Remove Extremes from Mentor Roulette

[Sotaris]

Just delete mentor system altogether imo. 99% of mentors just want a fancy icon next to their names and do in fact not mentor players.

[Eien713]

Just delete mentor system altogether imo. 99% of mentors just want a fancy icon next to their names and do in fact not mentor players.

I think it's sad that mentors have the reputation that they do, whether this was the fruit of people being overly negative or because of fake mentors who are just after the crown. Before I became a mentor, I had heard the tales of those nasty creatures known as mentors. So when I decided to get the mount, the first thing I did after becoming a mentor was hiding the crown. I didn't want to be associated with mentors in the open world. I was biased and influenced by what others said and what I kept hearing.

However, I witnessed something that made me rethink the whole crown icon thing. Some time ago, there was a new player in Gridania, where I was just standing like a statue, and the person asked in the say channel if there were any mentors around to answer a question that they had. Another person (and maybe even more) and myself too jumped in to help them. But this made me think. Having the icon to facilitate spotting mentors is a good idea, but it really sucks that the person needing help might come across a fake mentor or might not know that a mentor willing and happy to help was nearby but said mentor didn't have their icon on just like me and most likely for the same reason.

I don't necessarily think the mentor system is bad, it can certainly be useful, but it's not working the way it was intended because of the way people abused it. This said, I'm not sure if removing the system altogether is the answer. I know it's possible to shout in any city and people will answer your questions, but there might be things that the regular player wouldn't know and a mentor would.