State of the game

[Nedkel]

Well, if you must know, I am actually a former game developer and one of the cardinal sins in a game if you are a person who hold some point of authority is no matter how bad a player talks to you is to keep your composure and do not argue or abuse your power to get one over on the player. And let me tell you that in my forums and games I've developed I've been talked down too by players before but no matter how bad it got I never banned, muted, or talked back to a player in such a way. Actually I did the opposite and in some cases brought the player aside and talked to them privately and asked what was wrong and how I could fix their problem or do better.

Mentor burger king crown is being given to everyone without investigation of what person is like.
You have a mix of people in the novice chat that is being used as a global chat, because devs refuse to create one for everyone. You should realize what it boils down to, its basically a global "elite" chat used mainly for spam and fun.
You will have exactly same if not worse experience if you into neverwinter zone chat in protector enclave... actually its going to be 10 times worse.

[LordDrakore]

Mentor burger king crown is being given to everyone without investigation of what person is like.
You have a mix of people in the novice chat that is being used as a global chat, because devs refuse to create one for everyone. You should realize what it boils down to, its basically a global "elite" chat used mainly for spam and fun.

Then this is an unequivocal flaw in the game and could be a turn off for some people.

[SturmChurro]

I think this may of been just an isolated incident and if any new or returner players read this to please keep using the NN system, I am sure that, for the most part, 90% of mentors are genuinely very nice and helpful.

It wasn't, and they aren't. This is normal mentor behavior.

[lol123]

But sacrificing lala's just brings you more bad rng. Forgot the quote -_-

[LadyKairi]

I could see the mentors trying to be funny, but just coming off being jerks. They also very well could just be being jerks on purpose. It’s hard to get the tone right with text sometimes. I know I’ve said some things that could come off as hostile to those who don’t know me. Im not sure with your reply. I’m a believer that you shouldn’t respond with hostility to someone you think is being hostile. I’ve noticed it just makes things worse and it doesn’t actually solve anything.

What I find annoying is people complaining about people being jerks, but then not reporting them. How can their behavior get fixed if they don’t get punished by SE? People tend to hold their tongues if they are facing a ban or suspension. You can’t just ignore the problem and complain about it. Do something about it, or someone else is gonna fall victim to that person.

Mentors have no authority. Like at all. The NN is just a glorified linkshell. The crown honestly means nothing. All you have to do to get it is meet the battle or crafting requirements, that arent even hard to achieve. The commendation req is also just pointless, as you don’t even need to do anything meaningful to get one. It can mean “I pity you” “I like your glamour” “you’re wearing my favorite color” “lalafell!” Etc. Mentors aren’t special. In theory they should be, but in reality they’re not. They’re just like everyone else, just with a Burger King crown slapped next to their name.

[linay]

Mentors aren’t special. In theory they should be, but in reality they’re not.

Actually, it's the opposite. In theory, they should not be special, just people with enough experience/knowledge of the game and the willingness and ability to help. In reality, they get a special crown, free access to an exclusive chat channel with the ability to kick someone else (which admittedly can be useful but also abused), a chance at an exclusive mount, along with (I believe) extra experience points when grouped with new adventurers (although that last one is definitely a good thing).

[LordDrakore]

Well, I think the biggest reason why I didn't take the time to report them is probably because it's not worth it. As someone replied earlier, the good people are starting to become outnumbered by the bad people. Another reason is that if SE decided to investigate, I myself don't have any evidence against them, no screenshots or real evidence about what they were doing, so it would mostly be my word vs theirs and they could just make up any story they want to make themselves justified unless SE had some way to check back on the chat logs and read up on what happened but this is just a waste of time in my opinion. Karma will catch up to them sooner or later and I can live with that.

No, I think I'll just stick with my original decision and probably just move on. Probably won't be re-subbing, and not just because of the actions of these mentors, although it does rank up there, but I haven't made up my mind yet.

[Deceptus]

They desperately need to release relic content MUCH sooner than they do so when the game hits dry points there is fall back content.

[SturmChurro]

Well, I think the biggest reason why I didn't take the time to report them is probably because it's not worth it. As someone replied earlier, the good people are starting to become outnumbered by the bad people. Another reason is that if SE decided to investigate, I myself don't have any evidence against them, no screenshots or real evidence about what they were doing, so it would mostly be my word vs theirs and they could just make up any story they want to make themselves justified unless SE had some way to check back on the chat logs and read up on what happened but this is just a waste of time in my opinion. Karma will catch up to them sooner or later and I can live with that.

No, I think I'll just stick with my original decision and probably just move on. Probably won't be re-subbing, and not just because of the actions of these mentors, although it does rank up there, but I haven't made up my mind yet.

They definitely do have a way at looking at chat logs, but from what I read they wouldn't actually do anything.

They desperately need to release relic content MUCH sooner than they do so when the game hits dry points there is fall back content.

I'm not sure what this has to do with the "mentor bad" topic, but I feel you. I post a lot without actually reading anything in the thread myself.

[Reap00]

If you didn't play the game all day every day perhaps you would have more content to do. Also global chat channels are horrendous cesspools of garbage. This game does not need that. Although I would welcome watching people get banned.