Lets speak about Mentor's.

[Glenfiddich]

And you have mental problems if you think every mentor is just in it for the crown. You are so far out from reality, its astonishing. The fact you cannot separate reality from your own little world proves it. That statement is insanely rude, and the worst post in this thread so far. It truly speaks volumes about you as a person. Stop lumping us good mentors with those horrible excuses of mentors. Not all of us are horrible.

I became a mentor a long time ago, because i genuinely wanted to help others. I felt I had a good understanding of every fight (ex and normal modes), and I always made sure to know what I was doing so I could help others. Every duty (mentor roulette or not), I always try to be kind to others and defend those who get picked on. At first, I would always try to politely give rotation tips to players like ice mages, but I was always met with hostility and rudeness. After that, I just stuck to teaching mechanics.

I have never been in it for the crown, the so called "status", the mount.. I have done the roulette enough that I did receive my mount, but to this day I still do the roulettes to help. I'm always that mentor that stays in ex primal groups, even though I had many chances at leaving without penalty. I am always that mentor who stays with a group until they want to give up, or the duty timer runs out. I was always that mentor that would leave the duty without penalty and come back on a different/harder to find role to make the run refill faster, even if I didn't get credit for the clear. I have helped many people get various different clears. I always try to be perky and polite, even though I am horribly shy, but I still have my days where my patience runs thin. I have done my best to be a role model, to better myself, to help those in need. I have smiled through and tolerated so much abuse to myself by inconsiderate twats, and I will be damned if you lump me in with those mistakes of mentors. Get a reality check.

You don't even understand the amount of hate that was thrown my way, even for just being nice (seriously had someone yell at me for it). I know for a fact I am not the only person to experience this, so I can understand if a mentor just snaps. I have come close to snapping many a time, but I always try to stay relaxed. I love being a mentor, and I take great pride in being one. It is incredibly insulting to be automatically lumped into the bad mentor category just because I'm a mentor, when I do my hardest to be the opposite. People like you do not breed motivation to be one of the good ones. If we are just going to be lumped in with the crappy mentors no matter what we do, then why should we bother to try to be better? You don't know every single mentor in the world, you have never ran with every single mentor in the world, so stop acting like you know why we do what we do and what we do. Again, get a reality check please, and stop making generalizations about people you don't even know because you had a couple bad experiences. It's not right, and its not fair to those of us who actually try to do good in the game.

You have confirmed my previous post. Your Problem is called "Helper's syndrome"

[BillyKaplan]

You have confirmed my previous post. Your Problem is called "Helper's syndrome"

/10charorwhatever

[Rymm]

You have confirmed my previous post. Your Problem is called "Helper's syndrome"

I wasn't sure before, but now I call troll. Definite troll.

Kudos to you for getting so many people to bite, but please take your sideshow elsewhere now.

[Glenfiddich]

... but please take your sideshow elsewhere now.

As you wish. I'll let you awesome Mentors wallow in your Glory without any further interruptions.

[Xerek]

As you wish. I'll let you awesome Mentors wallow in your Glory without any further interruptions.

Believe it or not, they aren't trolling. They honestly believe this. And that hatred is so far cemented that absolutely nothing can threaten that belief. They will delude themselves, inventing phantom mental illnesses as a motive, anything to justify their belief, anything to discount any counter-arguement.

With someone this far gone, there is nothing that can be done, no arguement you can make. They're no longer rational. Best to just let it go.

[Rymm]

Believe it or not, they aren't trolling. They honestly believe this. And that hatred is so far cemented that absolutely nothing can threaten that belief. They will delude themselves, inventing phantom mental illnesses as a motive, anything to justify their belief, anything to discount any counter-arguement.

With someone this far gone, there is nothing that can be done, no arguement you can make. They're no longer rational. Best to just let it go.

While you are probably correct, this kind of willful ignorance is so abhorrent to me I actually take comfort in choosing to believe that they are intentionally provoking people for "fun," rather than the alternative.

This sort of willful ignorance is the one thing in the past that has caused me to snap at people in dungeons, something I which I instantly regretted, especially when I had the mentor flag on (and believe me, said people were usually quick to point that out.) Now it's the number one reason that drives me to turn the flag off on days when I just can't deal with it.

It's sad, because most of the time I like helping people and most of the sprouts I encounter welcome the help and our interactions range from polite to downright chummy. I try to not let the bad experiences sour me against all sprouts/learning groups, but I would really appreciate it if other players would extend that courtesy to mentors as well.

[Tubben]

You have confirmed my previous post. Your Problem is called "Helper's syndrome"

You confirmed my previous thoughts. You are just an troll.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

You have confirmed my previous post. Your Problem is called "Helper's syndrome"

After reading all the corresponding posts...

[Paladinleeds]

You have confirmed my previous post. Your Problem is called "Helper's syndrome"

The fact you're making up disabilities as you go along now just proves others' points. As someone with a genuine learning disability I find that rather insulting tbh. When I have my crown up, I'm doing it to help. I will co-ordinate and try and get other people in to help. I will help secure clears. I will teach. I will guide. And fun fact for you, I don't let my learning disability stop me. And I hope we can break the stereotypes surrounding learning disability as well. But I digress...

Fact is, you've shown you have no compassion towards mentors and believes if someone wants to help for the sake of helping, they must automatically have some fabricated learning disability that you come up with on the spot. That is a problem and I daresay speaks volumes about you in a negative light. The fact you so adamantly believe this means I'm wasting my time here most likely, but I'm still going to do what I can to convince you otherwise.

[Toluthin]

I wish the requirement for getting into the novice network was lower. I play this game like once in a blue moon and by the time I get back, I forget literally everything. It would be nice if you didn't have to be level 50.