I'm a bit surprised that ports are so competitive on the server. I don't understand why such a utility would ever be useful, why do we need the ability to compare donations from certain players? The very concept of donations should not be compared, as they are not something that is, by definition, expected of a player to provide in exchange for a port. Now, if you were selling ports, that's a different story, and you may charge whatever you please for the service - just make it known up front that the player is expected to pay. Don't pawn it off as a mandatory "donation".
I personally use the Karma based payment system. I never advertise and I never demand or expect donations - I'm sitting in the EC tunnel selling items, I can take the extra 2 minutes to port someone and then gate back to the tunnel. Most of the time, the generous player will toss a couple coins my way in appreciation for my willingness to fling them across the continent at no charge anyway.
Personally, as a rather new player on the server playing a less desirable grouping class, I've found folks are more apt to invite me along on their dungeon crawls after remembering the handful of free CR ports or alt crawls I've done for them in the past - and that alone is better payment than a couple platinum. Kindness goes a long way.
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