Tipping for Ports: Apparently I've Been Doing It Wrong

[Firepuff]

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

On blue 30-50pp cause 10 years of mudflation.

Using mudfation as an argument, is not fair to new players who are just starting on an old server imo. Players don't start with thousands of plat at level 1 if they are new...

[aaezil]

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

Using mudfation as an argument, is not fair to new players who are just starting on an old server imo. Players don't start with thousands of plat at level 1 if they are new...

99% of the new players are on green/teal are they not?

[Firepuff]

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

99% of the new players are on green/teal are they not?

Yes, now.
But I remember a few years back when I played on blue with a fresh account, How I just gave up on trading with other players because everyone just assumed I had lots of plat. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Letting mudflation dictate prices is not good for the server, If you want new players to feel like they have a chance.

[aaezil]

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

Yes, now.
But I remember a few years back when I played on blue with a fresh account, How I just gave up on trading with other players because everyone just assumed I had lots of plat. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Letting mudflation dictate prices is not good for the server, If you want new players to feel like they have a chance.

Whats done is done though. You cant just ignore that lots of players have multiple lvl 60s and thousands of disposable plat.

[DMN]

New players should recognize avenues of fast plat on an inflated server, like collecting exp quest turn in items. New players also don't "need" ports.

[Firepuff]

True, I was ranting more about mudflation in general, I didn't need ports as a new player, sorry for the off-topic rant.

I just hope that green will fare better than blue in that aspect. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Nagoya]

As a druid, here is my advice:

Tip what the fuck ever you want to tip.

I just click on "Accept" without even looking.
1pp is good with me. 200pp is good with me.
I don't care.
It's only mana, ergo my time to med it back.
Nobody's coercing me into porting. If I port it is my choice.
And if I didn't take time to ask for a specific price, then I implicitly agreed to whatever price you offer.

Ignore the dumbasses who feel entitled to whatever level*Xpp.
You click on one button sitting on your big butt then you go AFK 1 min to get your mana back while taking a piss.

Come on.

Tip what you want man.

Or ask "how much?" before leaving if you are so insecure.
If the druid says "any donation is fine" then give any donation.
If the druid says "10pp please" then you know what to give.

this shouldn't be difficult.

everyone should play a druid to lvl 29+ to realize how dumb and easy it is to port people around. this doesn't deserve all your savings lol.

stupid druid mafia.

[Asteria]

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

As a druid, here is my advice:

I just click on "Accept" without even looking.
1pp is good with me. 200pp is good with me.
I don't care.
It's only mana, ergo my time to med it back.
Nobody's coercing me into porting. If I port it is my choice.
And if I didn't take time to ask for a specific price, then I implicitly agreed to whatever price you offer.

Ignore the dumbasses who feel entitled to whatever level*Xpp.
You click on one button sitting on your big butt then you go AFK 1 min to get your mana back while taking a piss.

Come on.

Tip what you want man.

Or ask "how much?" before leaving if you are so insecure.
If the druid says "any donation is fine" then give any donation.
If the druid says "10pp please" then you know what to give.

this shouldn't be difficult.

everyone should play a druid to lvl 29+ to realize how dumb and easy it is to port people around. this doesn't deserve all your savings lol.

stupid druid mafia.

[DMN]

Well, my druid can make 400+ plat with 8 full bars of mana. So port, gate(or port 2), camo, SoW mana alone is close to worth 20PP and accounts for zero travel time/load times.

[Videri]

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

Well, my druid can make 400+ plat with 8 full bars of mana. So port, gate(or port 2), camo, SoW mana alone is close to worth 20PP and accounts for zero travel time/load times.

Good analysis. I had not thought of estimating the value of ports/buffs by measuring the amount of plat you could make with X number of full mana bars. Clever. And the result seems reasonable: on Blue, I believe the average tip I received (as a wizard) was over 20pp. And I’ll bet the average tip on Teal/Green will also exceed 20pp eventually, but perhaps not roght away, since there’s not as much plat flowing around as on Blue.