Lifetime Ports

[Swish]

Have BDA promised druid epics to lure DaP members into switching yet? Might be missing a trick there, brother...

[Tupakk]

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

Have BDA promised druid epics to lure DaP members into switching yet? Might be missing a trick there, brother...

Every guild does that, that's why we do a big recruit twice a year and the regular recruiting monthly.

[Swish]

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

Every guild does that, that's why we do a big recruit twice a year and the regular recruiting monthly.

Not every guild, just the inflated ones trying to clean sweep what they need.

[Expediency]

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

totally doable even without a DAP tag during prime on the weekends

Many DAP are in that guild because they're unwilling or unable to do it on their own. So you're rolling the dice on some professional porters mixed with a lot of mediocre halfings looking to gear up their main by porting several people at a time while you wait.

Fly independent and for those of you out there who are thinking DAP cant be competed with, think again.

PS:

https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=222555

[Tupakk]

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

Many DAP are in that guild because they're unwilling or unable to do it on their own. So you're rolling the dice on some professional porters mixed with a lot of mediocre halfings looking to gear up their main by porting several people at a time while you wait.

Fly independent and for those of you out there who are thinking DAP cant be competed with, think again.

PS:

https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=222555

I ask this, why work tens times harder without the tag in hopes to get someone to do a /who Druid 44 54. If you are a serious porter then tag up, if your name is already out there the tag only makes you that much more plat.

As far as Mediocre porters we have a standard to keep to and everyone keeps that standard. If anyone isn't following our SoP then send me a message and it will be taken care of.
As of now my inbox has maybe 5 comments about our porters since I started. Everyone flames us but when it comes down to hard facts, We get the job done, We get people moved, and We are on time.

[LethClaypool]

You don't have to work hard to find business as a porter, whether in DAP or working independently. I can speak for both angles. Just got to build report.

Also, feel free to /friend Leth. Donations accepted, never required.

There goes the dynamite.

[Jaleth]

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

What did BDA charge to rescue a guy stuck in Plane of Fear? Was it 10k?

I'd work on that basis, pay them 10k per day as a lump sum.

That's works, I'll do that for you =)

But seriously, keeping someone in DaP helps others out when they need it (as well as the porter honestly for making plat when they are tired of the grind or when they hit end level), but it would be hard knowing that I have to log in everyday and be at someone's beck and call. Other individuals might be ok with it, but I am a very casual player, sometimes logging in once every other week, and not even on my wizard. The idea is interesting, but not sure if its against guild policy. Been a member for awhile but I need to brush up on that policy myself, since I play very rarely.

[Tuljin]

The issue with prepaying for a lifetime of ports is when you actually "get your moneys worth." For the sake of easy math if you paid 1k plat you'd be paying 50pp per port for the first 20 ports. 20 ports is actually a lot of ports, especially from the same person. The amount of 1k plat is a pathetic amount to give for a "lifetime" of anything. If you have 5k plat, which still isn't a ton you need 100 ports to be paying 50pp a port, which at the end of the day is on the higher end of a port tip. The whole point of getting a "lifetime" worth is to get a deal too, so what we're looking at here is somebody somewhere getting screwed.

Its similar to why I never bought translocate:group or individual translocate to bind when Velious launched when they were selling for 10k+ a piece. First of all I had nobody to port or translocate anyways. Second of all, it would have been completely ludicrous for me to buy a spell I dont even need for an exorbitant price to send people I dont give two shits about to their ToV bind. It would have taken me 100 translocates at 100 plat a piece to just break even. My first 10 translocates would have cost me 1000 a piece. Fuck that dude.

TL - DR - don't do a devil deal with BDA or any other guild on this server, fly your Dial a Port tag and make people pay for your services. If they dont like it tell them to get fucking bent, everyone is trying to screw each other around here constantly

[Lifebar]

It would be a bookkeeping nightmare for DaP but this would be amazing to have. I would buy a DaP renewable monthly subscription in a second.

How awful would it be to have to be the one processing all the port logs and doling out plat from the guildbank?

Hmm, actually there might be more plat in being one person charging a flat % to do the admin, processing, & reimbursements versus being one person porting.

[Tupakk]

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

It would be a bookkeeping nightmare for DaP but this would be amazing to have. I would buy a DaP renewable monthly subscription in a second.

How awful would it be to have to be the one processing all the port logs and doling out plat from the guildbank?

Hmm, actually there might be more plat in being one person charging a flat % to do the admin, processing, & reimbursements versus being one person porting.

To do this properly we would need a logger program that would grab all transfer information.

So that people who paid the monthly fee and got ported could get the porter their proper plat.

Then this would definitely turn into a job and not much a game. Trying to keep a full time staff and schedules would be a nightmare. I don't think that would make this fun anymore.

Although all you coders out there I'd be willing to strike a deal for a transfer parser for personal use and maybe a handful or DaP leadership for data mining reasons.