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While it had a rough start,Final Fantasy 14has been running for over 10 years. According to its director, Naoki Yoshida,Final Fantasy 14has just passed over 24 million players, just in time for the new Endwalker expansion.
Despite the hype, jumping into a long-established MMO can be daunting for new players. A lot of new mechanics and features can pile up over a decade of design.WhileFinal Fantasy 14is pretty newbie-friendly, it can still be a hurdle to get used to.
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Thankfully, alongside the in-game tutorials,Final Fantasy 14turns to the community to help ease new players in. The game includes a mentor system, which lets experienced players designate themselves as guides for new players. They have to pass certain requirements before being accepted, however.
Final Fantasy 14’s Mentor Types
There are enough mechanics inFinal Fantasy 14that it’s unreasonable to expect one player to know everything. With that in mind, the game has set up two different kinds of mentor roles.There are battle mentors and trade mentors. Battle mentors focus onFinal Fantasy 14’s PvP and PVE combat, and trade mentors focus on the game’s mining, fishing, and crafting systems.Players should note that these are not exclusive roles. One can earn the right to be both, but the requirements to do so are pretty steep all put together.
Battle Mentor Requirements
to become a battle mentor inFF14, players need to pass these milestones:
Trade Mentor Requirements
to become a trade mentor inFF14, players need to pass these milestones:
Once a player has passed all of these achievements, they simply need to talk to one of the game’s smiths to register themselves as a mentor. From there, they have access to the Novice Network chat channel and can use the daily roulette to randomly place themselves in under-leveled parties.
Final Fantasy 14: Endwalkeris available in early access now on PC, PS4, and PS5.
