Quote Originally Posted by CogGirl View Post
... I mean, here in the UK we have the optional P plate for newly-qualified drivers, because "passed the test" and "feels confident driving day-to-day" are not exactly the same thing

I'd personally like to have the option to toggle it back on after the arbitrary cut-off-point, because for example, I main phys ranged; if I'm going into a dungeon on a tank class, I'd like to be able to flag "hey so I'm not confident at this role yet" - yes, you can do that in /p, but people do not always read it, while the sprout at least seems to be pretty universally acknowledged as "I do not know what I'm doing please cut me some slack / explain things to me".
Yep, aware of that (I'm from the UK) but we don't leave the L plates on after passing our tests (and to be honest, I didn't use my P plates anyway as they can be a target for insurance fraudsters - used to deal with such cases in my previous job, fraudsters deliberately causing accidents with new drivers but in a way that the new driver believed it was their fault because they were new to it all). Anyway, that's beside the point.

I agree having a "new to role/job" indicator would be nice, but something separate to the sprout icon and only permitted for toggling until you reach a certain level on a class by which point you should be comfortable playing the role. There are some who would misuse it so I wouldn't want it available all the time, just until a point where you should know how to play the role you're on. Personally if I'm new to a role I just let folks know through Party chat - if they ignore it, that's on them. Saying that, I've never had an issue in all the time I've played doing that but everyone has different experiences so may not be the case for all.