Mentor channel abuse

[Ulathskullsplitter]

I don't know if it's because I'm so tired today or what but every time I scroll through the message board and see this topic my brain mixes it up and reads it as mental abuse channel. Lol. Those poor sprouts.

[OmnipotentHaseo]

Well last i checked lamias mentor chat had over 90 mentors and one student lol so not really any reason to posr

[ThusFarJay]

Giving any player the ability to kick is silly unless they actually follow up on punishing those who kick those with no good reason.

I could have sworn it was only a temp kick, like for 3 hours. Am I wrong? Can't check because servers( or my server) is down.

[Kaihri]

I could have sworn it was only a temp kick, like for 3 hours. Am I wrong? Can't check because servers( or my server) is down.

From Patch Notes:

Removing Players from the Novice Network
In cases of spamming or harassment, a mentor can kick another mentor or a new adventurer from the Novice Network channel. Kicked mentors cannot return for three hours, and kicked new adventurers for thirty minutes. Please be advised that, in doing so, your name, the name of the player being kicked, and the reason will be displayed to everyone on the channel.

* Customer support will be notified when a player is removed from the Novice Network. If your decision to kick a player from the channel was found to be inappropriate then you may face punishment.
* Mentor privileges may be revoked for repeated infractions.

[Malzian]

Well last i checked lamias mentor chat had over 90 mentors and one student lol so not really any reason to posr

I was in the Lamia network last night and we didn't have any issues with the amount of mentors. What we did have a problem with was that, somehow, RMT bots kept getting added to the network. Since sprouts need to be invited it was kind of disturbing, since that would mean we had a mole doing it and no way to identify them... Unless there's an undocumented way for sprouts to get into the network. I think we could use a new sprout message including who invited them.

[Galgarion]

Mentor abuse? Oh no!

Johnny was a new lancer fresh off the carriage to Gridania. He didn't really know anything about the game. He was lost and confused. Just how Shark Mcguilicutty liked them.

"Hey, kid," he said. "You new around here?"

"Sure am, Mister!" Johnny said enthusiastically. "I wanna be a lancer! Gosh it sure is big around here."

"Yeah, yeah," Shark said affably. "You need a mentor, kid. Yeeeeeah. You got a good look. How good are you with sewing machines?"

Mothers, don't you children get bad mentors! It's an awful world!

[Jeibird]

[I]Johnny was a new lancer fresh off the carriage to Gridania.

i honestly thought u were about to bust a rhyme when i started reading your post

Johnny was a new lancer, fresh off the carriage, questin, leveling, hey this place is a bit garish
When a couple a guys, up to no good, started making trouble with their mentorhood
He makes one little gil purchase and Square got scared
They said "emergency maintenance until we can make this fair"

[bounddreamer]

I was in the Lamia network last night and we didn't have any issues with the amount of mentors. What we did have a problem with was that, somehow, RMT bots kept getting added to the network. Since sprouts need to be invited it was kind of disturbing, since that would mean we had a mole doing it and no way to identify them... Unless there's an undocumented way for sprouts to get into the network. I think we could use a new sprout message including who invited them.

Players can join after they talk to the NPC smith. Bots are doing the Novice Hall duty which gives them a 30% experience ring, after which they are automatically added to the Novice Network.

[Pells]

I was in the Lamia network last night and we didn't have any issues with the amount of mentors. What we did have a problem with was that, somehow, RMT bots kept getting added to the network. Since sprouts need to be invited it was kind of disturbing, since that would mean we had a mole doing it and no way to identify them... Unless there's an undocumented way for sprouts to get into the network. I think we could use a new sprout message including who invited them.

The problem I've been seeing is so-called mentors just spamming invites on every sprout they see without talking to them first.

[Roth_Trailfinder]

Gilsellers would also need to be a mentor to invite newleafs in. I highly doubt a Gilseller or bot has enough runs as a tank, dps and healer to get into the Mentor program.

I don't have a 60 Tank (though having Arcanist at 60, with both Summoner and Scholar unlocked and done their class quests is enough to satisfy the Healer/DPS part) and I was able to get into the Mentor side of things by having at least one crafter and one gatherer at 60, with any appropriate quests done.