The Mentoring Requirements... *Rant Style*

[Toguro]

The mentoring requirements.. sigh* there is a lot of things that aren't good about them. And I'll go through each one, except craft/gathering. I don't know that stuff..

300 Commendations
Reason For Placement: People with many commendations are likely "helpful" players as people are commending them.

Flaw: Tried and tested multiple times with different characters, you can easily, easily get many comms as a Tank or Healer without saying a word(Sometimes hello). Even as a DPS you can get comms after saying nothing. Then there is the stereotypical "Females get more comms" part. I wanted to see if it were true.. On my main(dragoon), I only had 36 comms at the end of 2.0 scenario. As a test, I made an Au Ra female(dragoon) and by the end of a rushed 2.0 storyline(roulette/dungeon/guildhest spam), this character reached 97 commendations. I always say "Hello all." as a greeting on my main. On this character I said "Hi". I was astonished.. To be honest I never thought it was as true as some claimed to be. Either that, or the character is made of luck. I also made a Roegadyn female, and an Elezen female and they seem to rack comms like crazy. There was also a wannabe mute male Highlander who got some good comms. One thing in common with all alts? I said nothing. I helped no one. Comms comms comms.

Lv60 Healer, DPS, and Tank
Reason For Placement: Players who have at least one level 60 Healer, DPS, and Tank will be more able to give advice to new players and their classes + basics.

Flaw: This is probably one of the dumbest restrictions they could've added. If I am a career Dragoon, why would I need to be a lv60 White Mage/Scholar/Astrologian AND a Lv60 Paladin/Warrior/Dark Knight to teach my Dragoon student how to Dragoon? You do not need lv60 everything to know "Basics". I can learn basics by getting lv15 or 30 of one of every role. If I am a mechanic.. and I want to teach a new recruit how to fix a car, why would I need to know how to fix a train and a plane to teach him? Or need to know how to fix a bus and a monster truck?

Then there is Northern Thanalan.. yeah all those carefree botters over there for days getting their classes level 60, without any Job skills or Heavensward skills. Want that as your mentor? I don't. But you can certainly become a mentor that way.

Level 60 in something does NOT mean knowledge. In most cases.. yes. But to keep out all who may not want to heal, or tank, or DPS, is wrong. All the healers who say "I picked healer to heal, if I wanted to DPS I'd get a DPS", well you're rekt now. Better start DPSin'.

I have a Lv60 DRG and a Lv60 MCH and I would like to help teach people things about those classes but I cant because I don't know the "basics" of healing or tanking. I have a Lv30 Marauder. I know the "Basics" of tanking. What does Healing or Tanking have to do with Machinist?????? What does DPSing as a Monk have to do with Conjurer?

1,000 Instanced Dungeons or Trials
Reason For Placement: Players who have played a long time will likely have this achievement and will be more experienced thus, better mentors

Flaw: There are players who have joined since Heavensward, or maybe 3.1 who by now, know EXACTLY what to do with their jobs and maybe have even cleared hardcore raiding content, or all content possibly. But they cant be a mentor because they didn't clear 1,000 easy dungeons? I wouldn't be surprised if most of the people with 1,000 dungeons/trials completed have grinded for Zodiac Weapons and/or Tank mounts. Grinding Garuda (HM) and T4 unsynced makes a mentor? Why punish newer players who know their roles thoroughly because they have not grinded the same thing over and over? Grinding something like Ifrit (NM) is all some can do to participate in this nice new feature. I saw a couple on this very forum hoping it will get fixed. Extremely selfish. Take out Ifrit (NM)? Take out all trials. That's not right though is it? I'm sure thousands have been cut out because of this. I'm one of them. I was unable to play during the mad relic grind. If I had taken part in it, I bet I'd have 1,000 dungeons too. It takes FOREVER to get 1,000 dungeons. This is very dumb.


sigh* [end rant]