What's the going rate for ports?

[Gumbo]

If I port players, I work on a tip payment, not a set payment. So they can tip me whatever they want but I do keep in mind the players who are all twinked out and need a ride to Wakening Lands or Great Divide and throw me nothing...

I've also seen players post on here saying how they are making thousands of platinum an hour from ports cause they are getting 300-500 platinum a port. I have gotten a few ports where the player was generous to give me 100 platinum but it was mainly cause I went out of my way to pick them up in a dangerous zone and took them to another dangerous zone.

[ko37qtl]

I don't advertise as a teleporter. I occasionally respond to people looking for ports in /auction or /ooc. If it's a port from the same zone to another zone that isn't hazardous, I hope to see 10pp. I don't bother asking about it up-front and if it's less, I'll accept it with a smile because it's not worth getting bent out of shape. If I'm going somewhere to pick up or drop off in someplace potentially hazardous, I'm much more likely to nail down a price beforehand to see if I'm interested.

I'm not particularly moved to port lowbies for free if I'm just saving them time. They're a timesaver no matter the level and if you don't have the money, I think walking or boats work fine (I follow this logic on my own characters). Helping someone out of a jam is completely different and I'm fine to go out of my way to help when possible.

[Baler]

30-50 plat. More for 'special' stuff.

Porting to make plat is not a good strategy in terms of plat per hour.

[Neetas1320]

10pp for a tip lol you aint gettin sow

[Ravager]

Originally Posted by Neetas1320 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

10pp for a tip lol you aint gettin sow

I generally tip with a Ruby and half the time I still don't get a sow.

[Gumbo]

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[Alluura]

Sorry for popping into an old thread, just wanted to share my 2 cents.

I'm happy to receive anything at all. I'm still a new player (34 Druid is my highest), so I don't venture out too far from the spires unless I'm deliberately leveling. If you can get to me at the spire, I'll port you anywhere I'm able and not ask for anything in return. Back in the day, I never asked for tips and still received enough to get me by.

This way, if you're a lowbie or in a bind or don't have plat - it's no problem. If you're more situated, you can set your own price for what you feel is fair. I just enjoy the social interaction and feeling that I'm helping people out. However, if you see me struggling with my mana - Clarity is a great tip. ;D

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[Karthil]

My experience is that porters are always more than happy to port people no matter what they pay (don't forget most, if not all, do CRs and newbie ports for free). But if you're around lvl 30ish or higher and you're not tipping 1p per level up to 50p, you're being cheap.

You can argue about whether or not the porter should be doing something for others out of the kindness of their hearts, but don't forget that the same argument can be used against you (i.e. you should be generously tipping them out of the kindness of YOUR heart--particularly if you can easily afford it). In the end, you're choosing to be cheap and then arguing that they should be porting as some sort of service to the community.

I'm all for a strong, friendly, and cooperative community, but that goes both ways. Expecting someone to play the game a certain way for your benefit and not valuing that service enough to want them to benefit at the same time is cheap.

[RDawg816]

If people want free ports, there are 2 options. Make friends with enough porting classes or convince the server to consider druids/wizards charity cases and promise them all the appropriate clickies, spells, and epics. Barring that, consider them a Taxi/Uber and donate to their cause as they've donated their time/mana/etc. to help yours.

[ko37qtl]

I've been porting more lately than I have for a while. I've been playing my druid more and on at later hours. I realize that's still a small sample size but it confirms what I've suspected: 1pp/level is not widely adopted.

10pp is fine if I have the time for any non-dangerous port. I've been paid more and I've been paid less (or nothing), sometimes by well geared characters. I'm not griping. If it was important, I'd have set up the payment up-front. It just seems a little silly to maintain that this is a standard when probably most of the players on the server haven't ever heard of the concept.