Mentor abuse DC on purpose

[SturmChurro]

While a sprout/returner can hide their icon, a player has to choose to become a mentor after earning a specific amount of commendations, clears, levels, etc.. A mentor has to also accept a prompt that states that mentors are expected to be an "exemplar" of player etiquette, among other things. This means that a mentor has chosen to be held at a higher standard. A sprout/returner is not comparable here. For that matter, a mentor's crown is back on when they do mentor roulette: where they get extremes. So when so many mentors are acting contrary to the expectations of being a mentor, it makes sense that that reflects badly on all mentors, as it shouldn't be so common. This is why without constant oversight by SE this system will never work, in my opinion. Having a desirable award tied to mentor roulette clears, only exacerbates the issue, as you get "mentors" like this thread describes.

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