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    Quote Originally Posted by AmalonStar View Post
    Mentors are NOT supposed to be EXTREMELY knowledgeable about everything. If that is a requirement then majority if not all the mentors in the game are not fit to hold the title.
    Well, first of all, nobody said they had to be knowledgeable about everything, that's why we have the different categories, but something as simple as clearing all the content once is not that hard of a requirement. It's worth noting that completion of the dungeons is not a requirement for the mentor status, only for the roulette, which comes with a very fancy reward.

    The bolded part is something many people agree with. The requirements to be a mentor are way too low. The majority of mentors in the game AREN'T fit to hold the title. We don't need to make requirements even easier.
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    cerise leclaire
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elamys View Post
    The requirements to be a mentor are way too low.
    No they aren't. They are just plain irrelevant, because they're proxies and bad ones.

    The criteria for a good mentor are:
    - Ability to help (knowledge)
    - Willingness to help (motivation)
    - Patience (social skill)
    - Respect (social skill)

    Those are what you'd need to check as requirements. The issue is that an automated system can't do that and whatever you use as proxy for these qualities will necessarily fail to certain degrees.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zojha View Post
    No they aren't. They are just plain irrelevant, because they're proxies and bad ones.
    Not really correct.

    Knowledge can be assessed from how much you play the game. It's not foolproof, but one would assume someone who's cleared a dungeon knows the mechanics.

    Commendations can be an assessment of patience and respect, as it comes from other players. Again, not foolproof, but it's still a measure.

    This is the only system we have; making the requirements of entry into mentorship and access to its rewards will only invite more abuse of the system.
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    cerise leclaire
    (bad omnicrafter & terrible astrologian)