Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[drtasteyummy]

Super-Hot Take: Mentor hate is over exaggerated, and the community makes mentors seem worse than they really are. They also put incredibly unrealistic expectations upon mentors in an unpaid volunteered role. I feel like a lot mentor hate is falsely bias opinions influencing each other and because we act like mentor hate is "The cool thing to do". I see it more as people wanting to take part in schadenfreude and insult people in any way they can think of solely because they do not like them as a person. Are there bad mentors? Absolutely. There are bad sprouts to but this is always overlooked, ignored, even excused and treated as a non-issue just because they aren't the one with a crown.

The design is flawed, first of all the fact that you get a crown and rewards just makes it so people farm it to feel cool about it, secondly you don't do anything you just play at a decent level or tank and people will upvote you it's not like you were really helpful or a MENTOR you could literally exchange it for the word "experienced".

[MilkieTea]

The design is flawed, first of all the fact that you get a crown and rewards just makes it so people farm it to feel cool about it, secondly you don't do anything you just play at a decent level or tank and people will upvote you it's not like you were really helpful or a MENTOR you could literally exchange it for the word "experienced".

But... that's not really the mentors fault, though, is it? Hate the game, not the player, and all that.

[Raoabolic]

But... that's not really the mentors fault, though, is it? Hate the game, not the player, and all that.

Let's be honest, if there wasn't a shiny mount (a two seater at that) attached to the crown would there really be that many mentors out there? Not saying all crowns are bad but a lot tend to only be there for the reward, not realizing that they actually have to explain things to new people who may or may not be familiar with MMOs.