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

[NessaWyvern]

Maybe I was born with it?

Maybe it's maybelline~

[Windwalker]

If you meet the requirements for a crafting mentor then you earned it. Good job. You will need to do the same to become a battle mentor just like everyone else. Good luck and have fun. I will be losing my mentor status because I refuse to level a healer, but I don't need a crown to help people. I haven't had it equipped nor have I joined the NN in months. Labeling oneself with the crown tends to make any situation worse in my experience.

Leveling healer is easy, just go WHM, watch netflix while grinding dungeons and your lvl 80 in a week or two.

[LaylaTsarra]

The issue of increasing the requirement for commendations is something that SE should not have done for those who WERE ALREADY MENTORS. I have no problem with them increasing the requirement personally for new people but those who were already should have been grandfathered in, in my opinion.

My main has well over 3000 comms on her account so just getting her war/magic roles up to speed isn't that big a deal. Personally although I got the notice about it I really don't plan on renewing even when i do qualify.

[Adeacia]

The issue of increasing the requirement for commendations is something that SE should not have done. For those who WERE ALREADY MENTORS for years arbitrarily increasing them and making current mentors match the new requirements is a bit lame in my opinion. I have no problem with them increasing the requirement personally for new people but those who were already should have been grandfathered in, in my opinion.

I have been a mentor since Heavensward. I thought they would change the requirements in Stormblood but was surprised when they didn't. When they did announce the changes I had already met all the requirements. Play enough and you can get them.

Of course there are probably tons of people who got to be mentors much later than that and may not have had time to get the commendations yet that are being kicked out. Many of them may be really good mentors even, I get that. Standardizing the requirements makes things fair for all though and I agree with that. I didn't like the grandfathering in when it came to housing and I wouldn't have liked it here either. New requirements should apply to everyone, regardless of anything.

I haven't actually done anything as a mentor in at least 2 years I think so being removed would not have bothered me at all.

[Windwalker]

Making mentorship harder is good, now theres less crowns running around just to show off and more helpful people actually wearing that crown. Forcing you to level each job type is good too, a mentor should be a jack of all trades, knowing how it feels to play each role instead of blaming others of how they play their job, they can help and give tips on how to improve.

[LaylaTsarra]

I didn't like the grandfathering in when it came to housing and I wouldn't have liked it here either. New requirements should apply to everyone, regardless of anything.

That's not the case in real life when there are employees for example who have health/pension plans etc (as one example) and are grandfathered in with new people either not eligible for the same benefits of they are awarded less.

It doesn't matter all that much to me but I can understand the frustration for someone who's been active in the program for years and is now told sorry you're not good enough anymore. I have absolutely no problem with them being grandfathered in. With respect to housing I have no problem with that either. People broke no rules, did what they needed to do etc, and to have that taken away would be wrong. I see a similar parallel with the mentor program personally.

[Reinha]

The newest 24 man is always a wonderful way to get commendations as a healer. 20 raises, solo healing some raid wide damage, well timed shields or Rescues and your best outfit should do it. An added bonus is getting multiple chances to roll on collectables.

Alternatively you can work on tank achievements by doing dungeons and give your parties a fast and intense run. In your best outfit of course. People usually like it.

I like that the commendation requirements were raised tbh. A battle mentor should stand out in positive ways when doing battle content and 1500 isn't totally unreasonable. I think it sucks that they put Astrope behind mentor roulette but if that is the reason you want to be a battle mentor then you have a much bigger grind ahead of you than 1500 comms.

[Iscah]

Why is it then, that even though I've split playtime between 2 characters and deliberately reduced the amount of Duty Finder content I do to the absolute weekly minimum, I have accumulated 2743 comms, 1243 more than necessary, in slightly over 2 years, but allegedly some players who have been playing for twice+ as long and presumably with only one character aren't anywhere close?

Maybe I was born with it? Or maybe it's... my cute glams? That's probably it to be honest. I don't do much else to stand out, unless we're counting saying "hi!" when I enter duties and then playing to the best of my ability on whatever job I am (which for any job that isn't my main 3 means absolute garbage... then again, I suppose somehow tripping over the BLM rotation is impressive in its own right so perhaps that has earned me a few pity-likes?)

I feel like glamours would really have to stand out to be the thing you get commended on - though I'd love to have some way of tracking that.

I looked up how many commendations I have on my various characters vs how many dungeons they've run. For science.

Dungeon numbers are based on the count in the achievements list, which doesn't include guildhests (I try to at least do three roulettes weekly for the challenge log, more at lower levels) so the numbers will all be a bit skewed, but it's all I've got.

I also probably tend - but don't deliberately aim - to get "last man standing" commendations as everyone else rushes out the door at top speed.

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Female Midlander main (does everything):
1697 dungeons
1731 comms

Female Roegadyn (everything but primarily tank):
207 dungeons
424 comms

Male Elezen (everything but primarily healer):
505 dungeons
890 comms

Male Au Ra (primarily DPS, healer):
149 dungeons
216 comms

Nerdy male Miqo'te (ACN/SCH only):
24 dungeons
46 comms

Warrior male Miqo'te (DPS/tank):
19 dungeons
37 comms

Both Miqo'te alts got started the other week in a mad flurry of PVP grinding and GATEs as I realised that yes, I do actually want Garo gear for those characters I had in mind but wasn't planning to start for ages... So their counts are definitely going to be a bit weird with lots of guildhesting to get levels up from the first-time bonuses.

It's interesting that my main has a much lower ratio of comms to dungeons - though I'll guess it's probably due to a mix of running more dungeons with friends, joining groups to grind for mounts, and having leveled more DPS classes (thus more dungeon runs with a low chance of getting commended).

[SturmChurro]

The newest 24 man is always a wonderful way to get commendations as a healer. 20 raises, solo healing some raid wide damage, well timed shields or Rescues and your best outfit should do it. An added bonus is getting multiple chances to roll on collectables.

It's not. I do this all the time on my WHM and am lucky to get one.

[Leloa]

It's sad I won't be able to become a battle mentor. Even after playing for over 4 years and I still just hit the 1200 comm mark. Now I'm doing collectables 50/300 though and I can earn my trade mentor crown. It does give you a nice challenge.