Quote Originally Posted by Tiramu View Post
There might be truth in this, in the sense that having a crown next to your name makes your character stand out more. So if you're an arse it draws even more attention. If that crown symbolises that you're supposed to know what you're talking about, then it draws even more attention if you're wrong or being toxic.
Veteran players in any MMORPG know everything about the game and want to optimize it, take shortcuts, get to the end fast. It's always been like that. The mentor icon is more often on veteran players than on newer players, so this crown is more often on the "impatient veteran player wanting to get their grind done efficiently". That isn't to say that there aren't lots of nice and patient veteran players that wear the crown, but because of the negativity bias, all the impatient veteran players that bother to wear the crown give them a bad reputation.