Tip your Porter

[Grozmok]

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

if all druids QUIT porting, you guys would start foaming at the mouth heh.

That would be so awesome. It would be Occupy Norrath.

[Flunklesnarkin]

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

Every port/buff tipping thread is like a weird, twisted debate on legislating morality.

It's boring discussing it w/ my girlfriend for the thousandth time, & even more so in EQ.

good way to sum up the thread ;p

[Yanomamo]

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

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

Sow costs 40 mana and 4.5 seconds to cast. A port from the tunnel and back would take 450 mana and about 4-5 minutes of running and zoning. They are in no way the same.

You really shouldn't assume 90% of porters are bound in EC. Anyone with the ability to port should be bound directly at their grinding spot or some other obscure place. We can already port to WC.

Also, i like being in EC. I absolutely LOVE buffing nublings, and I don't find watching auctions to be a waste of time.

ITT: people have differing viewpoints and opinions

Don't be a dick.

[sedrie.bellamie]

a druid is my main, so i tip 75 plat when on my alts.

[karbearjaxon]

As a druid, I personally don't advertise that I'm porting. I spend a lot of time in EC when my leveling partner isn't on, and I just wait for people to /auc or /ooc looking for port or sow, or to send me a tell. Depending on what times I'm in EC, I can make 1k pp + in a days time. I don't mind doing it for free, especially if you're up front about it and say hey, I can't afford it. Also, if someone is on a corpse run, and they say hey if you follow me to my corpse I'll give you a donation, I'll tell them not to worry about it. I also don't mind taking donations in gp, especially if you're trying to dump weight while going from zone to zone. My bind point is in front of a bank, so if I get too over weight, I can just gate and change it, no biggie to me. Unfortunately, I don't know my way around most zones, so if you ask me to pick you up from some where other then the druid rings and I don't know the zone, I'll be up front with you about it. If it's going to take you 5 minutes to get to the rings, that's cool with me, I'll be there waiting for you. If someone else asks me for a port during the wait time, I'll check with you to see how close you are, if you are close enough that you'll be waiting on me if I do the port, I'll gladly ask the second person if they don't mind waiting until I can get the first port done. I quite frequently will let people know that anytime they need a port, as long as I'm not anon/role (I only do this when my leveling partner is on) I'll be glad to port them anytime.

The thing that actually gets to me is the person who yells wtb port or the person who has seen someone else saying wtb port then yells same, then doesn't actually "buy" it. You answer them, port them, they just say thanks and take off. Yes, most of the time just saying thanks is fine, but don't say or imply that you are willing to pay for the port if you aren't.

[Vostok]

Just touching on this.
If you can tip just fucking tip, just tip something, whatever you can, even just make an attempt to tip. it's just called being polite. who gives a fuck if they call it donations, or whatever, stop being such a fucking autist about it.

Also, not everything has to be black and white as like
ALL PEOPLE PAY 100P FLAT FEE END OF RINE

take things by a case by case basis, corpse run? new character? broke monk with a weight problem? level 60 with pimp gear carrying 5k on them at all times?

Just use some social skills. Know a player is gonna be a douche bag? guess whos walking or finding another ride at 4 in the morning.

When I was a pizza delivery guy, I would always remember those dicks that acted like assholes, made stupid comments/demands (MY PIZZA TOOK 35 MINUTES I WANT IT FREE), and usually never tipped. They usually ended up with pubic surprise.

[CBG]

I've got a set of pretty decent gear from donations from friends I met in game - Wu's, a Wu stick, etc. That being said, at lvl 20ish, I have maybe 150pp to my name. Can I afford a 5-10pp tip for a port? Sure, and I'm happy to do it. But 100-300pp? Sure, let me not have any money...come on

[SCB]

I had a druid get all huffy with me because my 30pp tip wasn't good enough for him. Guy literally refused payment, asked me if I was serious, then gated away. I consider myself a pretty good tipper, and while this wasn't exceptionally high, it was 30pp added on to a port he was already doing.

There really just is no pleasing some people.

[Eldaran]

I have taken the boat from Butcherblock to East Freeport many times and will still do it. I play a cleric and they are broke most of the time. I'd rather walk than have to beg a stranger.

[Grozmok]

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

They usually ended up with pubic surprise.

Yeah, this is why I don't fuck around with people that feed me or fix me.

What's the EverQuest equivalent of "pubic surprise" ?

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