Dial a Free Port!

[Ranndom]

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

swear to god, say "donating 50pp for port from x to x" and porters will show up in a hurry

Just because you can drive the truck doesnt mean youre gonna volunteer to.

[kuuky]

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

swear to god, say "donating 50pp for port from x to x" and porters will show up in a hurry

Sounds like you found the best and quickest way to get a port. Let your plat talk and we'll save ya the walk!

[Sonark]

I wanna see the maths where a guy decided that since a port costs X amount of mana, and he has X amount of mana, and it takes him XX amount of time to meditate that mana back, that his time has an actual platinum value to it

That was interesting.

[kuuky]

Actually I think the value comes in the time saved by quickly getting from point A to point B. Hell even if you have to wait 10 mins for the dru/wiz to med up it still saves a lot of in game time. Possibly enough time for sometime to claim a camp spot/spawn. I mean that is the reason I take a plane to LA from NY and not my car.

[Troxx]

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

I wanna see the maths where a guy decided that since a port costs X amount of mana, and he has X amount of mana, and it takes him XX amount of time to meditate that mana back, that his time has an actual platinum value to it

That was interesting.

Time is money.

Porting takes up someone else's time and someone else's mana that could otherwise be used to earn them xp and coin.

Getting ported saves me time getting me to my objective ... which is a destination that usually involves me getting xp and coin.

I donate on the higher end ... and every plat spent pays for itself 5-10 fold in time saved running across zones and waiting on boats.

[Sonark]

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

Time is money.

Porting takes up someone else's time and someone else's mana that could otherwise be used to earn them xp and coin.

Getting ported saves me time getting me to my objective ... which is a destination that usually involves me getting xp and coin.

I donate on the higher end ... and every plat spent pays for itself 5-10 fold in time saved running across zones and waiting on boats.

*notices your lowest level character you advertise is 58*

Yup, all of what you said makes sense for you and is easy enough to do.

[Tupakk]

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

*notices your lowest level character you advertise is 58*

Yup, all of what you said makes sense for you and is easy enough to do.

Plat in this game isn't that hard to come by. Maybe for the true true noob who has never seen EQ ever and this is their first experience. Those are the people most of us pay, Port and gear if we have it on us at least I do.

But if you geared to the nines , anon and green to my level 45 then there is expectation to pay.

Because like Troxx said I'm cutting down hours of running or boating for you [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[kuuky]

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

Plat in this game isn't that hard to come by. Maybe for the true true noob who has never seen EQ ever and this is their first experience. Those are the people most of us pay, Port and gear if we have it on us at least I do.

But if you geared to the nines , anon and green to my level 45 then there is expectation to pay.

Because like Troxx said I'm cutting down hours of running or boating for you [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well said Brother, well said

[skarlorn]

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

Plat in this game isn't that hard to come by. Maybe for the true true noob who has never seen EQ ever and this is their first experience. Those are the people most of us pay, Port and gear if we have it on us at least I do.

But if you geared to the nines , anon and green to my level 45 then there is expectation to pay.

Because like Troxx said I'm cutting down hours of running or boating for you [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Agreed, and as I shit posted in another thread, but think it's worth saying, I feel server vets have a responsibity to pay and overpay porters regularly so that when a noob, or someone on a cr, needs some free help, the porter feels more generous with their time.

I guess this is a form of socialism Sim

[dude]

I don't think Zabs has ever demanded plats for ports, maybe on TL's if they take off without tipping ill say "not cool dude" only cause it costs me plats to TL someone.