How much money in general can a porter make a day on average?

[Lojik]

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

*cough* Or OT *cough* 😜

No. You get a hammer for that

[billw134]

Hammer is Lojikal!

[GeinHealy]

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

Let's say a Lv40 Druid spends 3 hours a day doing nothing but porting people around, offering his/her services in EC. Ends up making a port every 15 minutes. How much would he/she make in average assuming modest donations?

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!

[Ballerklein]

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!

[Samoht Farstrider]

Might have been a mistake giving you the ring there

[Gaffin 7.0]

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

[Lartanin63]

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.

[Laugher]

Originally Posted by Lartanin63 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Brocktree]

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.

[Hollywood]

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

Strongly agree with Ravager. If you want to make money, camp something. Porting is more about meeting folks and helping people out than it is about cash. Half the people you port will be naked.

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.