Suggestion: Change the icon for Mentors

[SeriousxSarcasm]

I love this idea. \o/ Watering cans for Sprouts, it's adorable omg.

There could always be a different symbol too. But isn't one of the big draws the rewards/achievements from mentor roulette? (not a mentor, I don't actually know much about it lol). Not sure if an icon change will get rid of those people, unfortunately. Maybe take away the rewards so only people who actually want to help are using it. :P Of course we'll have 80% less mentors, but that's not necessarily a bad thing LOL.

[TheBorzoi]

I love this idea. \o/ Watering cans for Sprouts, it's adorable omg.

There could always be a different symbol too. But isn't one of the big draws the rewards/achievements from mentor roulette? (not a mentor, I don't actually know much about it lol). Not sure if an icon change will get rid of those people, unfortunately. Maybe take away the rewards so only people who actually want to help are using it. :P Of course we'll have 80% less mentors, but that's not necessarily a bad thing LOL.

You don't need to have your status set to "Mentor" to get in to the Mentor roulette. The idea here is to stop those who have no intention of helping newbies from wearing it.

[Pentacus]

something I posted in a reddit thread this was linked from:

I'd actually suggest an onion.

Yes I know that seems strange but hear me out:

In FFIII the starting class was translated as "Onion Knight" because of a pun in the Japanese version: "Callow Youth" can also be read as "Onion Sprout"

That is likely what they were going for when choosing a sprout as the icon for a new player, making the new player icon specifically an onion sprout.

Therefore, what better progression from student to teacher than sprout to onion?

[Vnolan]

It does seem like an obvious choice, doesn't it?

By changing the icon to a watering can (or something that may be considered "ugly") then only the mentors that actually want to help will wear the icon.

Haha, no. It will only stop those that do it for the crown.

But isn't one of the big draws the rewards/achievements from mentor roulette? (not a mentor, I don't actually know much about it lol). Not sure if an icon change will get rid of those people, unfortunately. Maybe take away the rewards so only people who actually want to help are using it. :P Of course we'll have 80% less mentors, but that's not necessarily a bad thing LOL.

The main purpose of the mentor roulette is to fill duties. Taking away the rewards would have many less using it. If anything, expect more rewards in the future.