What's the deal with all the "Donating" for ports?

[jilena]

There are quite a few people on here who love to hang out and help people and that is awesome for them. Ninik, Wiggles, Rosalyn, etc all do donation free resing and ports on a pretty regular basis because that is what they like to do. I applaud them for this. I think they are all ridiculously nice people and if you ever manage to get them into a group I think you should ninja /split them some coin.

That said, I don't log on to do these things. If I am on one of my characters there is about a 95% chance I have something I intend to accomplish. Be it selling items in EC, farming something, helping a friend level, whatever. If I am already doing something, the chances I am going to stop what I am doing and go rez you are slim to none. It's not just "a little mana" and it doesn't cost me "nothing". It is a shitload of mana, it sets me behind in whatever it is that I am doing, and it costs me time. My time is valuable to me and I would prefer to use it doing what *I* want to do, and that doesn't usually include making your life easier because you are bad at Everquest.

Also, please keep in mind, you lose exp when you die as motivation to suck less. If I return all of that exp to you, you don't have as much motivation. Think of me not helping in the short term as me helping you out long term!