Mentoring

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Contents 1 What is mentoring? 2 Why would I mentor? 3 Achievement XP gain while mentoring 4 How do I mentor? 5 Mentoring and PvP

[edit] What is mentoring?

Mentoring in EverQuest II allows your character to temporarily lower his/her adventure level to match that of another player in your group. All of your stats, equipped items, spells and combat arts are also "scaled down" to that level, and all base adventuring experience gained is reduced by 50%.

[edit] Why would I mentor?

1. To assist lower level players. No one can gain experience or quest updates if any groupmate's level is too high in comparison. In this case, mentoring is the only solution if you want to help them out.
2. To benefit from grayed-out content. Named mobs don't drop their intended treasure chests or award AA experience once they con gray. However, mentoring another player will change that if it brings you within the level range to make the mob con green or more.
3. To feel badass? When you mentor, you gain considerably less experience, have your stats lowered and your equipment/spells/combat arts scaled down. However, everything isn't scaled down enough to match how you performed when you really were that level. In fact, you'll still be somewhat overpowered for the level you're mentoring at. Just don't let it go to your head -- you're still playing the class you chose, after all.
4. Mentored players benefit, too! Anyone being mentored gains a slight boost to adventure experienced gained with every kill. The more mentors, the more the boost becomes!

[edit] Achievement XP gain while mentoring

• Mentoring other players grants greater achievement reward for the mentor.
  • 0-5 level difference: 0% bonus
  • 6-10 level difference: 50% bonus
  • 11-20 level difference: 100% bonus
  • 21-30 level difference: 150% bonus
  • 31-50 level difference: 200% bonus
  • 51+ level difference: 300% bonus
  • This bonus is only applied to achievement experience gained through combat or loot items, not through quests or exploration.
• Mentors will now receive experience when their apprentice has disabled combat experience.

[edit] How do I mentor?

Once grouped with a player of a lower adventure level, simply right-click the player (or their name in your group list) and choose "Mentor." You will now mentor that player until one of the following occurs:

• You right-click the player (or their name in your group list) and choose "Stop mentoring"
  • NOTE: This cannot be done while in combat of any kind
• You zone or log out
• The mentored player zones or logs out

[edit] Mentoring and PvP

This section needs work. For now, please refer to the page on PvP.