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Originally Posted by Itap
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Lol, you know how ridiculous this sounds, right? You're playing an MMO, the entire point is to interact with other people. I loved the idea of the bazaar, but it removed the interaction between people entirely. You can compare the bazaar to PoK and the associated books, it removed a part of the game that required you to actually talk to people and have friends.
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There's one thing asking someone to group, exping or questing with someone.
It's another dealing with:
"That earring for 5k, lol man that's a piece of crap, I'll give you 3k"
"Aww 5k, I really only have 2765 plat, can ya do that?"
"Hey I'll take that earring for 500" - 2 min later - "WTS earring 700"
The same people who hated PoK books are the ones who didn't play porters. I play a 60 druid and 52 wizard. I'm almost never /role on either of them. I get request for pickups in Emerald Jungle or Unrest occasionally. I politely say nope, I'm busy. Most people understand and say thanks anyways. Cool. But sometimes you get the dude offering you 30 plat for the port and complaining when you don't feel compelled to travel 15min across Norrath to port them for less than a hill Giants worth of platinum.
Also PoK book complaining is the dumbest thing in the world on this server. People REGULARLY ask for a port from WC to Lavastorm or EC to SRo. It's 2 fucking zones. Run. But heaven forbid you could click a book and travel yourself. Instead you want to inconvenience someone else, spend their mana and time and quite often not pay them for it.
Don't get me wrong, I do port people, almost never accept plat, and SoW them on their way. The general population of this server however feels entitled to these services and in the same breath they ask for a port with, they will criticizes the very features that unburdened players like myself from providing them.
I don't have any issues porting friends or guildmates. However the "interaction" you refer to from getting a port from a random guy is basically non existent. 95%+ of my ports involve these tells:
"Can I get a port from X to Y"
"Thanks"
Occasionally:
"Sorry corpse run otherwise I'd donate"
Or
"You sure you don't want plat"
Often:
"Can I get a INSERT BUFFS HERE?"
Shit isn't interacting with me at all. You interact more with the guy at the liquor store or the woman at the grocery store scanning your items.
PS - Yes, I am salty of that argument consistently being made on these boards. No one gives a shit about talking to their porter, they just want their port.