Lots of assumptions and no real citations. Opinions are nice and all but I think the mentor system may help some players. The fact that someone 'feels' it might be abused is relevant in opinion but not so much within the reality of the system that just like any other system in the game could be abused. Using fear to impose your will onto others isn't exactly an admirable point of argument. Either way if you don't like it then you don't have to do it. Let the people who do it leverage their complaints, they are not weapons for your cause.