New Mentor requirements

[Jojoya]

"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.

Go back and read the section on Mentor changes in the 5.0 patch notes.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...6712a499e97484

However, as of patch 5.1, to ensure that all mentors are held to the same standard, changes will be implemented to encourage mentors who qualified under the old system to obtain recertification.

* Please note that mentors who do not do this during patch 5.1 will lose their certification in 5.2.

Everyone was warned back in June there were more changes to come in 5.1 for those who wanted to retain certification.

It was not an arbitrary change. Players have been upset with the quality of Mentors for quite some time and SE had noticed.

It's not a sudden one when we had 4 months advance notice that more changes would go into effect in 5.1 and Mentors would have until 5.2 to meet the new requirements.

Quit the game over the change if you want. It doesn't make sense when the change does not impact what you say you enjoy doing and how you do it.

I read the same post today. After thinking about both interpretations, I believe today's post applies to 5.1 only, and the previous statement made at 5.0 release (players would have 5.1 to recertify and be dropped at 5.2 release if not recertified at that point) is still operative.

I'd like to be wrong.

Today's post doesn't conflict with the 5.0 patch notes. They say the same thing - players will have until 5.2 to meet the new requirements implemented in 5.1 to maintain their Mentor certification.

Even if it did conflict, being more current the information in today's post would supercede the previous post.

Today's post only clarifies what the consequences will be for those who don't. They will lose their crown. They will lose access to the Mentor Roulette. They will retain access to the Novice Network but have a special icon denoting that the character is pending recertification.

I genuinely don't get all the fuss people are making. Is 1500 a large number? Sure. But it's also pretty unlikely that those who are truly helpful are going to be unable to meet that requirement by the time 5.2 is released next year. It will help weed out many of those who only "played nice" for a short time to get their 300 commendations for a crown and have since been jerks to other players, giving the Mentor system a bad rep.