Mentor IRC channel

[poland spring]

Urgh. Don't get too worked up about mentoring. If no mentor is playing or they don't have an answer, people can ask over the radio or figure it out on their own. Non mentor players can be equally competent and helpfl, and learning to ask on the radio can't hurt.

Let's not turn mentorhelp into a 24/7 1-800 hotline.

I'm with Clarks here. People need to learn stuff on their own sometimes and they can ask over the radio too. No one is going to yell at them for asking about how to do stuff over the radio. Lately there has been alot of handholding and handholding is what leads to more players that think things should be easier. Also if someone asks how to make a secret chem you shouldn't just tell them how to make it, Just give hints. I mean jeez, How much handholding do people need?

I definitely agree with the sentiment that people need to learn stuff on their own, but you've got to keep in mind that you're coming from the perspective of someone that's been playing for a long time. We've got three servers now and only one is ever populated, and the fact that the help function we've provided to them is frequently unavailable doesn't help new players enter the game any. I'm not in any way advocating giving out secrets or anything like that, just to make an existing feature that's already been implemented actually work the way it was intended to. I never see anyone give out chemistry recipes, hints are usually what people share over mentorhelp. Honestly, I'm not trying to dumb down the game any, just smooth out the rough edges a bit and actually give new players a chance to get into the game.