The Mentoring Requirements... *Rant Style*

[Reisui]

people consider that mentoring is only good up to lvl 50, passed this level nobody needs a mentor because everybody is a pro, yes I am frustrated about all this, indeed
You are right, many people, including me, are like you. I dont feel I am good enough, understand ready, to go and mentor, but it takes some humility to reach this conclusion and most dont have it because most DONT care enough of an unknown to understand if themselves dont require a mentor in the first place. So how many of newby are going to be mentored by those that know less then them?
THAT is my worry

Nobody said that mentoring is only good up to 50, it can also be used post 50, alone not with this system.
New players lay contact with veterans, for the help at the start, to get to know the game. A newbie isn't going to ask an in-depth question from the start. He will need global advice on how to do stuff, be it from dps/heal/tank to gatherer/crafter. You will also be there to learn them and help them with the first dungeons.

Then actually some newbies will go there way and experience the game on there own, knowing there is someone who they can ask help too if needed. Some will maybe join the FC of the Mentor, some will enter and LS and ask advice on regular base.

I see the Mentor system more as guide then an teacher who will learn you the job from A-Z. To do that, the player will need to do research and trial and error. Thing is, along the way he laid contact with people, he know he can ask stuff too, as being just a new player entering Eorzea alone, and afraid to ask stuff, since he doesn't know if the person is willingly to help them.

Also, the Mentors can also learn stuff from each other, I for example would like to have a chat with fellow healers on my server to know how they handle stuff etc.

And yeah, you always will have rotten apples, that will be morons, that's the way it is. A newbie that got wrong information, will find out quickly, he will be told by people in the dungeon, then yeah, he may get yelled at, or have someone nicely explain him what's wrong. That's something we can't know. Where there is light, there is darkness.

Take this as an opportunity to reach out to those players, you should become a Mentor I think, because you are one, you said you like to help people, well this way people know that.