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Old 02-16-2016, 02:38 PM
thufir thufir is offline
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Originally Posted by jcr4990 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
So if the devs coded PoK books to require you to /who all pokbook /t freeportbook Can u port me to freeport pls? then wait 2 minutes and trade it 50pp and say "ty" then it'd be legit? I still think you and others like you are WAY over romanticizing the whole idea. There's VERY little social interaction or feeling of "working together" when I use DAP. It's basically calling an Uber. Are you gonna be butthurt when we have driverless cars instead of Ubers driving people around too? Cause I promise that's coming lol
Sure. Make it a 2-5 minute wait with an outside chance it won't come at all. Then have the guy charge you a random amount before they start the port. 1-2% of the time the port should put you somewhere else in the world (to represent sulky or pranky porters). Increase that chance drastically if you "undertip".

Some of the "porters" can even exchange pleasantries with you. Maybe if you don't say the right things it gives you a chance for the porter to drop you from group without porting you, or port you again to somewhere random. Then it can be a 10-30 minute wait before you can get another port (as they "blacklist" you). Fail too many times and you get blacklisted permanently - no porting!

I actually kinda like this idea now that we're talking about it.
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