Idea for more relevant Mentor Icons for Mentors

[MomomiMomi]

I'm a healer main. And I started this game as a healer main and have been healing since 2.0. I CANNOT accept healers DPSing while there are people in a party that aren't at 100% HP. The next hit for those people can be lethal.

You do not need keep people topped off, and co-healers who do keep people topped off, especially if they aren't doing any damage, are going to discourage healing even more. No reason for someone to heal if their co-healer isn't dealing damage, because that means they have all the time in the world to hard cast heals. Hard casting is for damage spells unless you absolutely (rare) must cast a heal.

As for silent mentors and defensive replies - I'm not sure what people that became mentors expected? There will always be people that refuse help. I don't see why people let past experiences with yelling newbies get in a way of giving advice to someone else.

I do not give information unless it's requested not because I'm worried what the person might say, but because I will not tell people what to do in, for example, a new boss mechanic until they've seen it at least once and specifically ask what to do there. I will not rob people of their once in a lifetime chance at going in blind.

[Lumivyory]

So if you're in normal content with a WHM/SCH comp, chances are the sch isn't going to need to heal much. And it's even less if the WHM overwrite's whispering dawn "because they need everyone up to 100%".

If there is already Whispering Dawn on the party there is no reason to cast Medica II unless there is a lot of damage. Plus Medica II doesn't overwrite Whispering Dawn. But I'm talking about instances where people have no HoTs on them. The amount of times I or someone else was left with 50-70% of HP with no healing and died to the next raid/party-wide AoE is astronomical. You cannot just leave people below 100% with no HoTs and expect them to magically survive.

Lastly, again. Mentors do not need to help everyone. You should be there to help those that have questions, want advice etc. etc. But you don't need to go out of your way to find people to help. There is no such requirement.

I understand that but people shouldn't base the way the act with newbies off of other newbies (just like people shouldn't instantly think the mentor will be 100% a bad one). I don't think many people would scream at a mentor for simply letting everyone know at the beginning of a dungeon/raid/trial that they can explain/help if necessary.

You do not need keep people topped off, and co-healers who do keep people topped off, especially if they aren't doing any damage, are going to discourage healing even more. No reason for someone to heal if their co-healer isn't dealing damage, because that means they have all the time in the world to hard cast heals. Hard casting is for damage spells unless you absolutely (rare) must cast a heal.

I can keep people topped off and do plenty of damage. Especially with WHM that has a million instant skills.
Casting heals isn't that rare. Medica II/Aspected Helios should be used when AoE HoTs or shields needed, same with Succor.

I do not give information unless it's requested not because I'm worried what the person might say, but because I will not tell people what to do in, for example, a new boss mechanic until they've seen it at least once and specifically ask what to do there. I will not rob people of their once in a lifetime chance at going in blind.

There is no need to give any info to let people know that you can help if needed. People that are new to the game might not feel confident enough to ask questions unless you tell them that they can.