Genuine question for those upset with the new Mentor requirements

[TheForce]

Nailed it OP, that's why I hated the old mentor system as well. It was more about status and feeling superior ot your fellow Player, than truly wanting to help out the new guys. They viewed the crown as something that gave them power over others (and just to be clear, it did not), it's even funnier because speaking from personal experience, most of the players I've seen screw up and give crap to others in content have actually been mentors. To me, that crown was utterly worthless. Just another icon on the screen.

[Ryaz]

Nailed it OP, that's why I hated the old mentor system as well. It was more about status and feeling superior ot your fellow Player, than truly wanting to help out the new guys. They viewed the crown as something that gave them power over others (and just to be clear, it did not), it's even funnier because speaking from personal experience, most of the players I've seen screw up and give crap to others in content have actually been mentors. To me, that crown was utterly worthless. Just another icon on the screen.

The new system isn't going to change that. It's just going to have the old school elitists grandfathered in while keeping other plays who actually want to help out locked out for a much, much longer period of time. It'll be even more of a status symbol, basically.