Porter trade secrets

[loramin]

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

(and event that's going to vary by playtime)

*and even then that's ...

[Qtip]

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

My apologies Tuluven: I wasn't trying to pick on you, it was more of a rant against the idea that's been repeated by many other DAP folks here in the forums that 1k an hour is average. I think there's a natural human tendency to "round up" which leads to this, but when people get objective/realistic (like you just did with the 800p data point) it turns out the average isn't 1k. Though even then the amount seems to vary (eg. Moerne's 500 vs. your 800).

Maybe the "true number" (and event that's going to vary by playtime) is closer to 1k than Moerne's 500/hour. /shrug I honestly don't know. I just know that an average of 1k an hour does not match my experiences porting (admittedly outside of DAP), and until an honest and objective poter decides to keep detailed records for several weeks of "business" we'll never really know for sure.

Or are you really angry because ports cut out your treasure wiki guide? Which I used your guide and actually lost money!

[Phenyo]

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

they would not be trade secrets if they were posted in this thread.

[loramin]

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

Or are you really angry because ports cut out your treasure wiki guide? Which I used your guide and actually lost money!

LOL.

For the record it's really more of a list of spots where entrepreneurial folks can explore and less of an actual guide (when I first started here I was new and thought the only "player content" in the wiki had to be a guide), but even so I'm kind of impressed that you managed to lose money by using it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] How'd you manage that?

[Nisse]

I used to have access to a druid tagged DaP and I would occasionally use it to "port for cash" but honestly it's much more work than it's worth. If you aren't destitute or struggling to fill your spell book then you are much better off using your play time to level your character, rather than shuttling players around for 15-20pp a port.

That being said, dial a port was a good way to do community outreach. I often found myself recovering someones corpse from the bottom of najena or wherever and assisting them with info or killing a mob. I wouldn't consider it a realistic cashflow solution for anyone who isn't very new though.

[Swish2]

Depends how many druids are on honestly. As a DAP druid myself, the best time to catch a good "hour" is when there's only 3-4 of you running taxis.

Sometimes there's 8+ and at that point you're just sitting there chilling for 5-10 minutes at a time throwing sows and buffs on players in newbie areas.

For best results, be a minimum of level 44.

[d3r14k]

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

until an honest and objective poter decides to keep detailed records for several weeks of "business" we'll never really know for sure.

Luckily for all of you, I am an honest, objective, humble, and very good looking if I don't say so myself, porter.

I accept your data driven challenge and will post my results in a couple months. The OPs question, or those like it, are asked often. Some raw data might be good for this and end some speculation.

[loramin]

Originally Posted by d3r14k [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Luckily for all of you, I am an honest, objective, humble, and very good looking if I don't say so myself, porter.

I accept your data driven challenge and will post my results in a couple months. The OPs question, or those like it, are asked often. Some raw data might be good for this and end some speculation.

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[shuklak]

Wanna know how to get rich porting?

Gina.

[Swish2]

Daldean tips 15pp by the way, quite a pittance for someone with a lot of plat/time on the server behind him ^^