Mentors...please!

[Risvertasashi]

So I want to put this out there and it has been mentioned before, but mentors need another re-work. Just because a person gets commendations does not mean you are suitable to be a mentor. I cannot tell you how many countless times I have joined a roulette or party and I see the mentors go. "You should just go in unsynched." or they just leave. There should be a counter for how many times they just up and abandon a duty that way if they do it many times their mentor roulette becomes suspended. There should also be a report mentor function that needs to be reviewed so that if someone is abusive to other players as a mentor it should be taken away.

As someone who enjoys teaching people how to do a fight and learning as we go, it is horrible to see someone join in and say "Just do it unsynched." What great mentor advice! This is a major issue for a healthy community and the future growth of this game. Mentor status should be an honor and a chance to show your skills to help others achieve a great goal! So please FFXIV reword the mentor status again and make it to where being a mentor isn't just something to get a roulette and EXP. Make it for people who want to help.

Playing content unsynced is a style/preference. One that a great many people have. Just because someone does, or doesn't, have mentor status does not change this.

[Rairai]

Also not the point of the conversation, I am happy people like to do unsynched content. The point is not to go into a group full of sprouts and say "Just go do it unsynched." They can word it differently and say " Maybe try it unsynched to try and learn the mechanics that way. If it is your playstyle don't get mad at sprouts who don't wanna do it that way and either work with them or leave.

[Arazehl]

It's not mentors or sprouts, it's the way the system runs in it's current state. Little incentive with little reward. No strict requirements leads to very little effort. No real moderation of the system from the start, leads to poor performance for both mentor and sprouts. Nothing to weed out the "I could care less" mentors, or the sprouts that are just there to cause havoc and hardship for mentors. No real overseer of what goes on within the program. It's all broken and needed to be fixed from the day it was introduced.