Quote Originally Posted by DixieBellOCE View Post
The only fix for NN is to make mentor restrictions harder so that only those people who are knowledgeable enough if their respective mentor aspects will be able to actually mentor new players.

If the mentor had an aptitude test related to specific branch, 90% of mentors would fail immediately.

'solo combat test' for battle mentors.
'expert crafting & collectables test' for trade mentors.

Congratulations, you now have mentors that actually know what they are doing.
The problem with most bad mentors isn't lack of knowledge, its bad attitude. Short of interviewing everyone who gets a crown, there's no fix for this.