- Remove the Mentor subclass.
- Make mentoring an option selectable by any character in the realm that has been playing the game for more than 6 months. (Too long? Maybe 3 months? Anyway, more than 30 days.)
- Allow rulers to appoint official mentors for the realm.
- Create a Newbie Corner (probably with a different name...) on the forum dedicated to basic game play questions, geared specifically at new players. All new players should get an IG message to go there and ask questions.
- Mentors who receive too many bad reviews from the students should be removed from the Mentor program.
- Some way to encourage more mentor/student communications. Maybe put the Mentor/Student channel options at the top of the Messages screen, possibly highlighted in a separate colored box, with some explanatory text directing the to ask questions of their mentors? Also, put a link to the forum Newbie Corner there, too.
Sweetness! You are right. It is not a complete list, but it is brilliant start.
Now, let us talk about mentor lessons. A complete mentor session now includes over six letters, even without student questions.
Would we still need the structured list of lessons? And, if so, how to support mentors in that task?
If this format is still deemed necessary, mentor lesson resources/tools would be a positive change. I see three options:
- Post resources in a mentor-only part of the forum -- which opens the forum to other private group sections. A private forum section provide a place for mentors to post/share solid information, without undermining the mentor/student experience. Such a mentor forum would also allow realms easy consistent/approved mentor lessons.
- Provide a clear mentor section on wiki. Some realms already attempted to use wiki to standardize realm mentor lessons.
- Bake standard lessons into the game as templates.
How big of change in mentoring do we want?
