Mentors...please!

[Jojoya]

you don't seem to know what FF XIV commendations are and made something up in your own head, they are given to people who left a positive impression for you.

Someone can be nice and leave a positive impression on you without being a good candidate for being a mentor.

Someone can have a creative glamour and leave a positive impression on you without being a good candidate for a mentor.

Someone can have an optimistic attitude, encouraging a group to keep going when things went wrong, and leave a positive impression without being a good candidate for a mentor.

Hopefully you're starting to see the point.

But you're partially correct when you say "commendations are something made up in your head". We do make up the reasons why we want to give someone a commendation because we're not given any criteria to use when assigning them outside of "left a positive impression". At no point are we told "assign the commendation to someone you feel is worth of being a mentor" and that's where the system breaks down.

[SoranRigel]

At no point are we told "assign the commendation to someone you feel is worth of being a mentor" and that's where the system breaks down.

I think this is the key point.