The Mentoring Requirements... *Rant Style*

[Whiteroom]

Just out of curiosity, why? Because of his comedic sentence and opinion that a Healer should use all of their abilities?

Whats funny is Odett was spot on with her comment too. I have healed with that person recently...

[MilesSaintboroguh]

I am pretty sure the point of the mentorship program is for people who play at subpar levels teach new players how to continue this trend.

Or you can make a difference yourself.

[Powercow]

Funny, Im hoping you never become one, would be very bad for the game.

We don't need any mentors telling new players to half-ass it in a group with other people.

[Dualgunner]

We don't need any mentors telling new players to half-ass it in a group with other people.

Is this going to be the XIV equivalent of "Please don't have kids"?

[Shyngo]

There are some ppl(like myself) that were happy to see this announcement because, as Yoshi-P said, major reward is feeling that you helped someone, being a long-time buddy or someone you just met.
Helping these ppl develop and answering questions is something i really enjoy into.

I also agree on very little to no rewards, as this would cause the mentor system to be flooded with ppl just doing that for the experience bonus or in-game rewards.

I have all 2.0/3.0 content cleared, pretty much im more than capable of helping someone develop. But i do think the system could be done based on request(needs approval to become mentor) and not be limited to have all 3 job roles as a requirement. I honestly consider myself a very experienced Dragoon and Tank, but im not much of a healer. now im leveling one on DF to 60 just for the sole purpose of unlocking this feature.

I have good intentions on my mind, and im pretty sure SQEX has it too, but...if i get matched to teach someone to heal, it will be a pain in the ass =(. We needed to have a better development on that, like you could start as a job mentor, if you have all DoW on 60 then you icon changes and youre a DoW Mentor, if both DoW and DoM are 60 then you reach the highest tier, ("Warrior of light mentor")? so we could spot who would be the best person to help me advance trough this game.

The lv 60 requirement on this suggestion would not be the sole requirement, like for example.....a Lv 60 DRG Mentor needs to have A1-A4S cleared as dragoon, X Comendations(X being definitely more than 300), no reports of bad behaviour on the last 6 months, and whatever other requirement that could be placed in here. Achieving those, you unlock DRG Mentor, but if you wanted to go further(for example, DoW Mentor), you would need to achieve these hypothetical requirements with every single DoW job. and so on.
Also, this status would have to reset at each expansion(or major patch) so ppl can adjust.

If you consider running dungeons/trials only as a good standard for someone to become a mentor, then you're definitely doing it wrong.

(SCH afk healing with fairy)(DPS using 123 combos repeatedly)(Tanks not popping any CDs).

with dungeon only requirements, youre literally saying that these kind of ppl can become mentors. I would look into that =/.


Sorry for the long Post, have a good one everyone.

[Odett]

Or you can make a difference yourself.

(Psst...she was being sarcastic)

[Tint]

yeah, i will not become a mentor because i only know how to play a healer. but i have just a basic understandment of tanking and i am not into dps classes at all xD i have to gain 8 lvl on my dragoon to hit mentor requirements, but nah...

also i don't think this will work well if you don't play the tank by yourself. i often try to explain some boss mechanics to new people. but the tank runs ahed and pulling the boss before i can type a single sentence. and also what is the difference between explaining now the basics for new people and explaining them as a mentor? most people simply don't want someone who is saying them "you are doing it all wrong, start listening, I will teach you" - even with the friendliest words.

also another huge problem i have is the duty finder and the language filter - english is not my first language. i need a while to type in english especially if i don't know how to say something specific and have to find a workaround to say it in other words xD i can't explain well in english. and i don't speak french at all. i can explain in german, no problem, but even if i search with just german language activated i will get paired with english and french speakers. will they fix this for mentor roulette?

i hope this is just a first step to build the basics and they introduce class-mentoring for new lvl 60 players with super harsh mentor requirements later. yeah... hope... xD

[SpiritMuse]

most people simply don't want someone who is saying them "you are doing it all wrong, start listening, I will teach you" - even with the friendliest words

Well, presumably the newbies signing up to be mentored are looking for people to teach them, so that shouldn't be a problem. ^^

[Kaurie]

Or you can make a difference yourself.

Heh, not sure if you got my joke?

[MeiUshu]

this thread and all the comments on it are the reason why I dont think and actually firmly believe the mentor system is going to be a pandora box, once open we wont be able to come back and it will be chaos very fast....