Mentor Changes - Why 1500 Comms?

[Gula]

...I was being facetious; sorry you missed that.

I didn't miss it. You had a clear answer for your concept. Therefore, it didn't work as well as you think it would have.

[AriaEnia]

Saw a Mentor died multiple times when fighting Xande last night.

[Gula]

Saw a Mentor died multiple times when fighting Xande last night.

And your point is...?

Yes the mentor died. We get that much. But you're not telling how or why. Did you watch them fail a mechanics? Did you speak to them and ask what the deal was?

[Miminming]

Saw a Mentor died multiple times when fighting Xande last night.

So mentor cant die in a fight... wow... guess they better raised it to 9000 commendation

[BloodRubyXII]

Your tag doesn't stop you helping people, I don't even wear it - I just got mentor status to be able to answer PvP questions in NN but generally I don't wear the crown, because I'd rather help people without it and the general perception of people with the crown is quite poor. This post absolutely smacks of you being upset that you're losing it despite the fact it doesn't really change your ability to help anyone the way you are apparently doing. I predominantly play Feast and before Feast, I played Fold. I also play a Frontlines from time to time and I still can't AVOID getting comms. Even if I don't say anything I'll just get them for being good.

Also you meld SpS as WHM. Why.

[Esmoire]

Just going to throw out that not getting commendations specifically because you mostly play with friends despite having a billion hours played is entirely fair. You've spent a lot of time playing with people you seem to get along with enough and that doesn't really speak too well for one's abilities to actually mentor.

Mentors should have to be constantly exposed to people who are new, people with vastly different mindsets, and people who will test you. Not people you are comfortable with. It's not just about how well you deal with content, but how well you deal with other people. If you can navigate situations where someone might be difficult, or someone is genuinely having a hard time, or manage to get a struggling party of strangers with different learning styles through a challenge, that says a lot more than the thousands of clears you and your friends gotten farming.

Given I started playing late last year and have more than enough, I think the system is fair. With regards to playing DPS I think people do not give enough credit to what you can do to make for a pleasant playing experience on any role. Mechanical deeds like using Pelaton, interrupting stuff, or peeling something off a healer when a tank messes up, on one side of things. On the other spectrum, being a good upstanding member of the community by engaging people when they reach out, or even unprompted to compliment someone on their contributions or even something like a goofy glamour. Contribute to the outcome and contribute to good spirits. Sometimes you will do everything right and not get any commendations but for the most part people will notice.

[BloodRubyXII]

Man, we had a healer in a dohm mheg a couple of nights back, super new, super nice guy, nervous and actually asked if we wanted him to leave after he got smoked by landsblood. So I put put a mark over my head (was playing DRG) and said "just stand on top of me and you'll be fine". Got to the last boss, explained it to him, end of the run, all 3 other members commed me, and they weren't a premade.

The point of this story? Ok not every group is like this, in fact it is especially rare especially if you don't level a lot, but the point is - you don't have to heal/tank for comms. Yeah you'll get them for free almost every time if you do, but there's literally no excuse to complain that getting comms is hard. If your reasons include hating group content, anxiety about speaking up or "I only play with friends" - you aren't much use to the mentor system anyway outside of NN.

And in Eden normal you'll get comms even as a DPS just for not dying. This isn't difficult if you just play the game and make an effort to be nice to people; and sometimes this is why I don't even know why mentor system exists, because people would do this anyway.

[Terkhev]

Even if comms don't translate to skill or knowledge of player, higher count sure gives higher probability of that player being good.

[FirstnameLastname]

Not trying to say anything here, but how can people with well over 2k hours in the game not have at least 1.500 commendations? Maybe someone is not worth being commended then? Or is that rebellious thought too edgy for our inclusive™ community?

[Kanitezz]

Not trying to say anything here, but how can people with well over 2k hours in the game not have at least 1.500 commendations? Maybe someone is not worth being commended then? Or is that rebellious thought too edgy for our inclusive™ community?

Some people do crafting, gathering, or RP more than they do the instanced battle content. So they wouldn't have had the opportunity to get that many. Sometimes you all forget that there is more to this game than just killing stuff.