Quote Originally Posted by Katie_Kitty View Post
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.
I agree with everything you've said and I do understand that my expectations of combat mentors could be too much as well.

I think I made this post just out of the selfish reason I was a bit salty at being told how to play by a combat mentor in a dungeon when himself was clearly not having a good time (Almost dying to every avoidable mechanic, barely healing ect)

I understand the system is somewhat flawed but thank you for taking the time to explain some things so now at least my understanding of combat mentors is better. I think honestly I might just try to ignore the CM icon when I see it from now on. If they are willing to give advice I'll be happy to listen and take it on board but I sort of won't expect anything from CM just to avoid winding myself up with I guess really the wrong attitude.