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    Remove the 2 seats mount from the mentor achievement = no more non-involved mentors.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Watachy View Post
    Remove the 2 seats mount from the mentor achievement = no more non-involved mentors.
    Most people do not even try for the mount. They just want the crown symbol next to their name to feel special.

    Edit: in fact, now that I think about it, a majority of other mentors that I've spoken to either aren't even aware it exists, and again, a majority of the ones who do know of it aren't that motivated to work for it. It is a lot of time put in for Astrope.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Watachy View Post
    Remove the 2 seats mount from the mentor achievement = no more non-involved mentors.
    As a relatively new mentor, I would support this or at least adding either an additional requirement in commendations (something much higher than required to become a mentor, or perhaps a counter that goes up each time you get a comm from a duty while you had mentor status on), or something like that.

    I became a mentor because I enjoy helping others and see the Mentor Status (crown) as a means of letting people know at a glance that I'm willing to stop what I'm doing to answer a question or even look it up if necessary. Seeing as the mentor status can be turned on and off at will, it's simple to turn it off if I'm having a day where I'm not feeling very social or I'm busy with something else so even that isn't an excuse.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seig345 View Post
    I became a mentor because I enjoy helping others and see the Mentor Status (crown) as a means of letting people know at a glance that I'm willing to stop what I'm doing to answer a question or even look it up if necessary. Seeing as the mentor status can be turned on and off at will, it's simple to turn it off if I'm having a day where I'm not feeling very social or I'm busy with something else so even that isn't an excuse.
    I don't mind helping people that have the will to learn and understand things. It's a pleasure to teach things to people that want to progress etc.
    But im collecting mounts, and that's a really nice. People have such a bad image of mentors that i became the "silent type" grinding my mount and that's all. Want tips ? I will give you some, if you don't ask for anything i won't say anything anymore since people think you've to play like a god everytime as a mentor.
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    Last edited by Watachy; 02-09-2017 at 11:24 PM.