How would you handle this situation with mean spirited mentors?

[Hitsuzen]

I feel that since humans are inherently good. A survey system will be of good use to keep mentor status. Yes it may occasionally be abused, but if the mentors can keep a high average of let's say for instance 7/10 stars they can keep mentor status.

If You're generally a good mentor outlier data will be insignificant in comparison.

[Aethaeryn]

I feel that since humans are inherently good. A survey system will be of good use to keep mentor status. Yes it may occasionally be abused, but if the mentors can keep a high average of let's say for instance 7/10 stars they can keep mentor status.

Or you can just continue to report people like the ones you encountered and let a GM sort it out rather than an easily abused system.

I've seen karma systems work in MUDs, but with an MMO you'd really need someone in charge of actually reviewing the players with negative feedback to make sure the system is being used correctly. Most people are just going to click whatever to get the popup out of the way and get on with the game. Or if it just gives a notification thing like commendations, people are more likely to ignore it unless they had a bad experience. Would ignoring count toward the positive number? Also, everyone has different ideas of what makes a positive/negative experience. For example, some people believe you're a bad mentor if you don't provide unsolicited advice before each boss when there's a new player bonus (I personally wait to be asked b/c a lot of people are just alts, but I'll give advice if I see someone struggling with a mechanic).

I don't see a point in spending money on this over a few jerks. To this day I have still only run into a tiny percentage of abusive players wearing a crown. If people posted every positive experience on these forums, you probably wouldn't even notice the negative ones anymore. People are more likely to come and complain than come praise random strangers they met on the internet. I know I don't often bother leaving reviews on products I've purchased on Amazon/Newegg/etc. unless I have a bad experience.