Well, this will no doubt be unpopular with some and popular with others,
but in an effort to recognize the fact that some mentors do it simply
for the credits (and don't do a very good job of it), and that a
person's guild and city is often instrumental in helping him along when
he's young, we've decided to reduce the mentor award to 15% of the first
four purchases.

However, instead, the guildmaster of the credit buyer's guild will get
5% of the purchases, as will the leader of the credit buyer's city, if
any. Note that these purchases will both be logged in the guild and city
logs respectively. Thus the leader will have the opportunity either to
simply keep the credits, or, if he or she wishes to help the guild or
city he or she was elected to serve, distribute the credits to worthy
members.

It's probably also worth pointing out the obvious logic that those
guilds which make it hard on newbies will simply end up getting less
credits, as less newbies will join their guilds. Hel

I should also mention that the city and guild credit bonuses are in
perpetuity, not just for the first four purchases.

Penned by my hand on the 19th of Ero, in the year 280 AF.