On Balmung the novice chat seems to be non-novices talking about rp, inappropriate rp, and really random stuff, with minimal help or sarcastic answers when novices ask questions. There are of course -some- helpful people. But they seem to be rare. I've experienced this both as a mentor, and as a novice on my alt (when leveling up with someone new to the game).

While I don't really have an issue with people talking to one another, it's a little bit annoying to be playing the game with your log constantly being spammed with irrelevant conversation. Further, watching people discuss their "ERP" preferences or being told that the fastest way to make gil is to offer inappropriate services seems somewhat counterproductive to keeping new players interested in the game.

Why not just make a "world" chat to replace the novice chat, and limit novice chat to helping novices only?