Mentors - What is expected really?

[Freyt]

See Zojah's post above. The game spells out quite clearly what is expected of a Mentor. It is a box that EVERY Mentor had to check before becoming one, though very few live up to even those basic requirements.


Surprised to hear a Greg native say that. I can't vouch for NN on other servers, but Gilgamesh's Novice Network is fine. There's a lot of extraneous chatter, true, but questions that are asked get answered and without belittling or bullying the Novices. Ultimately, that's what Novice Network is for. I've seen far more novices moan and wail about having to leave, than complain about being there.

If only everyone adhered to guidelines and rules, then we would have no chaos in the world. What the devs hoped for when creating the system and what the players actually need are two different things. Mentors are players just like anybody else.

And novice networks will be fine from time to time. But it's only a matter of time until you get the most toxic environment you've ever seen, and then maybe someone cleans it up and it's fine for a while again. Not only is it unhealthy to subject yourself to that, but it's a terrible thing to invite a new player to such a thing. Even if it's fine for now, they'll just watch it crumble into the ground just for it to happen all over again. Rather than push a new player into an uncertain environment, I'd rather answer all their questions myself or get them to join a friendly FC.