Mentor Guilds in the World of Warcraft

World of Blizzard's idea of "mentor" Guilds was good, but they never promoted it or encouraged it in anyway. Let folks tag others with something from a menu of choices, much like we do now for "reporting", except these would be for things like "funny", or "kind", or "competent player" or "saved the group" or "making more WOW gold" Make this a visible stat in armory and on character windows. Do not tie it to any in-game mechanics. No title. No mount/ No tabard. Zip. Nada, just a stat, and this stat give some hint whether or not you've been a decent human being. Being a decent person isn't something you get a cookie for; it should be the default setting. But, well, we all like to see proof sometimes.

 

Make a title or a pet and people might have that carrot on the end of the stick to lean them away from their douchebaggery-making ways. They did something like this in LoL and it was kind of neat to see players rated as sportsmanlike or helpful, etc. Can't really say as to how well it motivated people to be nicer, but it does recognize the better people playing the game. Allow players to give positive ratings to other players in LFD, LFR, and BGs. The reward like WOW gold is a shorter "deserter" debuff for that person - or removing that debuff altogether if you have a high enough rank. Good thinking! I was going to head down this road, but now I can just contribute to yours! To phrase it the other way around: It can't be a one-time reward and it can't be permanent--you could grind out niceness to get it and then go back to being a tool. The reward has to be directly related to the group mechanic in question, or it won't change behavior where intended. And it has to be tied to the votes of strangers, not your friends. 

 

You're not seriously saying that you would just mindlessly +1 every person you ran a random with, are you? I know I wouldn't. But there are people I would upvote, without question. Since the benefit is a reduction or elimination of the deserter debuff, I don't care if I get voted or not. I don't desert very often, and when I do, I don't much feel like joining another random group to get more WOW gold. Most of the strangers we meet in LFG are just average. I barely encounter really bad or exeptional good players. I wouldn't +1 the bad ones and they end up on my ignore list.

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