Talk:Guides of the Lotus/@comment-4978876-20180712083048

Entirely mis-managed program. There's a lot of people in the community who already go out of their way to help out new players and find helping others to be a reward in and of itself. Yet you never see any of these numerous Guides of the Lotus - partially because the game fails to mention their existence unless you visit Relays, meaning that most players, new or old, have no idea what a "Guide" is. The other problem is that they're poorly managed, and apparently there aren't any real standards for the Guides to follow. Some have been given the position for entirely nepotistic reasons, some openly argue in region chat, and quite a few are just entirely inactive. It seems like many apply only for the exclusive sigil and armor, as well as the status that they get for being a Guide. Until DE provides more oversight to the program, and increases their visibility to new players, I don't see why this should be continued.