The mentor system sucks, and here's how I would fix it.

[cicatriz313]

But is *is* a part and removing it entirely solves nothing. Either a) not enough people are queueing for content that new players want to do or b) you still have players being jerks. A jerk with a crown is still going to be a jerk without a crown. The crown isn't the problem, it is the jerks that are a problem, and systems already exist to take care of that.

re: NN being a cesspool. That's going to vary by server, but again if people are being a problem: Report the people. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

My point is simply if the system isn't working there's no reason to keep it, and this system is anti-working imo. I would argue that the crown itself is probably the biggest problem of the mentor system, in 11 it was a giant ugly M and I don't think anyone would want that next to their name lol. Like if you're arguing it's a good system, that's your point of view and considering we are both on midgard I'd ask you if you've seen the NN, but that'd be viable. But keeping a system where people are both turning off new players in NN and demonstrating bad play by wearing the crown isn't the same as keeping a system that just isn't helping.

I won’t speak for all servers, but for mine, our NN is actually very nice. Sprouts ask for help with queues or general questions, and they generally get answers to both. There’s a bit of memeing and it is like a general chat more times than not, but it still fulfills the purpose of asking questions and assisting baby players when said needs arise. However, I know this isn’t the case for all servers’ NNs—Cactuar’s has just always been very chill, but I think my server is chill in general. At least it’s always been in the 3.5 years I’ve been on it.

I guess I'm a cynic, but I've definitely seen more just global chat abuse and general meme'ing than any actual helping going on in ours. Got to the point where people would actively ask how to leave and eventually I just turned it off because a big kick war happened and I was getting spammed with notifications. These days I just try to help out in my fc as my helping outlet.