Doctor Archive
Thread: Charging for services
but my primary income is from my other proesssion wich is master bounty hunter and my alternate charactor
but even without my alt char i make a million a day hunting npc missions ad 180k an hour and with that i get bounty hunting xp which i use to trade in the villiage for the fs xp at a ratio 1:1 and my alt makes about 5 million a week only because i been lazy i use to make that much in a day
my alt is a master architect, master droid engineer master artision and a merchant and a politican.
i agree that docs can charge and should charge or at least accept tips i do not charge but tips are gladly accepted because of the time idea.
but i do also agree that docs should do another profession as docs primary income if alone is the healing and tips is not always good and sometimes you run into situations where you cannot find anyone to heal.
there is soo many other ways to make money in this game which makes this game diffrent most other mmorpg out there the only way to make money is looting and maybe crafting here and their but the income thing is primary through npc merchants which here the devs do not use npc as much as i can tell they try to avoid it all together with a few exceptions of course lol.
so if your a doc and want to make money i suggest adding a 2nd profession would increase your money making idea's
The people who tip the least in my experience are those that have a massive amount of wounds from space and take up more of your time.
Most of the time I provide buffing for free too (and accept any tips if they are offered) but every so often I charge a little bit. Its free if your CL 20 or less, 2k for 20-53, and 4k if you are CL 54+. That way the lower levls get a boost for free and a helping hand when getting started and the more experienced who should be able to afford it pay if they want buffed.
The only hard and fast rule I have is that i wont buff/heal anyone unless they ask me. If i'm sitting and offering wound healing/buffing it's only polite to say hello and say that you'd like healed/buffed. I wont help the people that wander up and stand in front of you and just expect to be healed. If i'm sitting and advertising my services it's because i want to take a break from the usual grind and interact with people a bit more. Thats something you used to get in the med centers but now they are not needed you have to do that some other way. The cantina can sometimes be too crowded for this as there is loads of spam from entertainers and others who are afk.
Honey gets you further than vinegar, but sometimes vinegar is a good idea too...
Yesterday, some guy was in Theed (Gorath) screaming for a Doc. My toon, aMBH, and my buddy, Master Doc, overheard him. So, I shouted for the guy to come out and get a heal at the bazaar, where we were.I told him that the fee was 30k (I was only kidding around and wanted to roleplay a bit). We had an interesting convo; to paraphrase, it sounded like this:
Reggie: My buddy here will get you all patched up. He only charges 30k to boot!
Buddy: (heals the newb's 30 or so wounds...) OK, you're all set.
Noob: Wow, too bad I don't have money. I'm broke.
Reggie: What you didn't pay? After you've been healed? Oh, no, you gotta die for that
(Reggie pulls out his carbine, challenges noob to /duel)
Buddy: Behave Reggie.
Reggie: No man! You should be paid for your services! He knew the price for the heal, now he's GOTTA PAY!
Noob: I think I'll pass... (runs off)
Buddy: lol, you're bad. He did tip me!
Reggie: Oh? Well then, he shoulda spoke up and said something. Almost had to bust a cap in that ass...
Noob 2: I paid for my heals. Are you gonna shoot me too?
Reggie: (after /stare at Noob 2) NO... Not today, but ONLY b/c you paid...
Noob 2: Thank you kind sir.
Reggie: GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE before I change my mind. (Noob 2 exits).
...moments later.
Reggie: LOL
Buddy: LOL
Reggie: I love to tease the new guys, someone has to do it!
Moral of the story: if you're having trouble getting paid for your Doctoring, have a BH rough up your clientele!
