Tip your Porter

[Grozmok]

Also, I almost always carry 50pp with me just for tipping ports, SoW and rezzers.

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[Yanomamo]

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

Also, I almost always carry 50pp with me just for tipping ports, SoW and rezzers.

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I assume the eye roll means you dont? well you should. Except i would add SoW never requires a tip. Just /bow.

Summary of thread: Don't be a stinge-ball

[Grozmok]

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

I assume the eye roll means you dont? well you should.

Incorrect assumption.

The eye roll means I'm pointing out expected behavior.

[Danyelle]

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

I assume the eye roll means you dont? well you should. Except i would add SoW never requires a tip. Just /bow.

Summary of thread: Don't be a stinge-ball

Ok...why?

It's basically the same as a port, all they are is mana, granted the porting takes the time to port and come back but when you take into account that the porter, 90% of the time, meets the following anywa:

1. is bound in EC and can gate back. thus makes it a matter of 30 seconds to a minute of wasted time at max
2. Is sitting in EC offering the ports already and/or not doing anything but staring at auctions and thus isn't really doing anything with his/her time to be wasted

I must ask what makes a port qualify more for a donation than SoW?

I must quote you on this: don't be a stinge-ball

[Jakob]

This is actually a good thread for a question I've been having for a long while. I just recently started playing and just dinged 34 last night. I'm not swimming in plat, that's for sure. I do tip every single time I get a port. However, I never know just how much I should tip per port. I typically tip around 10pp because that's what I can afford. So the question is:

What is considered a typical tip amount given the level of the person getting ported?

[Grozmok]

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

What is considered a typical tip amount given the level of the person getting ported?

Well, according to all of these ballers in this thread, 500pp+ since "Druids can make more per hour killing sea furies in OOT."

My argument? It's a whole lot less work porting strangers around IMO.

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

Someone already said this, but what you need to do is carry Peridots. A stack of peridots is essentially 20 10p chips which weigh 0.1

Screw monk only, I'm going to start doing this. My TSK fat ass is already pushing it to the limit (LIMIT!) with plate armor. Fuck carrying around a bunch of coins.

[mefdinkins]

I'm a 36 druid now and played a druid in classic - here are my thoughts. I have never advertised 'porting for donations'. If I'm leaving a zone soon I might ask if anyone needs a port out and I play without anon on usually, so I get the occasional tell and I respond to the occasional /ooc looking for port.

I never ask for an amount or charge a fee, if someone says how much I say feel free to tip if you like. For people wondering if they should tip or how much -- my porting situations tend to fall into a few categories.

1) I never accept any tips from lowbies with obviously welfare gear and I never accept money from friends, guildies, group members.

2) If an individual hooks me up with 100p, I will always be willing to do a favor for him next time.

3) If an individual is on a CR or explains why they have no plat (ei: monk or something) I don't judge them or care.

4) If an individual who is decked out in ridiculous gear and level 60 requests a port and tips me 5p, I do feel slighted though.

5) If I'm making a huge sacrifice - like risking losing my camp or going to have to make a huge run to get back, I will politely refuse or let the portee know and see if they are willing to compensate me for that.

All in all, I accept the 'tip if you like' approach at my own risk. All in all, it's free plat - 20-50p seems about average and is great in my opinion for higher level characters, sometimes I get more, sometimes less.

TLDR: - I'm just saying what everyone else did.

[webrunner5]

I am not against people giving a Porter a tip. I always tip unless it is a CR, and I write down the persons name and find them later and give them a tip in game.

And on live I was a KeI Whore in PoK. Made tons of plat. Lots of it. But I NEVER, NEVER asked for a donation or set a price. If someone gave me 500 plat or no plat well that was that. This is a game, we are suppose to be having fun lol. I just don't like the "Donations accepted but not required" and Porting to "everywhere" shit for 50 plat crap.

Like no one but a Druid has to pay for spells? Pet classes have to pay for spells and pet casting thingy's, and Clerics buying Peridots etc.

Just stop the I WANT money to do you a favor. That is all. I will give you money, just stop begging for it!!

[BarackObooma]

[QUOTE=Grozmok;596091]Well, according to all of these ballers in this thread, 500pp+ since "Druids can make more per hour killing sea furies in OOT."

I can speak to the comparative opportunity cost of porting vs. quadding seafuries.

After a sample size of 750-1000 seafuries I can tell you that the average seafury drops an average of 41pp in coin, gem and other vendor loot. Killing Seafuries equates to an average of 164pp per quad. This averages about 800pp an hour. If there's very few people killing them, you can make 1000pp an hour and if there's a lot of people fighting for them (in which case I usually do something else), it can be as bad as 200-400pp an hour.

As a wizard, it takes about 70%-80% of my mana pool (decent gear, not uber) to quad. To port someone and then self port somewhere (not factoring in running time), the mana it would equate to would be 37pp.

Thunderstruck AkaBarackObooma
57 Wizard

[Grozmok]

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

I can speak to the comparative opportunity cost of porting vs. quadding seafuries.

After a sample size of 750-1000 seafuries I can tell you that the average seafury drops an average of 41pp in coin, gem and other vendor loot. Killing Seafuries equates to an average of 164pp per quad. This averages about 800pp an hour. If there's very few people killing them, you can make 1000pp an hour and if there's a lot of people fighting for them (in which case I usually do something else), it can be as bad as 200-400pp an hour.

As a wizard, it takes about 70%-80% of my mana pool (decent gear, not uber) to quad. To port someone and then self port somewhere (not factoring in running time), the mana it would equate to would be 37pp.

Thunderstruck AkaBarackObooma
57 Wizard

All this math hurts my walnut sized troll brain.

I guess my point was that I felt (totally anecdotal, as always) the amount of work involved scaled directly proportionate to the amount of coin received.

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

just don't pull up up in a limo and give a nickel tip, you wont ride again... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

C'mon dude, the smart gamers bag their shit before sending a tell.