How much to tip for a port?

[dafier]

If you are new to the server then in most cases people will just port you for free.

I've tipped someone once for a port. It was 3pp. I was thanked. I did tell them that I just started and don't have much pp. They were more than cool with me.

Once you are a neckbeard, then maybe an expectation of 50 or 1000pp for a port can be placed on you. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Seltius]

I used to carry stacks of peridots since they were usable for alot of different things and I liked to at least pretend the added weight really mattered. Also clerics love when you tip them with peridots for a rez. So its a win/win situation.

[lodgedogg]

Im see your few posts hating on us dial a port druids and sincei have one i will tell you right now, the only time i get mad is when a epic twinked rog or monk gets a port and bounces on the tip or when i wait for a lvl 60 for 20 minutes and get the shaft. I always port lowbies and if they dont have money thats fine when i was low and didnt have much dial a port druids ported me and always turned down my little bit of plat i could pay them. So before you hate on us look at yourself in the mirror and you will see it was probably yourself in the wrong.

[Madbad]

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

i port people all the time, and i would never complain about 25-30pp

i dont think some level 50s melee with no haste item who tips 30pp is a monster who stiffs waiters irl. you sound like a very angry and strange person

I don't think this fits the definition of a high end toon. It does get tiresome to port best-in-slot folks who are in too much of hurry to wait for a guild porter or to even say thank you for 10-20pp. So much so that after I made sufficient money I stopped porting and use my blue druid as an EC mule.

On red I'll either port people or I won't. I don't do the port for plats thing there.

As far as being a strange and angry person, you must be like, Facebook friends with me or something. You have me pegged.

[Kalmiri]

I have an active porter and as others have said already if you are young and cant afford to tip just tell me up front and life is good! If you are on a CR im going to take you and you wont even have to wait, its still first come first serve. I have had well known high level raid guild people tell me 'im sorry, I just switched to my resist gear and forgot money for the port'. That is fine! The other night a group from Rampage got a ride from me and I had to wait a bit for them to assemble so they" made it rain plat on me" and that was great too!
Point is just say in advance what you need and if you can pay or not and im going to give you a ride anyways! Please don't be rude and sneak off without a word!

[ko37qtl]

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

If you are a high end toon, and you are paying 25-30p, your porter thinks you are cheap bastard. You will still get your port, but everyone knows you probably tip poorly in real life too.

It costs me the same mana/downtime to port someone poor as someone wealthy. I don't do this for a business but 25-30 is just fine with me. I sometimes think it's a wronheaded enabling device to provide free ports on corpse recovery. Why bother to get a reasonably nearby bind if you can just pass your downtime onto some druid or wizard? It's the community convention and I go with it, but I wonder and I haven't asked yet for someone to port me for a corpse run. Not saying it won't ever happen but it hasn't yet.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

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

If you're new, 10pp is a solid amount if you really want to tip. Just tell them you're new.

I think if you are starting on this server, and you are building your character and your bank and whatever, 10p is fair up til around... say lvl 30ish?

Past level 30 you should be able to afford more or you're doing it wrong, and you should definitely pay more. These porters are making eq incredibly less painful by being available like this.

I think a kind of "pay it forward" habit is the best. Tip what you can, and if you can tip well, do so, and tell your porter "that's to make up for the freebie cr ports you gonna do later."

The porting economy on this server is eq at its best: players solving problems on their own. Support it, tip it generously when you can, because -- call me naive -- if you tip a porter well, that porter is now in a fine mood to go help some people with a cr. It all comes around.

But I think 10p is fair for starting players up till lvl 30ish. Players who have been on server longer can make up the diff by tipping very nicely.

And then everybody wins [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[azeth]

25p
100p for an evac

never more or less.

[Dazbonez]

I don't actively look to port people but I end up porting people fairly often especially when I end up leveling in zones like OT and Dreadlands. The thing that pisses me off the most are the people who ask you for a port (when your not ooc'ing that your porting),you give them a port and then they don't tip or even say thanks or anything they just disband group and head off on their way afterwards. I'm all for helping people out, but when an epic'd level 60 asks you to stop what your doing and you don't even get a quick thanks afterwards its kinda ridiculous. Earthquakes are by far the worst, people just lose all sense of common decency when they start racing for dragons. People start acting like your an NPC and that you exist solely to transport their character as though you have some vested interest in their dragon-slaying. the only time I turn anon on is following earthquakes because 90% of the times ive been stiffed or had to deal with a rude asshole have been directly following them. I was in the middle of a quad in DL and this guy asked me for a ride, I told him I could as soon as I was done with my pull. I give him a ride he hands me like 5pp(Fungi Epic CoF gear so yeah pretty solid tip) and asks for levitate and then proceeds to yell at me out for a good couple minutes afterwards when I inform him I wasn't carrying batwings. I REALLY wanted to port him to Toxx and hope he wasn't paying attention and didn't drop group.

[Asharad]

Man...I am thinking I need to level a druid. I actually don't mind running and using the boats but 25 plat+ a port is some gooooood money.

I'm level 9 and that's 1/4 of my entire net worth! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]