I think of Mentors as "Helper" not "Teacher" and the demand how good a Mentor should be is at the moment ridiculous. It sounds more like the god of FF14 and not a human beeing.

I go into a duty and get The dancing Plague Extrem and People expect from me and the other Mentor in the Party to explain the Fight on the fly while the new Tank/whm/etc just pulls the boss. Also we have to explain job specific stuff for this encounter and we should be patient even when the encounter takes ages and atleast 4 people are not doing what is necessary for this kind of duty? The Mentors have to compensate and should not dare say anything because it could hurt the feelings of somebody. To tell people "sorry, your are not good enough with your actual performance to beat this encounter" is consindered offensive, abusive and bannable behavior.

I help People but i am not here to carry them through the duty. As a Mentor i met people that just ignor or tell to stop the mansplaining/ to destroy the immersion/any excuse you can think off. Then people highlight i can read/speak englisch but dont understand in the end not understand a single word in englisch. I could go on and on but you can see my point now.

Also i dont wear the Crown because of :
Mentor Crown on
- carrys the run/ gives advice - people complain/ignor/beeing rude
Mentor Crown off
- just not AFK - 4 comms

So when i am showing "Hey i am Mentor, i can help" some people think it's my duty to carry them and explain everthing also as a mentor many people encounter me with arrogance and disrespect in many ways.

The crown is referred as "Burger-King-Crown" and similar Name for a reason. This reason is the expaction and demand to fulfill these expactions. One side thinks that the Mentorstatus is just decoration others think its for the mount/title and other think its just for the ego/ its for carry service/its someone i can vent on/only Ultimate 99% player should have etc. and so on.

So the crown IS NOT THE PROBLEM NEITHER THAT MOUNT (be real that mount is nothing special and for that many dutys well earned) its the attitude towards the mentor status. The abuse comes from both sides.

In my opinion a Mentor is nothing but a expirenced player who can help but doesn't have to help. SE should put up a statement/clarification. Because i read so many "A Mentor is...." the community needs a final word from SE.