Guild Wars 2

Wasn’t sure if there was a better place for this but lets get started i go around seeing mentor tags up for no reason as a status symbol or they just forgot and they know nothing about the map they are in no have much interest in being helpful more to grab attention I would only suggest that in order to activate your mentor tag in a map you should have to go through a short quiz with details about the map and the events on the map and only if you pass be able to use your mentor tag i feel this would quell most of the disapproval with the mentor tag and then people would know that they actually know what they are doing and should probably listen instead of shrugging it off a ew that is not a commander tag and i understand that you could just look up the answers to the questions and use the tag regardless but then you would still have a better understanding of the map and can then be helpful i know that adding a quiz to each map could take some time so we would have to make due for now and maybe by then the hate for mentor tags would be reduced so they didn’t have to prove that they can lead the group i hope this doesn’t come off a me complaining as i love the expansion and the mastery system but would like to see some control with the ability to throw a tag up on the map with no idea what is going on also sorry for the wall of text i’m sure this could of been said in a shorter way

100% map completion mb? Its easy to track.

Same for commander tags? At least before commanders can tag up the first time in a map they should be required to answer general tactics questions about supply and siege and how to send out scouts, as well as questions on how to motivate others as well as other military questions. After all, all’s fair in PvE and war, right?

I don’t think any one knows every event or map. I think every ones issue is they paid gold and others got a free tag that you can get as well. theirs a few other threads about this I don’t see half as many mentor tags on a map as I do commander tags , how about we take commander tags away from people that afk running into a wall or standing in a safe village in cursed shores…..I cant believe stuff like this bothers people.

Beyond the argument of knowing maps/etc. I wish there was some sort of mentor-finder type LFG that would allow mentors to list themselves (and their areas of expertise) for new players to find them. Something that would allow a mentor to broadcast their willingness to help players without having to have a tag over their head. Using an LFG style system would also allow players to find mentors on maps outside of the one they are currently on.

Doinking.3429:

i’m sure this could of been said in a shorter way

Yeah. You could just have been honest and said that you hate it that folks get mentor tags for free and that you think those tags should be removed or made unusable because it’s so unfair or something. That would have been shorter. ;p

Doinking.3429:

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Dots and capitals, my friend. Dots and capitals.

Also kind of Anet’s fault for placing the mentor tag/title as the first unlockable perk in the Pact Commander trait. Placing it a little down the mastery track would make them a lot less obvious.

as it is rare to see rude commanders, it is also rare to see misuse of mentor tag, and such cases are exceptions. Keeping in mind that it is easy to achieve and yet on most maps we see more commanders tags than mentors, which indicates that the player base is making conscious use.

I’ve yet to encounter a situation where it felt like an issue, but maybe I just play with nicer people by chance.

Problem with what you’re proposing is, anything that’s a barrier to tagging up just puts a strain on QOL. Mentor tags are great as they are now, for the purpose of mentoring or leading.

You have to be really careful of not throwing out the baby with the bathwater here. Stifling a few obnoxious people is not worth destroying QOL for all the people with good intentions, imo. Look at the new time-out feature on events. That’s exactly the sort of thing you get when you prioritize punishment of unwanted behavior over encouragement of good behavior.

A solution may exist, somewhere, somehow, but I don’t believe it’s buried in punishment or restriction.

Ive only run into maybe one or two that had the mentor tag up, but did nothing with it, and clearly weren’t there to mentor people.

I personally use my tag just to let people know where I am, where a quest or an item is. I tend just to answer people in map chat without the tag if someone needs help.

As far as people qq’ing over this being a free tag? get over it.

My suggestion is for anet to leave them alone. They’re not a problem to most people. They are only a problem to the jelly types.

I have seen many skilled mentors and many bad ones, personally i dont have any problem with mentor tags themselves. It would be nice if they were lower down on the pact commander mastery.
What does annoy me a bit is that mentors get a pre name in chat when tagged up.. which is a feature commanders have wanted for a while and still dont have.
More than anything I would like to see Com added as a pre name to commander tags in chat.

p.s. i know this is unlikly but a coloured symbol that matchs your tag colour would be even better.

so i could be:
[purple symbol] kusaku: said blah blah in chat

That’d be cool, and yea, having the Com tag in chat would help.

Do not change the Mentor Tags !

The majority of people complaining are people that paid for Commander Tags and find the Mentor Tag competing with theirs on a Map.

As someone who has both a Commander and Mentor tag, I do not have an issue. If anything, I find Mentor tags helpful in many maps where events are taking place and no Commander has a tag on, they actually help people locate others.

So what if on the extreme side, some maps may have 10 mentor tags (or more) on ? I think it actually helps people see where other players are.

And in HoT with low populations on maps, that’s a really good thing !

Yes that chat icon is needed.

My only complaint about Mentor tags (I have both Mentor and Commander tags) is the obnoxious overhead icon. Anet, please make this icon smaller. Also, perhaps change the “Mentor” text in chat to be a small apple icon.

Smaller less extravagant mentor icon, and chat icon for commanders, both ideas I think would be great to have in general.

Here’s an idea…get rid of them. I ignore them as is.

If you choose to ignore em then good on you, mentor tag is there for people who need/want guidance, if you don’t need it, then it doesn’t apply to you.

Same as a commander tag, if you want to head to it n follow the commander then do so, but there is no requirement to go to any and all tags you see…..