For you people complaining about mages charging for water/food/portals, consider this...
Do you ask a rogue to pick a lock for free? Do you expect an enchanter, blacksmith, leatherworker, etc. to make things for you for free if you supply the mats?
Most of you don't. You give that person a tip. And those of you that don't tip should be on every ignore list in the game.
Personally, I make free food/water/portals for any guildy or friend. I frequently teleport to where a friend is just to make portals to get them somewhere else (And for those that don't know it, teleporting and portals require reagents that a mage has to BUY). But after the Sunday morning that I had 6 complete strangers wsp me in 3 minutes for free stuff, I started charging simply because at that point, I was just a vending machine and couldn't even play the game.
So for all of you complaining about mages charging for their services, tell you what... Go farm or buy these items and GIVE them to a mage (And if that mage is a complete stranger, you just made their day). That mage shouldn't charge you for that item. But, if you're planning on sticking it in the AH for some unreasonable amount of money, don't complain when a complete stranger expects you to pay them instead of giving you something for free.
Just a thought...
Do you ask a rogue to pick a lock for free? Do you expect an enchanter, blacksmith, leatherworker, etc. to make things for you for free if you supply the mats?
Most of you don't. You give that person a tip. And those of you that don't tip should be on every ignore list in the game.
Personally, I make free food/water/portals for any guildy or friend. I frequently teleport to where a friend is just to make portals to get them somewhere else (And for those that don't know it, teleporting and portals require reagents that a mage has to BUY). But after the Sunday morning that I had 6 complete strangers wsp me in 3 minutes for free stuff, I started charging simply because at that point, I was just a vending machine and couldn't even play the game.
So for all of you complaining about mages charging for their services, tell you what... Go farm or buy these items and GIVE them to a mage (And if that mage is a complete stranger, you just made their day). That mage shouldn't charge you for that item. But, if you're planning on sticking it in the AH for some unreasonable amount of money, don't complain when a complete stranger expects you to pay them instead of giving you something for free.
Just a thought...