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Until I know more information about how long they last or how useful it is, I won't have a clue as to how I'd want to price the "buffs." Even now I just let people fair-tip and generally get more then what I would've gotten asking for a specific price. I may just do the same when the CU comes out depending on how popular they become.

I agree, we should wait until we have all the information on buffs before we set a standard price on them.

I agree that we need to wait to see demand and use for price, 5K was a guess. My main point is that we do charge something. Yes, it costs us nothing to do and you could easily do it for tips or even just free. However, we are a profession jast as any other and we do need to make money. My point is that we should charge something for our services, even when it costs us nothing (but time) to give them for free. And Chicken, the way I expected to get flames on this was the "Oh you rich greedy doc, always wanting more money, even when it costs you nothing to perform a buff." I really agree with you on what I have read on your views of pricing for services rendered.

Also, when I said setting prices, I did not mean in TC5, since it is just testing the game atm, it is not the real thing. What I ment for price setting was for when this comes live. Even if you don't care about making money and want to give buffs away for free, there are other docs that do need/want the money and by giving services away for free it is hurting those docs. You may not care that what you ask for in return of your services is different than what other people ask for in return, however realize that yes Doc is a support profession so we are supposed to help other people, but that does not mean we should not chare people for it. Ranger is a support profession as well, in that they harvest resources to sell to other people. It only costs them time to get resources, and little else. Yet no one complains that they sell their services for money. Just remember, when you lower your prices below that of the norm of the other Docs on your server, you are not only denying your self more money that you could use for absolutely anything, but you are also hurting the other docs of your server by either losing them business or making people expect lower prices and make them angry at other docs. I have met a number of very nice docs (and some mean ones) so please remember them when you consdier what to charge (or not charge) when you can buff for free.

I know this is going to recieve a LOT of flamming, but I am not saying this to anger anyone or to be a jerk. I am saying this because I honestly think it is a good idea. After the CU docs will be able to buff, heal, and cure without the need of any items. True, items will make use better at doing each of those, but they are not necessary. Now, I am not a buff doc. I tried it for a while and got tired of being harrassed by people and could make more money on my own in combat. However, it is a good way to make money. If we could just all agree that when buffing at the starport or med center or whereever that we should continue to charge people. Perhaps 5K perhaps stay at 10K. Whatever the price, if we keep it acceptable (I think 5K isn't crazy) we can continue to get business and money for it. I know a lot of people are saying that people wont care about buffs, but now knowing what they can do I would have to disagree. Being able to do 30% health at MD, health regen, Action regen, Mind regen, COMBAT SPEED, disease resistance, poison resistance buffs are very nice. People are going to want these, especially the combat speed ones. Though it would not cost us anything to give these buffs for free, we can still make money by doing it.

Now if you want to say I'm greedy, go ahead. You would be wrong. Thats like saying that Entertainers are greedy for wanting money for dancing for people. We are providing a service. People are buying not only our time but our skills. Of course Im not saying we should charge everyone. I never charge guildmates or friends, but everyone else I always charge.

Doing this will help keep the doctors gaining money as they have been, when they want to. If you dont want to be a buffer then don't. I know I wont be most of the time, but sometime people just need money, and this seems to be a very good way to earn it, if you have the desire.

Message Edited by MyT_Chicken on 04-05-2005 12:21 PM

Message Edited by Chek on 04-06-2005 06:43 AM

The only real problem I see with charging for buffs...or buffing period, is the devs don't want us doing it. So honestly we gotta be carefull with what we do if anything. I think if the devs see that nothing has really changed from the "Greedy crafting /buffing docs" (hypothetically speaking). They will just remove buffs period. They do not want buffs to be "The end all, be all" of the game. They want us out healing, in groups, with a purpose other than sitting at a SP getting harrassed by players.

So yeah we will have to see what happens. I'm personally gonna be out in the field doing what is fun for me, and with the exception of raids or hunts, you won't see me forming up a line.

The devs don't want us to charge for buffs at all? That is crazy. I know they aren't supposed to be the end all and be all, which in the new system them being so low in comparative power, they are not. But that is like the Devs saying they don't want the dancers to charge people for dancing for them or rangers and scouts to charge for the resources they gather. How about creature handlers? They shouldn't charge either cause all they do it tame pets and teach them tricks at no cost to them. To expect someone to have a skill that benefits other people and not charge them money to use it when people are willing to pay is, in complete honesty, stupid. You have to be brain damaged to expect that.

Message Edited by Escoh on 04-06-2005 11:55 AM

Message Edited by MickDanger on 04-06-2005 09:38 AM