Novice Network Feedback for SE

[MilesSaintboroguh]

There are a lot of changes that could be made, but a majority of them have been covered.

However I'd like to point out something... I became a mentor to help people. Mostly to help players that are new into the game. If I que for the mentor roulette, I shouldn't really be getting Ravana EX. Sure, I don't mind helping others with Ravana EX and getting them their clear, and getting my tomes, but in all seriousness content that is level 60 should not be on the mentor roulette. Could argue that even level 50 content shouldn't be on it either, but I suppose considering there is a substantial amount of level 50 content and it would be hard to tell when the player is "more experienced with the job system"...

I thought the Heavensward EX primals aren't a part of the mentor roulette?

[Defias]

It's probably been said before. But I personally think Mentor status as this game wants/intends it shold be something players have to apoly for.

Player submits application, GM/whoever reviews it, checks player's achievements, class progress, general conduct (how often they've been reported/kicked and what they were reported/kicked for), then approves/disapproves mentorship.

As being a Mentor in this game is honestly more of a selfless choice it should be treated better.
Like how EQ had players called Guides.

I disagree with the "everyone should be one system" as it currently stands.

[Riusvell]

I hope there's a possibility that some get stripped of their mentor status on here.
As there are some people who are stirring a pot of drama in there and cannot leave personal affairs outside of the Novice channels.
Quite some unjustified kicks have been going on and hope it will get looked into.

[Noshpan]

The Mentor channel on my server has become a mix of Barrens chat and crafting sales.

[dark494]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ussion-with-GM

This better not be SE's official stance, because that just opens it up to abuse and unfiltered nonsense that doesn't belong in the channel.

[Powe]

Going to say it, I'm not a Mentor. When i heard about the Mentor idea in the beginning I thought it would be specific Mentors for just 1 or 2 jobs, but finding out that you need to have a tank, dps and a healer at 60 kinda erked me. What about the people who, while only have 1 or 2 jobs at 60, are actually good at their jobs? I remember reading in this thread that there should be ranked Mentors, like for example, theres a sch looking for help but theres only a Mentor who leveled whm, theses jobs, while technically similar, are not totally compatible like the whm doesn't know if eos/selene should be on obey or sic. Maybe there should be chats with just jobs specifics like a chat for Scholars with just 1 Mentor and like 10 trainees( If you have all heals at 60 then you can join other chats) so it'll be more geared towards that job.

[Powe]

Also maybe after the trainee leaves they get the option to rate their Mentor based on how much they went out of their way, or if it was just in dungeons. Also if they were fulger or inconiderite ( This stuff should be consider reasons to stripp the Mentor title) . If they got reviews that said " He tried to help but his tips weren't helpful " then maybe another Mentor with great reviews can co Mentor the chat to make corrections or clear confusion to both trainees and the other Mentor . Also make it possible to let green leaves decline the inv to the chat thats impossiblly annoying. O also make the chat excesible to those who want help, theres tons of evidence in df that just because you're level 60 doesn't mean you master a job. Rate this from 1 to 5 if this was a great idea

[Imagerror]

- Remove the 100 Mentor Limit and increase it to 200 or 250
- Consider the Implementation of multiple and language based Novice Networks, freely to choose from which language

- Consider Mentor-Points (like recommendation), so you can see who is actually "qualified" and didnt just reached the "requierements"
- Allow Mentors to be removed without loosing their status

- Consider WHAT you really wanted to achive , after 40h of gameplay you might still need tutoring

[Powe]

No you can be banned for " unfairly " kicking" someone for doing this

[SpiritMuse]

Honestly at this point I feel this chat channel should be moderated by a GM permanently, so that they can regulate the whole thing better and kick the "mentors" who aren't actually interested in being helpful, making space for the people who really want to be there.

At the very least the channel should be opt-in instead of automatic joining, and have an ability to leave at will for both mentors and sprouts.