Port for donation logs?

Troxx · #35 05-27-2015, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Triangle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i find it odd that people expect ports free. Ports are worth a lot because of the time and effort they save you. for a mere 50pp you can save 20-60 minutes of your time. That is money well spent. dont have enough money to pay for a port? You can walk anywhere you can port to

This is coming from someone who has never played a porting class.

The devils advocate side: how long does it take the porter to regenerate that mana without buffs? A minute? Two minutes? Even donations as small as 10p add up to 600pp an hour of the time you lost porting people around ... and that's assuming you only get 10p donations. For a druid or wizard 29-40s that's a lot better money than they could make otherwise. Point is ... appreciate what you get. Most porters who work the high traffic areas (EC, OT, or always being available) will make a lot more money than that an hour. Farming seafuries for cash at best you're looking at 800-1k an hour in your 50s ... average closer to 500 an hour or less if there's much competition on the island.

Imo for non-twink lowbies ... anything you can afford is acceptable. Until recently we didn't have a lot of true blue p99 new guys at any given point in time. When i was brand new last year I needed a ride from Gfay to the commonlands (mostly to see the EC/WC zones that you can't find on live anymore to relive the nostalgia). At level 4 there was a random wizard about to port out and I asked if i could join him. I offered him something like 1p 4g (literally all i had on me other than my cloth armor). He smiled and turned down my donation.

Having said that ... any twinked out alt #27391 or character in their high 40s up to level 60 shouldn't be a dick and low-ball their porters.

I keep a minimum of 50p as well as a stack of peridots on me at all times to make sure that if I find myself out and about and need/want a port, I've got enough change on me to make it more than worth their while.