Remove the Mentor crown

[Evergrey]

Sadly they won't remove the crown since there are achivements tied with it.

[Shibi]

The crown was always a mistake.

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Is the better option. Someone to fertilise and nurture the sprouts, rather than rule over them.

[Coletergeist]

I've always been down for a watering can icon rather than the crown, since sprouts are sprouts.

I also agree that they should remove the rewards; there should be no incentive to be a mentor other than simply wanting to be there to help other players, I feel like.

[GrizzlyTank]

They should give mentors a burger king crown they can glamour!

[SturmChurro]

The crown plus the mentor rewards need to go. Mount can be moved somewhere else.

[Niobee]

I usually hide the crown because i don't like the look of it.
The rewards are fine though, there need to be an incentive to make mentors queue for the roulette so sprouts using df for ARR ex trials don't have to wait forever for the duty to open.

[Jin-]

In Light DC (EU) I think it's generally fine. Can't say about Chaos. It's more about 3rd parties who spread the negative news and reflect that on all the mentors no matter which data centres they are from

[Eris4494]

I would be down for a star by your name for mentor status. Where each type of mentor status has its own color of star.

[Loonies]

Most important rule in a mmorpg is being friendly with other players. If you do so as a mentor no problems with the mentor crown will happen.

[TabrisOmbrelame]

Most important rule in a mmorpg is being friendly with other players. If you do so as a mentor no problems with the mentor crown will happen.

^ This

As a Mentor, I always answer player who ask question. If I see a player doing bad things in dungeon, I ask him if I can make him a suggestion. If I got a negative response or being ignored, then fine, I don't say them what to do until they realise the mess they are doing. But if he's receptive to help or suggestion, then I suggest him what to do without forcing him to do so. They even get a commendation after the dungeon for they will to learn.

The Mentor Crown is only bad if the player who wear it is bad. As a Mentor, you are a representative of the FFXIV Community, you are here to help all those sprout, not harass them. If you don't want to help them properly, don't wear your crown. You can help them without your crown too, but that would be a waste towards the true Mentor community.

I've never been harassed as a Mentor ever. New player sometimes can be rude, exactly like some Mentors are, but that's just how human works, everyone think differently.

But remember that having this crown doesn't mean you are an elite player. You just have a lot playtime on the game which allow you to help player you make the first step in Eorzea. I've seen countless Casual Mentor that have a way better mentality towards sprout than "Hardcore Player" Mentor who don't give a s**t or insult them for just being bad.