Special Minions that display your availability as guide or condolences for someone

[PrimeAvatar]

I had this idea last night after reading about the unfortunate passing of on of our fellow players Codex Vahlda on Gilgamesh and the massive outpouring of condolences and silent wakes across multiple servers.

Could SE add a few special minions that serve to display your availability to teach or to honour someone/something? I saw the little sun minion being used for the Codex Vahlda in memoriam, but perhaps we could have a floating candle minion (perhaps we can light or douse it ourselves?) to honour someone that passed away?

I also had a few other opportunities come to mind that could benefit from a special minion. One of them is a floating open book minion that displays you're willing to learn new players the ropes.

Who knows, if enough people like this idea it could be implemented (preferably not in the cash shop because that would be plain wrong for the 'Condolence Candle' minion and it would defeat the purpose for the 'Teaching Tome' minion suggestions I made).

[Percimont]

I think it's an interesting idea!

I like the minions idea, but at the very least, a status icon could be added for people who are willing to help. This would be similar to the little green sprout icon next to new players' names but would symbolize seasoned players who are willing to help.

[Amnesia]

Maybe a little noose symbol to indicate that you are happy to show someone the ropes...

[Dotsusama]

I really like the candle idea a lot.

I'm not so sure about the "teaching tome" just since it could be easy for someone to have disabled the display of minion nameplates. In a crowded area, such as starting areas and cities where new players begin, it would be difficult to tell exactly who a particular minion belonged to. An icon by the nameplate (a'la FFXI's Mentor badge, if that's still a thing they do) would be nice!

[Garlyle]

Not going to lie, I'd definitely appreciate an icon or minion or something I can use to indicate that I'm available to answer questions and help people out. The major concern for implementation, I assume, is keeping that indicator out of the hands of those who might abuse it to harm new players and drive them out of the game.

As for the condolence minion I definitely agree with the idea to have something we can agree on for that kind of purpose.