Quote Originally Posted by ArmaDragkun View Post
With the experience I have I wouldn't say most of the Combat Mentor's I've seen have caused problems it's more of, and please correct me if I'm wrong. I sort of look towards combat mentors to explain what happened if things go wrong on an attempt, if then all I get from them is silence it's kinda frustrating. The Odin attempt for example I ended up having to explain as best I could what to do as the other tank who was a CM just rushed to pull the boss as soon as he could.


Can't speak for every other mentor, but generally I reserve explanations for errors that are not immediately evident to the people who committed them. For example, if you get nidhogg ex and the party is lost during the blue/red tether mechanic, then that's a good spot to explain what happened. However, if the wipe was caused by someone simply failing at their job (for example healers or tanks who mess up and create a spiral leading to a wipe) then that is a bit more obvious and the best approach (IMO) is to simply take another shot at it.

At the end of the day, there are many things to balance when deciding to speak up. Is it fair to 7 other people if I take time out to single out someone who caused a wipe (and probably knows it) instead of simply giving them an opportunity to earn redemption? I don't think it is. With that said, if there are multiple wipes then it's obviously in the mentor's best interest to speak up since what they're doing simply isn't working. It could be that the mentors weren't clear what happened themselves, too.