Porting is a privilege, not a right...

[Expediency]

Originally Posted by Trungep99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I tip but some mana being casted is not worth 60 plat in my opinion. That's just greed.

Its not mana, its time. I have to find you or wait for you to come to me, cast the spell, wait for everything to load, regen the mana, and 90% of the time I have to cast sow.

Special shout out to people who think Im going to cast potg for 10pp or whatever. That is 1200 mana, at 50 mana/tick (being generous) thats 24 ticks, or well over two minutes of sitting. You can call it greed if you want, I call my time a scarce resource.

[Tupakk]

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

Its not mana, its time. I have to find you or wait for you to come to me, cast the spell, wait for everything to load, regen the mana, and 90% of the time I have to cast sow.

Special shout out to people who think Im going to cast potg for 10pp or whatever. That is 1200 mana, at 50 mana/tick (being generous) thats 24 ticks, or well over two minutes of sitting. You can call it greed if you want, I call my time a scarce resource.

We could use you in the Leadership you know. I love your attitude [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Trungep99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I tip but some mana being casted is not worth 60 plat in my opinion. That's just greed.

You're not tipping for the mana they spend, your tipping as a gratitude to the huge amount of time and effort they save you.

[Lunababy]

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

It's time spent away from grouping, getting $$$, etc. A service, that should be rewarded fairly with PP. With how much plat is circulating on this server, I do believe it is worth one's level's worth of PP.

what group wants a dru/wiz?
what camps can a dru/wiz actually farm for $?

yup.

[phacemeltar]

Druids actually are good in some group compositions.

[Expediency]

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

We could use you in the Leadership you know. I love your attitude [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I dont port nearly as much as I used to. I mostly do it now out of charity to new players or if someone is standing right in front of me at the druid rings or where ever I happen to be. I refuse to wait on people who arent my guildmates/friends, the public doesnt seem to understand that the meter is running. Someone like trunge will cause me to wait five minutes and then give me 20pp, no thanks.

And everyone is already an officer in dial a port <3

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

what group wants a dru/wiz?
what camps can a dru/wiz actually farm for $?

yup.

I cant speak for wizards but this druid can easily farm more money killing mobs, at a more predictable and steady pace, than I can from porting under all but the best circumstances. Powerleveling is also an option for druids although I dont generally involve myself in that business.

[Jauna]

Its probably time for third party non-DaP members to stop using words like "tips" and "donations". When you try to sound nice about it, people will take advantage of it and you have no one to blame but yourself when your little spam button says "accepted but not required"

[Cecily]

On average, hill giants tip better than players. Conclusion: not worth it to port players unless friends or feeling merciful.

[Expediency]

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

On average, hill giants tip better than players. Conclusion: not worth it to port players unless friends or feeling merciful.

Other than POTG, the most undervalued service is succoring through SG. People want you to run from the rings to the SG zone, cast an evac spell which eats up mana, lose the levitate you just cast on yourself to run there, and then accept a chance of dying in SG, which I estimate to be about 2-3% minimum even at level 60 because people train the CS zoneline and occasionally the mobs KOS** on landing on the WW side.

**Why do these mobs KOS sometimes and not others and how can this be prevented? Anyone know?

[Tecmos Deception]

Originally Posted by Trungep99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Porting is by far not worth ones level, it is some mana being used for free money, doesn't even take long to get the mana back!

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Porting is worth whatever porters are willing to accept and portees are willing to pay.