New Mentor requirements

[Galenini]

If this change is upsetting you enough to threaten to cancel your subscription despite your claim your primary reason to play is to help others, I can't help but think you're lying.

You don't have to be a Mentor to help others. I help others all the time without being a Mentor, nor do I want to be one thanks to the many negative past experiences I've had with Mentors.

You aren't getting kicked from the Novice Network in the foreseeable future. You'll still be part of that community.

If you're truly the helpful player you claim to be in instanced group content, you'll get those commendations you need to retain full Mentor status.

So what's your problem?

By the way, it's irrelevant you're posting from a second account. It doesn't add any more weight to your opinion.

The note on the 2nd account is to offset anyone thinking it is a new account with no experience. Nothing more, nothing less. It was for clarity.


"Upsetting" is not the same as lost trust. Players were given a published set of criteria for remaining a mentor at 5.0 release. With 2 months to go before the "recertification", SE has now significantly changed that plan. This is an arbitrary change at a late stage. I met their stated requirements. Again, as I said, they moved the bar, and now, with less time, I have a new requirement.

Yes, I will continue to be a mentor through 5.1,

The server that I am on, is, and has been an online community I have been proud to be part of and enjoyed for the most part. That will not change.

I have been a "mentor", unmarked, unnoticed through many of the over dozen MMO's I have both played and tested over the last 2 decades.

Helping is what I do BECAUSE it's good for the community.

The problem is the sudden change and how that impacts my gaming experience, a concern that SE, as a Japanese company, has as a focus.

My concerns include a broken commendation system that is easily exploited, is no longer meaningful (often a mere token for "showing up" as a tank or healer, regardless of skill or helpfulness, or as a few mentors mentioned in chat today, for "fan service".)

The change will tilt the game even further towards tanks/healers in the duty finder, and create an even bigger barrier to entry for new players.

My feelings are valid. They are within reason given the situation. And they were carefully described and owned.

Thank you for contributing to this discussion.