Problem: The Mentor requirements cater to players who have no business being Mentors.

[Valkyrie-Veil]

Or rather, if you don't feel like mentoring today, people expect you to disable the crown.

I mean, you should. The crown is supposed to show people that you are there to help people. If you're not helping people at the time, you should be turning the thing off.

[Vivi_Bushido]

I mean, you should. The crown is supposed to show people that you are there to help people. If you're not helping people at the time, you should be turning the thing off.

Or maybe you're willing to help people in the Novice Network with general basic questions, but not really in the mood to teach parties the mechanics to Titan Extreme.


Also, I'm more of a mentor that helps only when asked. Just because the words "New player bonus" appear in your instance doesn't necessarily mean people want help or advice. Most people want to live and learn. This is why they don't watch video guides for new fights, right?

Also; I've actually had a new player quit a dungeon, because I was trying to explain to them why popping regen on the tank before a pull is a bad thing. He didn't care though, and continued to do it anyway; He was more interested in clearing the dungeon as quick as possible rather then taking anytime at all to learn his class.

It's not always "Bad mentors" there's also rotten sprouts to.

[Valkyrie-Veil]

Or maybe you're willing to help people in the Novice Network with general basic questions, but not really in the mood to teach parties the mechanics to Titan Extreme.

Then don't queue for Titan Extreme with the crown enabled?

[Ashkendor]

if you want more than 1500 recommendations, that means that you don't want that person to ever use any DPS class in duty finder and you forgot about gathering and crafting mentors.

Huh? I get comms as DPS fairly frequently. I get more as tank/healer simply because I queue as those roles more, but it's no surprise to me to get a few here and there as DPS. No matter what role I'm in, I just go out of my way to make the run go smoothly for the other players. If I go in as healer, I normally queue with a friend as tank. He does big pulls, I DPS my face off. Sometimes one of us gets both comms. Sometimes we get one each. Sometimes only one of us gets one or even neither of us. It's kind of up in the air. I don't expect them simply for queueing tank/healer, though. We already get rewarded for that in the form of instant queues and the nice part is if we end up with DPS that don't exactly do good damage, we can easily carry.

As for the mentor thing, I personally only did it to unlock the roulette and the achievements. I don't join the Novice Network because I already have enough trouble filtering the amount of spam that comes in through my chatbox between FC chat and linkshells. Mentor roulette has been a mixed bag for me, honestly. Sometimes I get level 10 guildhests. Other times I end up spending an hour getting my ass kicked by Odin trying to get 4 brand new people that have no idea of the mechanics through the fight.

Also, unrelated. I love how people with the crown are expected to be mentoring 24/7. Or rather, if you don't feel like mentoring today, people expect you to disable the crown.

I don't see how that's such an onerous request. It's not exactly hard to turn off.

[Vivi_Bushido]

Then don't queue for Titan Extreme with the crown enabled?

It's like you don't read my entire post...

[Hakuro89]

I don't see how that's such an onerous request. It's not exactly hard to turn off.

It's not, but then again it's easy to forget you even have it on. Especially if you have your name display turned off outside combat. I do that with busy status all the time.

[Vivi_Bushido]

I don't see how that's such an onerous request. It's not exactly hard to turn off.

Most people don't even want help. If you have ever been in the mentor channel, you would know that the most often asked question is "How do I leave this?"

The entire mentor system is pointless wither the crown is enabled or disabled.

It's not, but then again it's easy to forget you even have it on. Especially if you have your name display turned off outside combat. I do that with busy status all the time.

^ Also this!

[Whiteroom]

It's like you don't read my entire post...

Whats wrong with what she said? or do your spend your time in EX fights chatting in the mentor channel. You can turn it back on when you get out.

[Vivi_Bushido]

Whats wrong with what she said? or do your spend your time in EX fights chatting in the mentor channel. You can turn it back on when you get out.

You can enable the status when you get out yes, but do you realize how long it would actually take to get back into the mentor channel with so many mentors online? Sometimes it's a miracle to get in there at all.

[Whiteroom]

You can enable the status when you get out yes, but do you realize how long it would actually take to get back into the mentor channel with so many mentors online? Sometimes it's a miracle to get in there at all.

Then deal with the fuss of people expecting you to help. You make the choice and take the bad with the good.