No. You get a hammer for that

Hammer is Lojikal!

I recently made it to level 40 on my druid... My advice is you'll be happier thinking of yourself as a transportation service provider rather than a plat generator. I ooc "Porting for donations" and always SoW them right away and then hit the port spell button the instant I'm grouped with my passenger. After we arrive, I always thank them and then either wave or salute whether they donate or not. Only a very few folk don't realize that it is just common courtesy to say "thank you" before running off.

Most folk donate 40 or 50 plats. So I would consider it more than satisfactory to donate 80 or 100 plats for a two port trip. The most I've received is 350pp and it is not uncommon to receive 100pp for a single port.

I like the one plat per level suggested donation and say so if I'm asked. No matter how twinked, for example, I think 12pp for a porting a level 12 is appropriate.

Always respond to pleas for "port for CR"! People remember.

Porting is second nature for us druids! ...and fun too!

I never ask for money when I am porting and as long as I don't have a camp or in a group I will usually answer to someone in OOC looking for a port. If they offer it I will take it though and most people will. Last night I brought three people from OT to WC and I got 90 plat and this http://wiki.project1999.com/Platinum...d_Wedding_Ring. Thank you to who ever that was, that was pretty sweet!

Might have been a mistake giving you the ring there

some real cheap asses out there, i use to know lvl 60's who only tip like 40p max, i always did 100-200p

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The one thing that always annoyed me is the fact that people felt that they deserve a port. Try riding boats all the time and you may consider paying more than 20pp for a port.

Hahaha so true.

Porting on blue takes a minimal amount of ingame resources to profit (give or take your time in leveling your character); its also a great way to make money semi afk or if you can't commit to xping or paying attention for long periods of time.

If you want the real money as a druid though get yourself to a point where you can powerlevel and charge an hourly rate, there are other classes that might be able to do it better but bards just got a nerf on low hp kiting iirc, so a druid might be able to make a little more money (possibly? with velious inc?) doing some ds PLs :D

Porting can be a lot of fun IMO and I actually met a ton of people that way.

I rarely play anymore and never port because I can't figure out how to stop the crashing every time I zone but 500p an hour over the long haul sounds about right. You can get some sweet 100-200pp tips and good gems but also spend 15 min running to / waiting for someone and get like 10p. Plus I always took pity on newbs traveling and would go out of my way to get them.

I logged all my porting and I always meant to right a quick program to parse it to see the real #s but never got around to if, maybe I'll do it one day.

Ps <The A Team> best tippers. Those guys always hooked me up.

Agreed - with a few exceptions based on locale.

I rarely pay for ports; instead I give them a useful buff. I also remember whom the person is and then recommend them any time I see someone asking for a ride somewhere.

Word of mouth does wonders.