Dial a port is bad for server health.

[maskedmelon]

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

Lol is it even possible for one to fail at root rotting something? When I see someone root rot mobs that are typically quadded by that same class (and thereby not even keeping the whole camp down) I just cringe. If they want to root rot mobs, again, there are better options out there.

You know there is more than one way to play a class. I mean, if want to take out my animation, drop a Boon of the Garou and Haste, Berserker Strength and Rune # on myself, then go to town stun locking greens with my incandescent wand because it makes me feel more like a tank, what's wrong with that?

[Jimjam]

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

You know there is more than one way to play a class. I mean, if want to take out my animation, drop a Boon of the Garou and Haste, Berserker Strength and Rune # on myself, then go to town stun locking greens with my incandescent wand because it makes me feel more like a tank, what's wrong with that?

On the subject of inefficient strategies (e.g. not aoe kiting gnolls), it can be done out of consideration. I levelled my wizard to 45(!) on gnoll scrolls. I could quad if I wanted, but doing so monopolises most of the spawns in a popular levelling area, so instead I facetankspamnuked my way to being a gnoll scroll collection tychoon. Hell, to the later levels when some of the mobs were starting not to be XP I could even PBAoE down more than 4 if I wanted, but didn't because that would be a dick move to all the other people wanting to use gnolls.

That said, if you want to root rot gnolls the best spot is probably at the 2 spawn near hermit. One of those is higher level, the other can match that level (but sometimes is a little lower). If you end up with too much mana Cyclops, centaur chargers and treants can path in the area too.

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

this is the whole server. people in CoM until their low 50s? people in KC into their high 50s at camps like LCY?

it's just how it is around here. this has nothing to do with DaP. most of the server is straight up risk averse. and to be fair, this is how it was on live too.

Yea, this is kinda funny. My warrior got advised not to go to Seb till after 55. So, when I did eventually go at 56 lots of the stuff we were killing was green! Easy to kill, mitigated it well and good xp though.

[xKoopa]

Im confused how porting people around is for "scraps"

I knew a guy who made about 80k in 2-3 weeks porting in his free time

[Gumbo]

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

Im confused how porting people around is for "scraps"

I knew a guy who made about 80k in 2-3 weeks porting in his free time

There is no way he can make 80,000 platinum in 2-3 weeks porting and in his free time. I have spent some Friday and or Saturday afternoons/nights porting players and maybe walked away with 800-1000 after 8 or 9 hours.

Your making it sound like he was charging people a set rate and they paid it for the port or players were paying him a few hundred platinum per port.

[Metalopolis]

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

There is no way he can make 80,000 platinum in 2-3 weeks porting and in his free time. I have spent some Friday and or Saturday afternoons/nights porting players and maybe walked away with 800-1000 after 8 or 9 hours.

That's EXTREMELY low revenues. I'd say that my Wizzy averages 500pp/hour during "peak hours" weekdays, and peak hour weekends can often EXCEED 1000pp/hour.

4-500 seems to generally be the rough average for most DAPers.

[Gumbo]

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

I pretty much only port although I have been working on my shaman on the side. I also am a nerd so I like to keep track of things. For Mr. Gumbo above who said you can't make a lot in a short period porting, please see the attached image. This is from a porting session I grinded out in July - 73K in 26 days. Technically not 80K in 2 - 3 weeks but it was close and I was getting burnt out at the end.

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

That's EXTREMELY low revenues. I'd say that my Wizzy averages 500pp/hour during "peak hours" weekdays, and peak hour weekends can often EXCEED 1000pp/hour.

4-500 seems to generally be the rough average for most DAPers.

I'm not looking for a fight but I would love to meet the players you are porting and see how much they are paying you per port? The most I have ever gotten was 100pp and that was because I picked the player up and took him to a new zone.

If it's so easy to make 73K in 26 days then who wouldn't take the time to just port people around instead of grinding it out and buy everything they wanted.

Do you guys playing like 16 hours a day? Do you charge a set rate to port?

[Beckoning]

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

I'm not looking for a fight but I would love to meet the players you are porting and see how much they are paying you per port? The most I have ever gotten was 100pp and that was because I picked the player up and took him to a new zone.

If it's so easy to make 73K in 26 days then who wouldn't take the time to just port people around instead of grinding it out and buy everything they wanted.

Do you guys playing like 16 hours a day?

I'm not sure that I said it was easy and I did put a lot of time in it - obviously less on work days, which the daily spread of my tables would show. I would say the average port is around 30 - 40 pp. My best tip ever was a druid staff drop off of Cazic Thule and my worst is 0 pp, which is fairly uncommon fortunately.

[skarlorn]

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

There is no way he can make 80,000 platinum in 2-3 weeks porting and in his free time. I have spent some Friday and or Saturday afternoons/nights porting players and maybe walked away with 800-1000 after 8 or 9 hours.

Your making it sound like he was charging people a set rate and they paid it for the port or players were paying him a few hundred platinum per port.

I've never played a porter class and can guarantee if you're making 100pp an hr you are doing it wrong and also wasting your time.

[Gumbo]

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

I've never played a porter class and can guarantee if you're making 100pp an hr you are doing it wrong and also wasting your time.

What do think most players pay for ports? Most are paying on average between 10-30 per port. Maybe I have bad luck with players who want ports but they are paying now 200-400pp per port.

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