Peridots for Ports

[skarlorn]

Dots are loved by all because you get the dopamine hit when you sell them. Tip 50p at high levels, if you can't afford it it's time to figure out how to make some plat. Tipping 50p makes it easier for porters to help on crs for free and port poor lowbies for little.

[Sonderbeast]

The solution to this whole issue is to delete all chat windows, just play druid and wizard and play single player.

[Foxplay]

Anything of value works fine for a donation, even if its heavy as hell....druids can be at a vendor in about 10seconds as there is several rings with a vendor right at them

[Wfrench1234]

My platinum situation aside (I never win rolls on anything of value..:I still sell bone chips in EC) it seems like the consensus is people don’t mind being paid in gems. That’s good to hear.

[Handull]

I carry a stack of Star Rubies on my monk. 1 is good for a port or rez, 2 if it was a special circumstance. Also can vendor one if I need plat to recharge something like root nets in the middle of no where. Can buy more of them anywhere as needed.

[Tupakk]

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

Trick from AM, /q after a port and log an alt for a while.

Fuckyou. We know who you are.


To the rest. Dots are fine. Like Fox said anything that sells works. Obviously we like raw plat. We are understanding for the most part but common sense allows us to determine if someone is lying or not. Don’t be cheap and we won’t be greedy this last year we have found a nice middle ground in the community. DaP provides a great social and economic advantage to the server for any one wanting to turn a new leaf or just make some coin on the side. Hell even new players flock to us first. That’s what it’s all about.


Baler ILU

[brandonb1029]

I tip in malachites and lapis lazulis. I'd consider sparing up to 5 of those for your time.

Not really... Although it seems the better off the player is, the less they spare.

[scrapiron7]

I usually only pay 10 pp for a port, but my 2 guys are only level 28 and 22.

[d3r14k]

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

As a person who has fought against DaP and their monopoly stranglehold lead by their tyrant king tupakk. I am in no way advocating the unreasonable prices they think they could charge.

Well, SOME of us set our own prices. I'm probably out of the norm in that I don't. Someone sends me a tell and I usually just complete the request and accept whatever is given. Of course there are some exceptions when someone wants a pick up from somewhere out of the way like LOIO or the bottom of Kaesora. I've done literally hundreds of pickups like at the newbie ramp in FoB, port to somewhere, and a bind for whatever that new player can offer, which most of the time is peanuts (and I'm OK with).

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

Hopefully a DaP member doesn't try to shoehorn their propaganda into this thread about how people don't pay enough.

Whatever someone can pay is usually fine. The only thing that ever irks me is level 50+ dudes who think 5pp for a port is acceptable. I think a general rule of thumb is 1pp per level. Also, I have never plat shamed someone who didn't have enough.

DaP is 100% for convenience to save you the trouble of sending 50 tells to find a ride. If someone doesn't advocate it, they are very welcome to find their own alternate means of transportation. There are a ton of "freelance" porters out there not associated with us at all.

To answer the OP's question: Personally, I love peridots as a tip. They weigh less than the raw 45pp would by itself (if you're tipping 5x) and it also gives me the option to throw some to a cleric to buff myself or a party member.

[Malk]

There's nothing wrong with peridot (or other gems) tips, it's pretty common from monks and sometimes happens from other classes too.