Toxic Mentor Problem

[Keddera_StormMoon]

Just do away with the crown and replace it with a watering can.

I would totally wear that.

[AngelCheese77]

Sry for having an idea to improve a game mechanic and having mental disabilitys. :/

Forum is closed.

You can't close a forum, sadly. But you also have to realise people will see differently than you.

I've seen just as many bad non-mentors as regular mentors.

If there is abusiveness from a Mentor or non, use the appropriate channels in game to report them and give as much details as you can. If the player is just being a jerk, just ignore it and move on.

I have mental issues as well, but we can't use them as a crutch. I make sure those I am around help me grow. Remember, you can always eat that 30 minute penality and do something else. I do that, and work on some crafting solo or watch a tv show.

[Mikhaill]

Yikes, what happened since then?
I just want people to know, she didn't mention have any disabilities whatsoever until after
my reply to Churro (which she then deleted and added it to the OP). So no one knew anything about it.
Don't come here playing the victim and starting crap please, just to make it seem we were picking on
anyone with disabilities. You're taking one bad experience too far.
Move on, play the game and go on about your life.

[Barraind]

Playerbase: MENTORS ARE MEAN AND GIVE ADVISES WHEN I DONT WANT IT OMG DONT TELL ME HOW TO PLAY EVEN IF IM SUPERBAD AND DYING ALL THE TIME DONT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HOW I CAN IMPROVE UNLESS I ASK FOR IT YOU TOXICAS SPOS MENTOR OMGGGGGGGGGGGG

Same Playerbase: MENTORS ARE MEAN OMGGGGZ THEY DONT FREELY OFFER ADVICE WHEN THEY SEE SOMEONE STRUGGLING AND SHOULDNT THEY DO THAT IF THEYIRE MENTORS HOW BAD R U OMG?!?!?!

[NessaWyvern]

Anyone going to make a thread on toxic sprouts next? :P
There was a few on behemoth, involving public, unwanted sexual advances by sprouts on female players in the novice network.

Also that one sprout every week that rages about everybody being trolls if their question isn't answered fast enough, or if we answered their question, but it turns out they meant something completely different.

For context, I don't wear my crown, but I do like chilling in NN from time to time, answering questions and just chatting to the community.

[Fluffernuff]

Theres been far more toxicity and damage done by those attacking mentors,


...than bad mentors have done themselves.


"ALL X NEED to be Y!" is somehow ok, now?

[Arazehl]

I saw this coming the day they introduce the mentor program. Why I don't want to be a mentor or a sprout in NN ever. No one's fault but you put a huge amount of people in a room together for too long, day after day and this is what comes from it. I speak about both sides too. They should pull the plug and drain the program.

[Mistyregions]

You can report someone for being mean. No meanies allowed in FFXIV.

I'm gonna report you for being mean to the mean people! #meanpeoplelivesmatter.

[Kobalos]

Yeah there's a lot of toxic mentors out their but don't let that put you off. Alot are also whiling to help and give advise. Though I am reminded of that time I was lvling my sprout alt and got a low lvl dungeon with two mentors (Tank and healer) who spend the entire time bickering between themselves and letting each other die >.<

[rachcouture]

All these threads ever do is prove to me that, while there's no doubt a handful of mentors with bad attitudes, the toxicity issue far more lies on reluctant mentees. Some of these replies are genuinely immature and needlessly spiteful towards people that actually do try their best to help.