Stricter requirements for Mentors.

[DeNada]

A "written test", is this a game or a job? Y'know what this reminds me of?

Jobs in the US that demand a Masters degree...for a job that pays $13.00 an hr

Folks: lemme just remind you that mentors are VOLUNTEERS, they arent paid, they arent employees ( a fact that one sprout on Kujata had to be forcibly reminded of ), and they do this out of the goodness of their hearts.

Put rubbish like this in front of them and they will walk away "nuh uh I aint sitting a "written test" to do this.

Craft mentors have a very real and very valid purpose, saying that crafting "doesnt matter" or that " you arent a mentor unless you are a "leet raider" is a fast way to lose 95% of all current mentors, who, I remind you, do this out of generosity..

I dont care how many savages you have done, sprouts arent level 90, the vast majority DONT GIVE A RATS for savage or extreme, I repeat that it doesnt matter how many of those you have done, if when someone comes to you to ask for help and all you can do is flip them off and say "Just Google it" because "You are not there to hold their hand' then guess what.

You dont deserve to be a mentor.

As two organisations found out when they abused my goodwill, Im a volunteer, not an employee, and I can and will walk away anytime I want. As I seem to recall, one of those organisations had a conniption fit when they realised they had just honked off the only person who had been willing to come in and help out when they were short.

Thats what happens when they treated a volunteer like an unpaid employee. Mentors are volunteers giving of their own time. They can just as easily go to the Smith, decertify, you will never see them again.

Just because you aren't a paid employee doesn't mean you can shirk your duties when you sign up as a mentor.

In fact, you can simply not become one if you don't want to be saddled with the responsibilities of being one since no one is holding up a gun to your head to force you to become one and it's purely voluntary. If you do sign up as a mentor, it should be with the notion to be a guiding light to new players and be equipped with the knowledge, skill sets and patience to guide and assist them with any questions they may have. And a stringent enough test for mentor certification definitely aids in that process and weeds out players who are simply there for the crown symbol for prestige purposes.

If players are unwilling to take a test to become a mentor, they simply aren't cut out to be one and by restricting to mentorship status to only those who are deserving of one, it would fulfil the true purpose of mentorship and relegate the notion of mentors being a burger king crown and a source of ridicule as it is currently to the annals of history.

[Reinha]

And a stringent enough test for mentor certification definitely aids in that process and weeds out players who are simply there for the crown symbol for prestige purposes.

Harder requirements make the crown symbol more prestigious, not less. Right now it's a burger king crown for people with 3 max level jobs. If you require savage, it becomes a savage crown. You think people wouldn't want to wear a savage crown like they use the flaming wyrm mount or their dyed savage gear?

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Harder requirements make the crown symbol more prestigious, not less. Right now it's a burger king crown for people with 3 max level jobs. If you require savage, it becomes a savage crown. You think people wouldn't want to wear a savage crown like they use the flaming wyrm mount or their dyed savage gear?

Only thing SE needs to do is remove the rewards problem solved. People who want to help will do regardless if there's a reward or not.

[ICountFrom0]

Harder requirements make the crown symbol more prestigious, not less. Right now it's a burger king crown for people with 3 max level jobs. If you require savage, it becomes a savage crown. You think people wouldn't want to wear a savage crown like they use the flaming wyrm mount or their dyed savage gear?

This.

You make it hard to get, and it'll actually MATTER.

It'll go from something people who don't really mean anything, and have too much time, and are generally useless, wear to be silly...

To being a mark of the best of the best... and then those folks will be HUGE snobs about it, and there will be 0 actual useful instruction.