Porting is a privilege, not a right...

[AgentEpilot]

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

It's time spent away from grouping, getting $$$, etc. A service, that should be rewarded fairly with PP. With how much plat is circulating on this server, I do believe it is worth one's level's worth of PP.

They choose to port or not, clearly they still make good money without "tipping our level".

[Lhancelot]

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

They choose to port or not, clearly they still make good money without "tipping our level".

Actually they make good money because some people tip them very well, so take that for what it's worth. Some people tip 5pp, and some tip 100pp or even more.

[AgentEpilot]

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

Actually they make good money because some people tip them very well, so take that for what it's worth. Some people tip 5pp, and some tip 100pp or even more.

I generally tip between 25 and 30 plat, and have had them always come to a ring to pick me up, hit me with a SoW, and even had one offer to help with a transfer. I have a feeling they wouldn't port to a place just to pick me up if 25 plat wasn't good enough.

[Swyftfingers]

If you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to port.

[Trungep99]

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

If you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to port.

I tip but some mana being casted is not worth 60 plat in my opinion. That's just greed.

[Expediency]

Originally Posted by Trungep99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I tip but some mana being casted is not worth 60 plat in my opinion. That's just greed.

Its not mana, its time. I have to find you or wait for you to come to me, cast the spell, wait for everything to load, regen the mana, and 90% of the time I have to cast sow.

Special shout out to people who think Im going to cast potg for 10pp or whatever. That is 1200 mana, at 50 mana/tick (being generous) thats 24 ticks, or well over two minutes of sitting. You can call it greed if you want, I call my time a scarce resource.

[Tupakk]

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

Its not mana, its time. I have to find you or wait for you to come to me, cast the spell, wait for everything to load, regen the mana, and 90% of the time I have to cast sow.

Special shout out to people who think Im going to cast potg for 10pp or whatever. That is 1200 mana, at 50 mana/tick (being generous) thats 24 ticks, or well over two minutes of sitting. You can call it greed if you want, I call my time a scarce resource.

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[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Trungep99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I tip but some mana being casted is not worth 60 plat in my opinion. That's just greed.

You're not tipping for the mana they spend, your tipping as a gratitude to the huge amount of time and effort they save you.

[pathius41]

Originally Posted by Trungep99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I tip but some mana being casted is not worth 60 plat in my opinion. That's just greed.

it's just mana right? so 60p is greedy, Well a fungi tunic is just time and mana as well right? so 45kp is some serious greed, maybe you should sell me yours for like I dunno 5k?

[Trungep99]

Originally Posted by pathius41 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

it's just mana right? so 60p is greedy, Well a fungi tunic is just time and mana as well right? so 45kp is some serious greed, maybe you should sell me yours for like I dunno 5k?

The clear difference is a fungi is worth 45 k . Takes a lot more than just clicking one button then sitting. Zero risk in that. And you can port a group at a time . In no way should porting be worth 60 plat. It's not me being cheap, it is just not worth so much plat to essentially cast one spell for another players benefit. It's like charging 60 plat for C2. It isn't worth it. Sure they deserve a tip , but not 60 plat.

Now let me be clear, the value of the top goes up with the effort the porter makes to help the traveler, if the porter travels to pick someone up then that is worth more than sitting their lazy but around waiting in EC for someone to ask to go to CS. If they port over to pick you up and then transport you elsewhere it is worth more than being lazy. So there is no entitlement to the amount you earn, you gotto go earn it based on your effort.