Mentoring 101 – Play Everywhere!

[Elrar]

In RIFT 1.9: Conquest we’re giving you all new ways to play – whether you love diving into the deepest dungeons or pushing back the Blood Storm’s assault across Telara, with Mentoring you can get the most out of what the game has to offer!

Mentoring allows you to easily scale down to a level lower than your own while earning XP and rewards comparable to your natural level – whether you’re playing with friends or jumping into the action alone you can continue advancing your character anywhere.

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[Credo]

<Mr. Burns>Excellent<\Mr. Burns>

[Shaedence]

how do you spell rest, Elrar.....

....is it rest, or reast? :P

[xanduin246]

sounds awesome that now i can participate in low level content without feeling like im stealing all the low levels kills..

but im curious if this affects dungeons? that is, if a lvl 50 decides to queue for FC normal through the LFG tool, will he be forced down to level 32 or so? didnt see it anywhere in the blog, but i can say its pretty annoying signing up at the right level, then getting in to find theres a lvl 50 who we all just follow around

either way, im currently levelling 3 new alts and i can say itll be a lot more fun going through with IA and zone events in my favorite zones then levelling through quests for the 93rd time (ok ok, 92nd time)

[Vigi]

Hello, I like this feature but I have a question: Can I use this mentoring system without grouping, just for myself so that I can play alone in low level zones and benefit from mentoring's system? Thanks in advance for your responses.

[shp]

Zone Events reward Sourcetone equivalent to your natural level. (i.e. if you’re naturally Level 50, even if you’re Mentored down to level 10 you’ll still earn Inscribed Sourcestone from events.)

YAY

[Elrar]

Hello, I like this feature but I have a question: Can I use this mentoring system without grouping, just for myself so that I can play alone in low level zones and benefit from mentoring's system? Thanks in advance for your responses.

Absolutely - no grouping is required at all. In fact, you can level up soloing in Freemarch from 10-50 if you really, really wanted to!

However, in groups there's an XP bonus for each pair of mentored and appropriate level player - so helping a stranger has its perks

[Vigi]

Absolutely - no grouping is required at all. In fact, you can level up soloing in Freemarch from 10-50 if you really, really wanted to!

However, in groups there's an XP bonus for each pair of mentored and appropriate level player - so helping a stranger has its perks

Thank you for your swift answer, James. I don't care for perks (I have always been guildless) but this is a remarkable feature for us solo players too because I fand it regretful to outlevel lower zones and their unique atmosphere. This feature looks to me as a rebirth of a good part of Telara where people will return (and trigger more invasions with cool bosses). Nice one, Trion!

[Bilionaire]

so if I mentor and my toon is 50th I get an equal share of loot (sourcestone,planarite...etc) of the say, 10-49th levels get? If I help kill a adversary of the toon Im mentoring I get an equal share of experience/favor..etc. as the one I'm mentoring? If my toon does nothing and stands there while the lower level toon kills the adversary (Npc/PvP PC) I still get an equal amount of favor/experience..et al? I'd like to see the percentage breakdown for the encounters as well, inclusive of experience per kills/favor for kills..etc. Is the opposite true? if a lower level helps me kill(or heals me while I kill) a higher level (than his toon) mob/PC does the other toon share in the victory quest completion as well as the favor/loot/xp?

[Glamour]

The best thing in this thread is Elrar's new avatar. love it.

[nygn]

Who do I mentor to during a zone event? Someone in the group or set it myself (to zone or rifts?)? how will I know if I am mentored correctly to get the proper rewards?

[Maelystra]

However, in groups there's an XP bonus for each pair of mentored and appropriate level player - so helping a stranger has its perks

What about if you started off by yourself but join a public group? Are the perks still available?

[Adeezha]

You just keep adding stuff...wth am I supposed to QQ about?

[Kadeth]

Having mentored both alone and in groups on the PTS, perhaps I can shed some light on it.

You are level 50 so, you can mentor down to any level from 10 to 45. We will go level 15 for this example.

Okay now you have mentored to level 15 and are solo grinding near Denegar's stand on those wolves. The wolves give you the same XP they would give any level 15 and the same drops any 15 would get.

Some friends log their alts and want to run the Iron Tomb, so you mentor up to 22 and go with them. Now the real low levels get a bonus for having you and you get it for helping them. The actual drops in the tomb will be the normal drops BUT, you get a loot bag, like your rift loot bag and it has level 50 rewards in it. Same thing for zone events and Instant Adventures while mentored to a lower level.

[Thaeliana]

Now this is going to be awesome! I'll be able to get my friends to come back to the game and will actually be able to level with them!

Question though, I know you said we can obviously do dungeons, but I'm curious about what Xanduin asked. Will we still be able to queue for dungeons and be put into the appropriate grouping for them?



I really can't wait for this to hit live, I'm actually excited, lol.