Dial a port is bad for server health.

[AgentEpilot]

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

We will disband immediately for your convenience

WTB Dial a Rez

[Tupakk]

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

i really dont have the patience to try and explain this in explicit detail, but i thought id try to at least respond. my issue with dialaport is that they are too convenient to compete with. the majority of players will skip the "/w all druid 39 45" step and go directly to "/w all dial" step. the only way to profit from porting is basically to join them, which means that you must remove your porter from the guild that they were already in or suffer low client base on an already underpopulated server.

im not speaking from the perspective of someone who is on their 5th - 10th alt, but instead in defense of those new players who made a druid or wizard as a starter character in order to get finances to support a tank class or healer (which has been suggested in many guides). not only does this mean that the guild you joined to level up with is short another member, but now you are in a guild with only porters.

i worry about how this "almost mandatory" decision reflects on new players. everquest is a multiplayer game, and guild-interactions can be some of the most memorable ones to be made. leveling guilds will frequently post LFM adverts in guild chat for some of the best content the game has to offer. also, druids can make decent healers in a pinch, and this means that there will be less druids in guilds at a level range where clerics are not the most common, and most shaman are soloing.

lets not forget that due to a lack of groups and a surplus of platinum, alot of druids turn to soloing. soloing is great xp, and can net you lots of loot, but not grouping during the 30s and 40s might leave some newer players a little lost when it comes to the mechanics introduced during that level range.

i do not approve of dialaport because their motto should be "leave your guild or be poor" and i think thats bad for server health on a game that thrives on multiplayer interaction.

I'm glad to finally see your real reason to hate our guild. But you couldn't be father from the truth.

Most of e people that join us move on to bigger and better guilds. I'm sorry that you stuck your Druid alt in the same guild but if you did that and expect to make loads of plat you are sadly mistaken. Anyone in whatever guild your in will tell you that openly and if not they are sparing your feelings. In this day and age if you only have contact within your guild chat your guild isn't doing it right anywyas and if they don't know you Druid alt you are doing enough for them to bother.

I'm sorry that our guild is as awesome as it is, but you know what we have worked hard for what we do and we will continue to work hard to serve this box this the day it closes cause yes the money is nice but it's more for the interactions with the players and having fun.

We will continue, we will thrive and will will stay alive. #DAP

[pathius41]

I see plenty of druids doing just fine porting around advertising there service with out a DaP tag. With our with out the tag you will do just fine imo.

Why does everything you post Phacemelter have to be doom and gloom?

[Bboboo]

Just port unwanted people to Toxx, it's what I did.

[lowner411]

Amid a flamefest about Dial-a-Port (buried in a larger flamefest about electoral politics) I had a reasoned discussion with someone about Dial-a-Port. I appreciate the convenience, knowing that anyone who has the tag up should be willing to accept a request for a port, but a /who all druid 39 55 might turn up a bunch of druids who are not interested.

However, I also realize that I might be ignoring those new players who are trying to earn a plat or two to fund their characters. Which is fine--I want to support new players. That said, if new players are creating druids to level up to porting age, so they can make money porting, so they can twink the character they really want to play ... then I am less inclined to want to support them. Of course, I can't tell who is who, so ...

If I want a port--I go to the zone I want a port from, preferably one with a ring. I ask in /ooc if anyone is porting, and state what I can tip for the port. If no one responds, then I might look to to DaP or start using the /who all druid 39+ route. Not sure.

One thing we can all do, and something I do if I am in a zone for a while. If someone comes and advertises ports, and someone else later is looking for a port, I recommend the porter who advertised.

Just my two cents.

[big_ole_jpn]

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

I have never had a bad experience with Dial A Port.

i play really fucking casually and i have had multiple bad experiences. Guild seems to be filled with illiterants and complete retards.

case studies:

1. send tell to DaP member requesting port with specifics included. only reply received is "sec" (I immediately get another port because that tell is meaningless). 5 or 10 minutes later, after I've received a port and run the rest of the way to my destination, a butthurt "where are you, why did you waste my time" from the "sec" guy.

2. request port, pay 50p up front, only person in porter's group. Get detoured to a different zone to pick someone else up first (without porter saying anything). Game lags out on zone to WC instead of the DL port I requested, and when I log back in porter nowhere to be seen.

3. many weird creepy tells received from basement dwellers butthurt about my "Tell a Port" tag and telling me to join the hive. Frustrated that my tag is actually a semi-clever pun and yours is gay nerd stuff?

[Tankwipe]

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

i play really fucking casually and i have had multiple bad experiences. Guild seems to be filled with illiterants and complete retards.

lol

[phacemeltar]

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

Why does everything you post Phacemelter have to be doom and gloom?

acting optimistic is a waste of my time, the only things worth discussing are things needing improvement.

[backsteppin123]

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

acting optimistic is a waste of my time, the only things worth discussing are things needing improvement.

Like your QQ whiny attitude slandering people on a forum playing the game the way they're allowed to play? You're not making any friends here. You been preaching this for weeks in EC, you have gone full retard. Never go full retard. Must be such a pleasure to be around IRL.

[Lhancelot]

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

i play really fucking casually and i have had multiple bad experiences. Guild seems to be filled with illiterants and complete retards.

case studies:

1. send tell to DaP member requesting port with specifics included. only reply received is "sec" (I immediately get another port because that tell is meaningless). 5 or 10 minutes later, after I've received a port and run the rest of the way to my destination, a butthurt "where are you, why did you waste my time" from the "sec" guy.

2. request port, pay 50p up front, only person in porter's group. Get detoured to a different zone to pick someone else up first (without porter saying anything). Game lags out on zone to WC instead of the DL port I requested, and when I log back in porter nowhere to be seen.

3. many weird creepy tells received from basement dwellers butthurt about my "Tell a Port" tag and telling me to join the hive. Frustrated that my tag is actually a semi-clever pun and yours is gay nerd stuff?

I think DaP members all do their services differently, kind of like how anyone working does their job a little differently than their coworkers.

For instance, some of them seem to keep a lengthy list of people in a queue for ports, while others pick you up and turn their tag off meaning they won't get any more tells for ports.

The ones who keep small queues of people waiting are quicker to respond I would guess.

Some of them also might try to coordinate more routes with one another to try to maximize their use of mana, while others may keep their port routes simple using more mana on ports but making it a faster pickup for those who have requested them for a port.

Also, you got to understand, they are not simply running people for money. They also get random tells to pick up lowbies, people send them tells for CRs which often times are more complex than just taking them to one spot and leaving them. CRs will require sow, see invis, invis, possibly a levi, and maybe even partial escort and DaP does all of this for free.

Anyway, it's pretty simple. If you don't like the guild or their service, simply do not use them. I think the majority of players on the server won't share your animosity towards DaP though, because most people have pleasant dealings with them apparently.