Mentor needs to mean something again

[EaMett]

Mentors overall are looked down upon in this game. Many people who like helping people, advising, answering questions, etc., refuse to wear the mentor crown or be part of the NN because of how many of the people who wear the crowns act (not all act badly, but enough rotten apples has spoiled the bunch). Probably the best way to get help, info, advice is to join a helpful FC or LS.

I can't speak for all servers but the novice network in general is a great place to ask for help. Rarely do your questions go unanswered. Hell, I use it loads as a a mentor too.
On my server you can even get mentors to hop into dungeons with you and/or help with your queue times. And I've seen similar things when jumping servers in my data center. I feel like many people that complain about mentors have either had some sour interactions and are really focusing too hard on those or have weird expectations for what a mentor is. In my 4-ish years I can probably only count on one hand the bad mentor interactions I've witnessed. The amount of mentors I've played with is huge and they're vastly all just silent for the ride.