Dial a port is bad for server health.

[phacemeltar]

breaking news:

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

Rosco is my hero. I'm glad he stood up to this bard. You can only take so much abuse from players who screw you on fees. Dial a Port doesn't work for tips, we work for fees. We port you, you pay us. The fee is 1 platinum per level. If you have a problem with that, then walk, run or wait 30 mins for a boat and do enjoy the long boat ride cheapskate.

As a member of Dial a Port and I can tell you that bards are consistently tip the lowest of all classes. These are the very same bards that charge players 2.5k plat an hour for bard powerleveling service. It's fucking ridiculous.

However, not all bards are bad tippers. There are some good ones.

Also, bards are the biggest abusers of free corpse retrieval ports too since they are always dying due to their risky playstyle i.e. swarm kiting.

If you fail to tip a DAP member or screw us with a low fee then you will be put on /ignore and everyone in DAP will add you to their /ignore list. So think twice before you decide to be a cheap bastard and not pay us because it will be your last DAP port.

Without DAP and the good people that spend hours of their precious free time porting players this server would come to a screeching halt. Raids would have a hard time assembling without the additional assistance of DAP porters.

DAP members are hard working decent folks who bust their asses porting players 24/7. We could be out having fun but instead we choose to provide a unique paid, professional service to players. We help players all the time with additional services that provide Evacs, Pickups, Bind Affinity, SoW, Levitate, Invis and See Invis just to name a few. We perform deeds of kindness that you will never hear about such as 96% rezzes and ports to newbies.

[AgentEpilot]

Lol doubt this is legit, also its Rozcoe not Rosco, surely a member of DAP would be able to spell the man's name right.

[applesauce25r624]

this makes me want to harass druids/wizards on my bard even more

good job fanning the flames

[pathius41]

Originally Posted by applesauce25r624 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

this makes me want to harass druids/wizards on my bard even more

good job fanning the flames

So what you are saying is " I'm a giant douche bag who lives in mommies basement and the only way I can enjoy myself is to ruin others fun" Gotcha, noted

[Poetic]

Easy resolution:

a) If you think Roscoe is a badass hero.. add him to your friends him and ask him specifically for ports when he is online and throw him a little extra on top for your ports when you can.

b) If you think Roscoe is a classist, racist scumbag.. Put him on ignore and shun him.

I chose a

[Smurflogik]

Originally Posted by applesauce25r624 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

this makes me want to harass druids/wizards on my bard even more

good job fanning the flames

I am not a swarm kiter, but after the past couple days, I'm starting to consider it...

[Alanus]

I am a DAP member. When I am doing business (i.e. anon is off), it's not uncommon to have 5-6 people in the queue. Often it can get real busy and hectic trying to coordinate it, while trying to minimize people's waiting times. I try to go first-tell, first-port, but sometimes it makes more sense to go out of order (i.e. if a guy wants SRo to WC, and another guy wants WC to Iceclad, it makes sense to do the SRo to WC to IceClad route, even if that isn't the order the tells were received). It's not uncommon for someone to say "X needs SRo to WC" in guildchat, and then someone takes it. When I an overwhelmed, I will put up anonymous again while I get my queue down, but sometimes I forget. I also do my best to keep people updated on how long it'll be, but again, sometimes things come up or it makes sense to change it.

Then, in the middle of porting that queue of 5-6 people, you get a tell asking for a CR port (which is free) or an evac across SG (takes up considerable time and mana). We try to keep your waiting time to a minimum, but it can get difficult when you are getting a lot of tells quickly. Also, cussing me out because I am not bound at OT ramp or won't run across DL with you to ejac you (when I have 5 people waiting on ports) doesn't help.

Also, I port anyone. I don't blacklist people because if I am port whoring for cash, I like getting business.

[phacemeltar]

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

Phacemeltar is a server hero and if he blacklists your guild, you are in for trouble

although the lone-wolf playstyle suits me best, i am considering putting an application in to the white council for knighthood.

[Jontheripper]

I like dial a port because once they came around my tells from random players in random zones asking me for ports has dropped almost completely. When they first came out and constantly advertised in ooc id send every no tipping newb needing a port for CR their way.

t. Frilbo Baggins

[nectarprime]

Anyone who has something bad to say about DAP is an idiot.