Porting Fare?
 

I find myself travelling quite a bit, and getting ports from non-guildies for the most part. Being the perpetual poor man, I can only tip so much, but I often feel guilty regarding the amount I tip for the level of character ported. So I ask the community how much do you pay for your ports?

Please, if you can afford to, make it more worth your porter's time to port you instead of killing a hill giant. 40-50 minimum.

i always do 1plat/player level

level 20 = 20 plat
level 60 = 60 plat

if you haven't the plat, only items, always give them something worth the trouble since selling items can be a bother(unless it commonly vendors for 60+ plat)

EDIT: This is from a pretty well established character; as always, pay what you can, people are more understanding that you can fathom, and often very welcoming to new players

I figure as a minimum 1pp for every level you or the porter has, whichever number is highest works as a guideline. Double it for a kunark evac as that is 2 ports and a run.

I tip 69pp. Its the perfect number.

I always donate between 20-40 plat, I feel it is fair for someone's mana.

the right amount is... 17

what about toon's level?

17.... you're ready for ports

30-40 is pretty standard for me. Occasionally I'm feeling generous and will do more if its a DAP I regularly use and they're quick and courteous. Like that male woodelf guy in the full silver chitin. I forget his name. But I've used him a bunch of times and he's the best. Always super fast and a cool guy. I've tipped him 100pp+ a few times.

I feel like expecting 60+pp for a port is a bit silly tbh. Maybe I'm in the minority here but feels like a lot of pp to cast 1 port. Takes a LOT less effort time and mana than killing a hill giant imho.

I think this touches on a separate point. It is good to be generous with tips for ports as it is a major convenience (especially for melee/knights). However, as a porter you can't expect 1pp/per level as some people simply won't value the service that much (or don't pay what they really value the port as).

On the rare occasion I port on my wizard, I 'expect' about 20-30pp as a tip (expect here meaning 'anticipate'), however I am happy to port for free if I am not preoccupied as I didn't roll my wizard to make money. If I am busy I'll turn down offers of 30pp, even if I am only soloing and the port isn't particularly inconvenient. It's not worth risking losing a camp, wasting time running about when I could instead be meditating and conserving mana for fights if I'm busy.

I don't really port for money most of the time, so, as some have discovered, I will turn down people paying 100pp or more if I'm doing something I don't want to interrupt.

I will reject anything less than 15pp but still port the player, as well as provide binds/buffs and occasionally escort them if they clearly have no idea what they're doing. Most will give either 30 or 50 pp total, although I've seen plenty of 60+ from raid-geared toons wanting to go to higher level places or people in a hurry.

I'm not anyone's favorite porter in particular since that's not what I do with my time, so I don't see the bigger numbers that career porters might. People will definitely pay more for their favorites. Depending on the person, it can get ridiculous (1kpp for a porter to drop everything and pick someone up, or so I've heard).

Anyway, the average is 30-50 for a regular port. More than that is usually considered a windfall.