I do not understand the reason for Trade Mentor

[Barraind]

Theres 2 kinds of questions in NN:

Questions almost anyone, even other sprouts, can answer.

Questions you really need to google, as you cannot possibly explain the intricacies of garden crossbreeding, chocobo breeding, triple triad deck building / card gathering, chocobo re-coloring, or advanced crafting in one message worth of text.

[KatCnaa]

Questions you really need to google, as you cannot possibly explain the intricacies of garden crossbreeding, chocobo breeding, triple triad deck building / card gathering, chocobo re-coloring, or advanced crafting in one message worth of text.

In situations like this, I sometimes take the person into a party and demonstrate or walk them through the item. I've walked people through gardening one on one and I've learned something of flower growing that isn't in ffxivgardening. It being one message isn't what's important, imo, because I'm not that kind of mentor. But the NN puts me in a place where I can connect to people who are asking for help. Pulling people into linkshells to do the same thing can be helpful, if you have enough mentors that they are available when needed, but you run up against the problem of having to kick people to make room for new sprouts. The NN is designed to try to bring in and maintain a balance of sprouts and mentors, for better or worse.