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Mentoring.
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 22:40
by Kaetha
It's something that I feel would be of benefit. If we get volunteers to act as mentors, helping out less experienced players/members with the game, with general star wars information and generally getting about.
Many roleplay guilds also run this sort of system within their structure. Jedi guilds have padawans and "lessons" to attend and so forth. I would see us not giving lessons per se as it doesn't fit with our overall image. We would instead show people the ropes, make sure they know which end of the blaster points at the other guy.
So less structure to it but just as informative. It is something you can do well within the scope of your character.
What I would require is a volunteer either from each class or each role who would be willing to impart their time and knowledge on the role/class and just give guidance. (So healer / tank/ dps melee/dps ranged)
I'm not asking for volunteers right away as nobody knows how classes work completely and what they entail, but please do have a think and if you do feel you may want to do this in the future then please feel free to contact me.
Re: Mentoring.
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 15:23
by Zenosis
I would be interested eventually, but like you said kaetha I would need to learn my character first and how it plays, I will say I always choose Skills/Abilities/Talents I like the look of, so means I will probably not have the highest DPS etc but Iwill enjoy it more.
Re: Mentoring.
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 16:39
by JenDoon
This is a great idea, and for anyone playing a jedi, perfect for roleplay.
Sign me up as the Mentor for Consulars Sages.
Re: Mentoring.
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 17:06
by Thrakos
Yeah I could totally see this working for the sort of "sarge" persona i see developing for Thrakos! I'd be up for shouting and shaming at some hapless trooper nublets every now and then!
This reminds me of the first guild i was part of on the moonglade server of wow. When we interviewed potential members we would actually do most of the interview in IC with just a bit ooc. If we felt they showed promise we would continue (or arrange a later meeting) and take them on a series of 'tests'. Tanks would be told to protect us as we ran around aggroing mobs like crazy, rogues would be told to collect a number of pickpocketing items, mages would have to guide us safely through a gauntlet of beasts by ccing them etc. It quickly earned the guild quite an enigmatic name as our guild leader-ess was actually quite strict and many would not make the cut..
people started to approach us ASKING to be tested even though we didnt raid or accomplish anything major in pvp or pve at the time... ^^
Re: Mentoring.
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 17:14
by Terrog
Thrakos wrote:Yeah I could totally see this working for the sort of "sarge" persona i see developing for Thrakos! I'd be up for shouting and shaming at some hapless trooper nublets every now and then!
This reminds me of the first guild i was part of on the moonglade server of wow. When we interviewed potential members we would actually do most of the interview in IC with just a bit ooc. If we felt they showed promise we would continue (or arrange a later meeting) and take them on a series of 'tests'. Tanks would be told to protect us as we ran around aggroing mobs like crazy, rogues would be told to collect a number of pickpocketing items, mages would have to guide us safely through a gauntlet of beasts by ccing them etc. It quickly earned the guild quite an enigmatic name as our guild leader-ess was actually quite strict and many would not make the cut..
people started to approach us ASKING to be tested even though we didnt raid or accomplish anything major in pvp or pve at the time... ^^
oh wow, If I was one of the potential members I wouldn't hesitate to send your guild to hell
Re: Mentoring.
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 18:28
by Thrakos
haha some did
but we didn't do it in any arrogant "you have to be this good to join us" sorta thing.. it was always in the spirit of a fun little event for potential members, always IC and mostly to gauge their personalities a little deeper, give them a chance to get to know us and see if they really liked us too, and see if their was nice chemistry there. Might sound strange, but we actually ended up with a real friendly guild where all the members got along with each other quite well.. ^^
Re: Mentoring.
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 18:49
by JenDoon
In character in game interviews are top class. You get to see if the person has roleplay skills and has created an interesting character.
We are a roleplay community after all. Anyone can fill out a good app on a website, but get em in game and lets see if they are prepared to do a small bit of work..
: )
Re: Mentoring.
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:48
by Slide
I like that IC recruitment thing.
The most hardcore RP guild I was in, was the Stormwind City Watch on Argent Dawn server in WoW. Apart from a few basic notes on the website, everything was handled IC. No guildchat. It was a great way to get your character to be renown within the RP community. At a certain point, it became almost impossible for my char to take two steps on the streets without being approached for whatever reason people had.
I don't feel this is the direction we want TKM to take though. Still, it was a nice experience.
Re: Mentoring.
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 15:01
by Kaetha
Even I have memories of the watch, hearing of the exploits of their steam driven coffee machine. Also you couldn't walk 10 yards without bumping into one of them.
Re: Mentoring.
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 18:35
by Ceandric
OOT: Argent Dawn'ers eh? I'm a long time Earthen Ring player myself. Tho I admit to playing on the right faction. Long live the Warchief!
On topic: As to mentoring, I'm a fan. I always try to understand my class as well as possible, both in practice as well as theoretical. I might even be up to be one when time comes.
