Some mentors...

[Kaethra]

Which is why it would be up to SE.

Who at SE? Would you be alright if it was one who agreed with me?

I don't think you would.

[CazzT]

Who at SE? Would you be alright if it was one who agreed with me?

I don't think you would.

The same people who decide the policies for the rest of the game. You seem to be arguing for the sake arguing.

[Melichoir]

The issue with mentor roulette is its something you can achieve through sheer time spent, rather than a sense of accomplishment. Itd make more sense if you could achieve the mentor title by completing so many savage fights synced, or experts synced, rather than "Did you do this enough time thorugh sheer boredom."

Beyond that, more resources need to be applied to the game to accurately tell newer players whats up. And to be frank, the OF here (as well as Reddit) are generally not great for this. There is plenty of bad advice floating around here and on Reddit. Not every thing, mind you. There is some real solid tips that do pop up, but a lot of it is either unimportant, or just wrong. So much so that part of the issue with players getting stuck with bad mentors, or with entitled players who do the "You dont pay my sub" thing when you offer up more optimal play, or people complaining standard content is "Just to hard! Nerf it! This isnt savage!" is due to them getting the wrong kind of training when they started the game. The develop bad habits and stick to them rather than being taught solid basics from the get go.

[Neoyoshi]

Are just the worst type of people. There should be a criteria of becoming a mentor that you should have to uphold or you lose mentor status based on GM review.

I've been lucky enough to never come across this interesting anomaly, i'd love to see some context or some examples of this behavior.

Also, are you reporting these people? or are you letting the bad behavior go unchecked?

[Priya]

People become mentors because the NN is the only global chat in the game.

[Neoyoshi]

People become mentors because the NN is the only global chat in the game.

Oh lord, i think that's why i've been blessed with blissful ignorance this whole time, i left Novice network right away when i came back to the game a couple months ago; Global chat areas tend to be notoriously toxic regardless of the MMO-game world it is set in.

Although i can imagine it's nowhere near as bad as a F2P's global chat, so there is that.

[Kaethra]

The same people who decide the policies for the rest of the game. You seem to be arguing for the sake arguing.

Haven't those people already made a decision?

Your argument is a bit of a paradox. Policy makers made a policy. You're arguing it be changed, and managed by the same ones who made the current policy. And this is why I said everyone in this thread is too incompetent to make any sort of standard. You all cannot even agree on what the policy should be. And when questioned, you default it to the very ones who made the status quo.

This is a nontraversy at best. You have a blacklist tool you can use. Use it on mentors you don't agree with.

[Dfess]

I've been lucky enough to never come across this interesting anomaly, i'd love to see some context or some examples of this behavior.

Also, are you reporting these people? or are you letting the bad behavior go unchecked?

then you're either in the nicest server in the game or your being oblivious on purpose. read the other comments. there are plenty of examples.

[Dfess]

People become mentors because the NN is the only global chat in the game.

But it's not. Linkshells are global as well.

[rattles]

The level of entitlement what do you novices want us to do throw gil at you and your hand and merry skip you through the entire game.