The Mentoring Requirements... *Rant Style*

[randysquirrel]

I don't really like the mentor requirements, despite meeting them all, as none of them are anything except "I have grinded for a long time". Having grinded something for ages does not mean someone will be a capable mentor. Nothing is gated behind any semblance of ability.

I truly hope it works out as intended, and mentors are able to help new people improve etc, but there is also the risk of people seeing someone is a mentor, and therefore assuming they know what they're talking about... when they don't necessarily do.

I know this sounds extremely negative, it's not meant to be, just raising a concern.
Maybe clearing the new dps dummy (earth sea sky or whatever its called) should also have been a gate

[Shyngo]

I don't really like the mentor requirements, despite meeting them all, as none of them are anything except "I have grinded for a long time". Having grinded something for ages does not mean someone will be a capable mentor. Nothing is gated behind any semblance of ability.

I truly hope it works out as intended, and mentors are able to help new people improve etc, but there is also the risk of people seeing someone is a mentor, and therefore assuming they know what they're talking about... when they don't necessarily do.

I know this sounds extremely negative, it's not meant to be, just raising a concern.
Maybe clearing the new dps dummy (earth sea sky or whatever its called) should also have been a gate

thats exactly what i meant with my last huge post.

[Zojha]

Nothing is gated behind any semblance of ability.

The most important ability of a mentor is to be able to deal with other people, which is hard to measure. That aside, the most important knowledge will be that of the first few levels and the most basic game mechanics, because that's what most mentees will have trouble with. Again, hard to measure.

The next benefit of mentors is to gain social connections and entry into LS/FCs more easily as newbie. A reflection of this is nowhere to be seen in the requirements at all (yet).

I find the current requirements quite misplaced, but I constantly snicker at what some people here think mentors will actually be doing. Goes completely against my experience with introducing friends to games.