Novice Network Feedback for SE

[NaesakiAshwell]

I wonder if a good solution would be to make the mentor icon into something less cool. That way at least some of the "want to just to look cool and elite" people might be discouraged from keeping it. I think someone suggested a watering can once, that might work.

Think someone also suggested a full grown tree for an icon to represent that the mentor has grown from a sapling into a full fledged adventurer.

[zeopower6]

Just curious but with this new system, there's basically a way for alts to stay in the network indefinitely for as long as they want just as long as they don't progress in the story. Was this an accidental side-effect of trying to let people in there for longer? It's a little strange IMO to have sprouts in there that have like at least a month of playtime at this point.

[Niwashi]

It's a little strange IMO to have sprouts in there that have like at least a month of playtime at this point.

It can be a lot longer than a month. I've been playing since the game launched, more than two and a half years ago, have a couple jobs and all crafting classes maxed, and I could still turn the sprout icon back on if I wanted to, just because I'm still playing A Realm Reborn. That "new adventurer" sprout no longer means anything at all.

[Cwestcott18]

I think the mentor system is kind of pointless anyway, I mean just something else that people try and use to distinguish themselves differently, although this gets those who use it for the real purpose caught into the same batch, the same people who were helpful or wanted to be continued to be, even before this crown next to your name was there. No real point, but hey you get a crown!

[MomomiMomi]

I think the mentor system is kind of pointless anyway, I mean just something else that people try and use to distinguish themselves differently, although this gets those who use it for the real purpose caught into the same batch, the same people who were helpful or wanted to be continued to be, even before this crown next to your name was there. No real point, but hey you get a crown!

Let me guess. You don't use the Novice Network? It's far from pointless. It's allowed a lot of players to get help when necessary. Doesn't matter if people helped already before it, it has greatly expanded the amount of novices you can reach.

[Cwestcott18]

Let me guess. You don't use the Novice Network? It's far from pointless. It's allowed a lot of players to get help when necessary. Doesn't matter if people helped already before it, it has greatly expanded the amount of novices you can reach.

I'm talking about how the mentors themselves, i'm not sure on different servers, but there was no need to add a system where someone is flagged to be a information bank. Survived before will continue to, the network itself I didn't say was bad or useless, it does what it should, helps those who use it and gives new players places to go to.

[MomomiMomi]

I'm talking about how the mentors themselves, i'm not sure on different servers, but there was no need to add a system where someone is flagged to be a information bank. Survived before will continue to, the network itself I didn't say was bad or useless, it does what it should, helps those who use it and gives new players places to go to.

And the mentors are the ones providing that help. So the mentor system is fine.

[revonine]

Let me guess. You don't use the Novice Network? It's far from pointless. It's allowed a lot of players to get help when necessary. Doesn't matter if people helped already before it, it has greatly expanded the amount of novices you can reach.

I quizzed the sprouts that joined out FC in the last month or so and they all disabled Novice Chat as they were sick of the spam filling their chat windows. Any questions or help they needed they asked in FC chat instead. They do not rate the novice network very highly and any mentors they've encountered even less so.

[Laerune]

I do think SE needs to do something about the mentors who have no intention to help other players. Alot of the mentors that I have met are a mentor, because of the crown symbol, that is all. Maybe the first step should be to remove the crown and give mentors something else? Something that will not be treated like a novelty.

The new mount being obtained via Mentor roulette does not help either, no idea why SE decided to do this.

[SpiritMuse]

I do think SE needs to do something about the mentors who have no intention to help other players. Alot of the mentors that I have met are a mentor, because of the crown symbol, that is all. Maybe the first step should be to remove the crown and give mentors something else? Something that will not be treated like a novelty.

The new mount being obtained via Mentor roulette does not help either, no idea why SE decided to do this.

I've been thinking this. The mentor icon should be something less "cool" so that people won't want it just to look "elite". I think someone mentioned a watering can somewhere in this thread or one like it. I think that would be fun and fits in with the sprout/planted sprout newbie theme.