cause someone to be banned so I shouldn't go for it.
I want to help people but if there are any rules for mentors I want to know about them. I tried searching a bit but couldn't find anything about rules and mentors. I know that should be a sign there aren't any but I just want to be sure about it.

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Not really. The main rule is do not abuse mentor status. While many can interpret this in many ways, the most obvious that would certainly remove your mentor status would be repeated use of the kicking ability in the Novice Network. Every time someone is removed from NN, SE customer service is notified. They can decide if the removal was warranted or not and repeated misuse will result in the loss of rank.

Anything else is just an "expected norm" (used loosely).

http://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/t/dc9...9f4f549_75.png

This box should be the same for all kinds of mentors. Not?

I never really saw that. I didn't click the "become a mentor" option because I wanted to see what rules my friend might've been talkin about (and I didn't want to risk that there wasn't a confirmation). Honestly though, I don't understand why he would say there's rules that could easily cause me to be banned. He was probably messing with me, but he sounded serious at the time.

There are no "rules" for mentors, there are only "expectations", as described in the image above. It's for this reason we have so many terrible and unfriendly mentors who get away with it.

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Originally Posted by Death2all546

I never really saw that. I didn't click the "become a mentor" option because I wanted to see what rules my friend might've been talkin about (and I didn't want to risk that there wasn't a confirmation). Honestly though, I don't understand why he would say there's rules that could easily cause me to be banned. He was probably messing with me, but he sounded serious at the time.

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It's possible it may just be how he interpreted the last statement or he's going off of inaccurate hearsay, though you would obviously have a better idea as to his intentions than I would.

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Originally Posted by Nixxe

It's possible it may just be how he interpreted the last statement or he's going off of inaccurate hearsay, though you would obviously have a better idea as to his intentions than I would.

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At the time he said the possibility of being banned was the main reason why he didn't become a mentor at all and said for me to do whatever I wanted.

Well if you want to be a mentor go for it.

To my knowledge, there is nothing a Mentor can do to get banned that wouldn't also get them banned as a non-Mentor.

Repeatedly showing bad behavior while a Mentor might get your Mentorship stripped from you, but you wouldn't be banned for it.

It's not that breaking the mentor agreement will get you banned from the game, it just may result in you losing your mentor status permanently.

Also note that novice network kicks are not proactively vetted by Square. Unjust kicks need to be reported by the victim for Square to punish the person abusing kick. Likewise, justly kicking someone will not actually have any permanent consequences - for that you would need to actually use the support desk to report whatever evil deeds warranted the kick.

MAIN RULE: Ask if anyone needs advice before starting so that you don't seem like a know it all. Specially if a new person is in party. Sometimes it could just be a new character but vet player.

I follow the main guidelines and use these. So far it's very simple and get good results.

*Help those in need / Advice/ Give them a chance to prove they can do a run, if they are being disruptive in a polite manner explain.
*If party wipes, as a friendly reminder not what you saw and give tips, be open to them as well.

There aren't any set rules. Just be helpful where you can in your given role. I'm also a DoH/L mentor and I give advice on where to find things, gathering or crafting rotations, how to succeed at collectibles, things to look for in the market, etc. So long as the crown isn't just something you wear, then you'll do fine.