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mentors?

Started by Indirik, May 06, 2015, 02:47:56 AM

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Indirik

Can we do something about the lack of a mentor channel? Island-wide ooc newbie channel. Opt-in dedicated mentor channel. Whatever. Just something. New players need a way to get help beyond just whoever happens to answer them ig. (Assuming anyone does that, even.)
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Anaris

I've got some quarter-finished code lying around for this. I just need to dig it up and put the rest together. I may have time to do something about it this week; I'll have to see.
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Gabanus family

Quote from: Anaris on May 06, 2015, 03:00:58 AM
I've got some quarter-finished code lying around for this. I just need to dig it up and put the rest together. I may have time to do something about it this week; I'll have to see.

This is prob a stupid question, but why did the former mentor system disappear? When I first started (like 11 or 12 years ago) that system worked perfectly and provided some fame possibilities for the mentors as well.
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Shizzle

Quote from: Gabanus family on May 23, 2015, 05:34:16 PM
This is prob a stupid question, but why did the former mentor system disappear? When I first started (like 11 or 12 years ago) that system worked perfectly and provided some fame possibilities for the mentors as well.

iirc the idea was that mentoring shouldn't be an IG thing, but something between players (old system had mentors as a subclass, you could even "write" books)

Gabanus family

Makes some sense, although I still think the old system worked better than what we have now. I used to be a mentor (sub class) and it was easier to keep track of them all and help them and for the newcomers it gave them a friendly face to begin with as well. I still try to do this with my char in Caergoth for instance, but it's bit more complicated now.
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