There's so many druids on this server right now, and the problem is most of them are greedy morons that just made there char to rip people off on ports or just flat out don't know how to play a druid.

haha yeah really it depends on lvl and how bad you need to get somewhere and how fast. A lot of druids/wizzies will port for free, but even I have taken money when I really need money for something. my free ports are almost to the thousands by now though.

Yea, I have no problem porting for free, as long as the person let's me know he doesn't have the money...It's when they say they wanna buy a port or that they're paying, then they just take off, that annoys me.

This is truth. I remember when I joined this server and was guilded into GC, Pikler would pull up in his limo and take me where I needed to go. I am in Transcendence now raiding multiple times a week, but I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Pikler and his guild for taking care of me when I first started.

I only port for donations. Some people don't donate, that's fine. Some people give a few pp, which I often refuse and let them have a free port. But most of the people donate between 10-20pp, which I tend to always accept.

Then there are people who advertise they are going to pay as certain amount in Auction or ooc. Which is often 50-100pp. Probably because they can't find a port or they need to go somewhere asap.

Then there are also people who simply donate a lot. These are mostly level 50 top level guild people. The most I got was 150pp I think.

So I would say the norm really is the level. The higher the level the more people donate. But a norm would imply a requirement to pay, which is often not the case.

As a druid I get my money from quadding Hill Giants, not porting. So as long as Im not busy, or afk, or watching porn, or making forum popcorn, or raiding, or playing something else while I med, I normally port for free. Since im pretty much bound in Rathe, doesnt take much to pop over, and pop back. However, if someone puts up bling in the trade window, I dont say no.

Do I "want" to go somewhere?
-ask a guildie or walk

Does my guild need me?
-ask a guildie or walk

Does my guild NEED me?
-do /who all druid/wizard 40 50, offer 200p to each for first-come-first-payed drop-what-you're-doing V.I.P. transport

Am I near a ring/spire with a porter nearby?
-ask nicely for port, if not asked for "donation" (fee), give 30-50 on arrival depending on my stack

EDIT: also, thank all of you badass druids and wizards for the countless free CR ports you all have given me over the months!!

As someone who played a druid for years let me give my advice. If you have a special circumstance (trying to get from toxulia to commons at level 8) and only have 19 pp to your name. Offer the wiz / druid 15 plat with the explanation that it's all you have. I know if I had the time, I wouldn't turn you down.

That being said, the problem isn't the amount of money you give, it's attitude. When you see a well known trader who you know has thousands of plat, and they give you 20pp for a tip, you really don't want to port them ever again. But then when a person begs you for a free one for a CR, you're likely to do it.

Why? Will Druid/Wizard's time become less valuable in the future? If anything I see it going up as 20p becomes a smaller and smaller relative figure.

..careful with this one..
I might be able to offer 200pp for a port IF it's an emergency, but I have averaged about 1500-2500pp to my name the entire time I've played this game, and right now I have about 1k.

I generally give away for free any kind of loot I get that I don't need, and I don't do a lot of farming right now, so I hardly ever have money.

The 30pp I muster for a tip could have bought me another couple stacks of cactus pie, and I'm hungry more often than not.

I'm not taking away from your "known trader" bit, I see what you mean, just wanted to add a caveat to your comment about knowing people have money, coz I'm constantly poor and a lot of people might assume otherwise.