The Novice Network

[PercibelTheren]

You know things are bad when I complimented a tank in a Prae run this morning on a very smart move he made and he initially thought I was being sarcastic. Who is beating down the new players so much that this is now the norm?

I think this may be old wounds from other MMOs. I've been around for over a year and I STILL reflexively read and "good job" as sarcasm.

[tsuchii]

The mentor roulette is primarily a filling roulette, only occasionally you get an extreme trial or duty where people may require an explanation or a sprout who doesn’t know what a stack marker is. You don’t get to chose where you might end up: it can be any dungeon, guildhest, trial (extreme or regular), normal raid or AR. Just one single roulette for all that.

You get sent whereever someone abandoned a duty (if in progress is checked) or where someone has been waiting to fill a group and you just happen to be the next person who queued. It doesn’t check whether the initial person who queued for a duty is a sprout or if it’s a first time duty, maybe you’ll even end up with other mentors.

Yesterday I queued twice as dps and got thrown in the middle of an already ongoing uneventful regular Barbariccia trial (maybe someone left and they decided to start the fight with 7) and into the very first lvl 10 guildhest. Before yesterday it made me tank lvl 15 Sastasha…what am I suppose to say beside o/ in that? “Follow me and stick them with the pointy end”?

You cannot hide your crown when using mentor roulette.

XD

This reminds me when I had an eager sprout asking for Innocence normal mechanics and I just said whack it til it's dead. LOL
There's really no gimmick mechanics, just avoid AOEs on that trial. LOL

[tsuchii]

I agree. While I like extremes, as someone who has joined the game a little late, there are a few lvl 70 extremes for which I was never able to get a synched group. Not for failing to try, PF just wouldn't fill and I don't have all day. I still think that I have a decent understanding of them having watched vids and soloing as tank a while ago (I have to know how Suzaku/Shinryu work to survive as tank on those 2) but it's not quite the same. Chances are those will never pop in the roulette but it's not impossible.

The only level 70 extreme I ever saw out of 2000 roulettes is Rathalos. I got it DAILY. LOL - not an exaggeration.
The rest are ARR and the occasional Thordan and Bismark. I never saw the other 60 extremes queued. I've only cleared Thordan once. It is nearly unteachable and most mentors who get trapped in it doesn't know the mechanics either.

[dspguy]

I think the NN on each server might be different. Leviathan's is pretty good. It serves its purpose on multiple levels. New/returning players ask their questions and get their answers. Mentors and new players chat with each other, creating some camaraderie among the playerbase that can last after the player has moved out of the NN.

It might just be what the community makes of it. If it doesn't work for you or your server... don't join it.

[Dikatis]

Gilgamesh's Novice Network is plenty helpful! Sure things descend into horny jokes and silliness every now and then, but the mentors there are generally understanding and eager to help when asked and available. Of course there are bad faith mentors, sprouts, and returners, but we self-police pretty well.

As someone who's never had the need to interact with other Novice Networks, I honestly can't relate to any of the negativity being said here.