[Call to mentoring]

On 8/27/2022 at 12:17 AM, vinterberg.2783 said:

My mentoring in GW2 is mostly focused on intro to fractals, have run countless training runs where I give newbies a good non-toxic experience into T1, so they know mechanics and what's going on and don't get scarred for life and never attempt fractals again 🙂

Feels good to help them get mastery points and achievements too 😊

All mentoring for new players is love, so happy in general to see how many players are helping each other, GW2 is truly the best community I've ever seen in any MMO ❤️

That's awesome ❤️ Individual mechanics need their mentors too, so keep going.

[Call to mentoring]

On 8/24/2022 at 7:56 PM, tswehr.2143 said:

I figured people did mentoring.

I've considered creating a guild just for this. Basically a hub for all mentors/commanders to congregate and discuss how to mentor/lead effectively. This can apply to instanced content, open world, or pvp/wvw. 

Feel free to reach out to me in game if you know anything like this. I would definitely want to be involved.

Sorry for the slightly belated answer. Glad you're considering helping 🙂

I'm in such a guild but, unfortunately, I don't have the permission to invite. If you want to, I could forward your nick to the boss.

 

Either way, thank you ❤️

[Call to mentoring]

Hey everyone!

With GW2 releasing on Steam today, we'll probably have an even larger influx of players. Let's help them feel welcome!

This is a call to every experienced player to consider mentoring. I've been doing it for a while now and I already get a lot of new friends and returning friends asking me questions. Mentoring is very helpful, you may be the very first player face they encounter in Tyria. Make it easier for them to get into the game and, even more important, make them feel welcom.

If you want to help, I took some time writing up a guide to help you get started: https://rentry.co/gw2mentor

Think something belongs in there that isn't? Leave me a comment and I'll consider integrating it. Thank you for your time ❤️

[Mentoring question: How does map chat restriction work?]

9 minutes ago, Andy.5981 said:

^^^ seems a reasonable way to advertise help to newer players. If as you say you are only posting messages about 10 minutes apart then that isn't really excessive. Are you cutting and pasting the same message into your chat window or manually typing it? Could it be that the chat window is detecting the cut and past and hits you with the supression filter? Try manually typing it?

I'm guessing it's the fact that the message is identical. But, so far, it has rarely caused any issues. I might just stretch the time between messages to 15 minutes. It's a minor nuisance, nothing more.

[Mentoring question: How does map chat restriction work?]

24 minutes ago, Ashantara.8731 said:

You can circumvent LFG spam restrictions by either switching instances or porting to another map. Map chat restrictions and mail restrictions, on the other hand, cannot be circumvented.

All spam blocks take effect rather quickly, so the only advice I can give you is to change the message and avoid spamming it. People don't appreciate map chat message spams anyway.

To clarify, I don't spam my message. My usual mode is:

- Port to map, put on the apple hat.

- Post the offer to help with questions once.

- After receiving no more questions (or after 10 minutes of receiving no questions), post it again, but never twice within 10 minutes.

- If after 10 minutes nobody asked for help and I asked at least twice, change map.

So basically, once I haven't received a question after posting it at least twice, I leave. And I never post it twice within 10 minutes, usually longer. I think that's reasonable. Unless a map is really stuffed with new players, peeps are only going to read it 2-4 times total. And if it is densely populated with people who obviously need guidance, I think sticking around is justified.

I'm just asking because my third attempt within 40 minutes was suppressed at some point, which struck me as a bit restrictive.

Thanks for the advice folks, I appreciate it. Can recommend offering help to newbies to every experienced players. It's relaxing and wholesome. And gives you an excuse to not run Bjora for the 20th time in a row. 😉

[Mentoring question: How does map chat restriction work?]

Hey there,

map chat restrictions are impacting my mentoring experience, as it's important to advertise it regularly in starting areas for maximum player coverage.

I'm not asking to lift restrictions, but further information about how they work would greatly help me work with them. Anyone have some info on that?