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Thread: How much to charge for Mind Buffs???
1) Mind cannot be stimmed without some inconvinience, be it BF and wounds from a CM or food (and fishak is about to be removed). This makes it even more imperative for players to conserve and/or manage their mind bars in a way other stats are not vulnerable.
2) It takes a lot of time to do it right. Doctors can buff instantaniously, we cannot. A doctor can buff at least ten times more than us in a set time.
3) It can ONLY be done in a cantina, camp, or private home. Doctor buffs are portable, our buffs require a venue.
It is for these reasons that our buffs can demand a high price, and why I routinely make 1000-100,000 credits per buff via tip.
I play on Ahazi too, and I tell people to tip whatever they think is fair. I've gotten up to 10k, and have had people who leave and don't tip at all.
I find the average is 3k, but if someone wanted me to give them a specific amount I "charge", I'd say 1k. This is mainly because I also have master Musician and will generally buff all three stats, so I expect the same tip a Doc would normally get per stat.
I'd say at least 80% of the people I buff tip more than 1k per stat, though, so that's why I usually tell them to tip whatever they like.
I don't think asking for a tip as payment for a entertainer buff will under-cut the market.Its how I do bussiness and I do very well that way credit wise.I think that the best way to earn a living as an entertainer is just simple friendliness and a warm demeanor,people respond to that and will tip you well for just being cheeful to them when they come into a cantina.I very rarely have someone that does not OVER tip me for buffs and I chalk that up to just giving them a good show and showing them some interest and an occational smile while I heal their minds or am giving them a buff.Personality goes a long way
Stanza Sone
Master Dancer on Radiant
hi iggy!
my thoughts on buffs...
first off lets be real the materials required for doc buffs is extreemly small and it takes them all of 90 seconds or less to buff... ours takes 0 materials per buff but also 8 minutes to 20 if your doing a group... i dont know about you but im in constant tell hell and my time is valuable... if people are requesting a buff and i have the time its 5k, if im playing for another purpose and would be anyway its "tip what ya want" and if im going out of my way to buff its upwards of 50k
Digitalphobia wrote:
Besides, with remaining 250 - 106 = 144 points, you can get combat or crafting profession which earns too much credits. Or you can pick up musician and play on other people's worries over Drug(Muon)-Crackdown by offering an Muon-Alternative. (Then again, you are gonna be stuck in cantina all day which isn't my idea of fun. ... I suppose I am too much of a free-spirit for my own good.)
Q
See, this is my point. We devalue ourselves this way.
Ask someone with a hardcore PvP template what 106 skill points would be worth to him/her. The buff most certainly comes at a cost to the dancer.I currently cannotbuff my own mind wich means I have sacrificed these points in order to help someone else- not myself.
To someone involved in PvP, doubling their mind is the difference between taking down a base and having thier equipment ruined by decay. That, my friends, is worth something. But, if we don't recognise our own worth it will only be a matter of time before, once again, we are in here complaining that no one tips.
That's all I'll say about it. I realize that "tip what you feel it's worth" is currently working for you. It's not my place to tell you what to charge or to even charge at all. I'm just offering my point of view on the value of our hard earned dance skills.