Tipping for Ports: Apparently I've Been Doing It Wrong

[DMN]

New players should recognize avenues of fast plat on an inflated server, like collecting exp quest turn in items. New players also don't "need" ports.

[Firepuff]

True, I was ranting more about mudflation in general, I didn't need ports as a new player, sorry for the off-topic rant.

I just hope that green will fare better than blue in that aspect. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Nagoya]

As a druid, here is my advice:

Tip what the fuck ever you want to tip.

I just click on "Accept" without even looking.
1pp is good with me. 200pp is good with me.
I don't care.
It's only mana, ergo my time to med it back.
Nobody's coercing me into porting. If I port it is my choice.
And if I didn't take time to ask for a specific price, then I implicitly agreed to whatever price you offer.

Ignore the dumbasses who feel entitled to whatever level*Xpp.
You click on one button sitting on your big butt then you go AFK 1 min to get your mana back while taking a piss.

Come on.

Tip what you want man.

Or ask "how much?" before leaving if you are so insecure.
If the druid says "any donation is fine" then give any donation.
If the druid says "10pp please" then you know what to give.

this shouldn't be difficult.

everyone should play a druid to lvl 29+ to realize how dumb and easy it is to port people around. this doesn't deserve all your savings lol.

stupid druid mafia.

[DMN]

Well, my druid can make 400+ plat with 8 full bars of mana. So port, gate(or port 2), camo, SoW mana alone is close to worth 20PP and accounts for zero travel time/load times.

[Siege]

Originally Posted by solleks [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

happy hanukkkah

*rubs hands*

[Siege]

Asking for donations is retarded. Bitching when the person donating didn't read your mind is even more retarded.

When I hated myself enough to play Druid, I would name my price and collect it before porting anyone. This was before the druid mafia formed so I had the freedom to not be a price-gouging prick. These days, when I'm not playing a Druid, which is 100% of the time, I just take the boat to avoid these assholes.

[Videri]

Originally Posted by DMN [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well, my druid can make 400+ plat with 8 full bars of mana. So port, gate(or port 2), camo, SoW mana alone is close to worth 20PP and accounts for zero travel time/load times.

Good analysis. I had not thought of estimating the value of ports/buffs by measuring the amount of plat you could make with X number of full mana bars. Clever. And the result seems reasonable: on Blue, I believe the average tip I received (as a wizard) was over 20pp. And I’ll bet the average tip on Teal/Green will also exceed 20pp eventually, but perhaps not roght away, since there’s not as much plat flowing around as on Blue.

[Bazia]

my standard is at least 15pp sometimes if they beat me to ring and run to meet me somewhere i go 40pp

[Frug]

As a DaP'er on blue, we had our own individual rules. I never asked for a specific amount, but we are a service not a charity, so if I got "stiffed" I'd politely let the portee know that. MOST of the time, they had no idea, and sometimes would come back and pay something. Sometimes not, and apologize. Both are fine. Sometimes they'd say nothing or say something condescending or nasty. Those got on my /ignore list.

I never asked for money for CR's. I would /ignore people that would try to "cheat" by asking for CR when they didn't need it, or try to strip down to appear to need it.

[Bardp1999]

You get 10pp for porting me and you should be lucky you are even getting that