I was a Mentor. Now I am just a Crafting Mentor because I don't have 1500 coms.

[Moonfish]

Imagine quitting this awesome game because SE took your burger king crown away.

[JunseiKei]

All it grants you is access to the Novice Network and Mentor Roulette. You can 'mentor' without actually being a mentor.

[ShariusTC]

Lol, really? Someone get salt over just few comm? Get like dozen comms short from 3000 archivement in 3 years of just play a game, and i am the most anti social team member in pug pt

[Fynlar]

I personally don't think requiring commendations makes for a very good system, but even despite that, OP still isn't making a very good case for themselves.

[TheForce]

SE would grandfather in almost anything else but you don't grandfather us mentors. I am going to keep this short. You don't respect how much time and effort I have put into the game so far. You don't respect that I have been a mentor for over 2 years. Then you don't need my $30.00 a month. Maybe you will respect that.

You can't be serious. The crown is/was worthless. And 2 years isn't even a long time.

[TheForce]

OP is the perfect example of why the mentor system should be deleted from NA servers.

Yep. I was thinking the same thing.

[Tsalmaveth]

This is painful?

I've never 'actively tried' to be a mentor... not like 'I'm going to put this shiny crown on and teach people good' kind of thing. Because I don't think I'm any better. Mostly because, esp after looking at The Balance, I know I'm NOT... But I have spent my years playing, since pre-ARR and since, trying to do right. I level 'all the things' because this game is a stress-relief for me and always has been. I work tech and lawd, the hours... >_< So the game is how I 'escape' and I enjoy my time. I live running random dungeons and enjoy it. So I know'em. And I've never minded helping people along the way, throwing out tips and being friendly. As much as is welcome, at least.

I have 6062 comms.

It doesn't take that much to earn the comms if you just play the game in a friendly, calm and kind manner. Put in the time. Do what they want you to do in order to BE a mentor. And ya know... if you can't or don't or won't? Maybe you shouldn't have the silly little crown anyway.

[Reap00]

To be fair, the 1500 commendations requirement is complete BS. Number of commendations is not a meaningful measurement of anything. For the most part, tanks and healers get comms and DPS don't. As a healer main I have more comms than I know what to do with, but I know people who have been playing for years and have less than 500 simply because they main a DPS. Honestly I think the commendation requirement should be removed altogether.

(Really I think the whole system is stupid and should be removed entirely, for many of the reasons mentioned above, but that's a separate issue.)

This is not true in all cases. Although I have leveled tanks and healers I spend the vast majority of my time on dps and have over 3k comms. If you are not willing to help people out you don't need or deserve mentor status. If your friends have been playing for years and have 500 they are not making a positive impression on people.

[Zarabeth]

I've never been a mentor but I love to help new people. So I use my FC and my linkshell to help new people. There's absolutely no need for a crown to be helpful. I bought the game when it first came out, couldn't play because my computer wasn't nearly good enough. Have been playing since ARR beta, minus a year off for rl issues. No idea how many comms I have but I don't think it's many because I'm not a fan of dungeons. Oddly enough, I still help people.

[SturmChurro]

OP is the perfect example of why the mentor system should be deleted from NA servers.

Agreed. Remove it entirely is the best solution, rather than bandaid fixes like comm requirements.

You know it's a bad system when I can still become a mentor right now if I wanted to. I never mentor anybody. In fact I was starting arguments in the new raid with people who were wasting time explaining fights.