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relevant in being "too skilled for a mentor".
What does a mentor get from helping newcomers?
Although it is nice to think that mentors are helping newcomers because of kindness and
helpfulness, which amazingly, is indeed the case for many (and if you find such a mentor
you can be sure you receive some help), it may not be the only reason why you may be
approached by someone offering you mentorship.
A mentor will receive a gift with a value of 0 ped tt when the disciple reaches the required
amount of points in one graduation skill and is released with the "claim reward" button.
In most of the cases this gift is pretty useless and worthless stuff. Since they come with 0
ped value they had to be sold to other people to have a monetary gain of it, which is hard
enough.
It is quite likely that the mentor and the disciple will have better items on the graduation
already.
However sometimes the mentor gets lucky and the gift can be worth quite some peds.
If you meet a mentor who is basically after the gifts, you should be careful.
You should be careful however, since some people are just after the gift without even the
interest to help a newcomer. Those either won't give information or not useful one, for
example advice which pushes you to graduate fast, which can be a very expensive thing to
do.
What should I look out for when taking a mentor?
You should avoid accepting the first mentor offer you get and rather try to get a chat with
the possible mentor and don't accept someone as mentor who doesn't even answer your
questions.
Also, a genuine mentor won't ask you for your cash or something. Although many
mentors are kind people, there are a few rotten apples who try to take advantage of the
trust a "mentor" status may include.
You should look for a mentor who plays at similar times as you do. If mentor and disciple
never or rarely meet, the mentor won't have much opportunity to help you, nor will you
be able to ask questions.
Combined with that you should inform yourself if the mentor is active or rarely logs in.
That doesn't have to be bad, but some kind of email or msn contact should be given in this
case (verify if it works).
You might also ask how long the possible mentor is playing already. A 1 week old player
won't be experienced enough to help much, even if he wears a shiny armour.
When should I kick my mentor, how and how long does it work?
The important part: you can just kick your mentor until you reached 20 points in any
graduation skill, after that he cannot be kicked anymore by you.
However, he will still be able to kick you, but if he is after the gift it unlikely to happen.
You couldn't take a new mentor anymore with more than 20 points in a graduation skill as
well.
Be aware of people who may use the "mentor" position for trying to scam you, with a
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