600/Smte

Unholy Tank V

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2007

Mo/

Ok One question for everyone......


Should the Smiter of a 600/smite run get half of the money that the 600 gets from payers?

Leave yes or no and a little explanations of the reason why.

Thank

drey2k

drey2k

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2008

GYM

W/

Yeah.. since they both need one another to do it, I don't see why they should't split the money.

VitisVinifera

VitisVinifera

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

Northern California

HoTR

N/Me

the conventional wisdom is no, as the smiter sets bonds then picks up free loot

the 600 does all the work, gets the blame if things go wrong, and has to have the skill to get it done

based on those reasons, I see a pretty obvious answer

Avarre

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

Smiter sets bonds and afk.

600 runs into things and presses prot spirit/soa/sb over and over.

Neither one takes much skill or effort. If you're grouping, you share by whatever agreed method you have, because it's a group.

Nightow

Nightow

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Kindred Order of Souls [KOS]

Ok, same question here but with the Rt600/smite set up.

I ask this since the smiter needs to constantly re-apply [Spell breaker] in-between mobs.

slowerpoke

slowerpoke

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2007

Cuba

heroes can smite pretty well, and they dont charge for it

Holly Herro

Holly Herro

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Kangaroo-land.

Blades of the Dingo [AUST]

I'm just curious, are you stupid or something? :S

Hero smiters > Human smiters.

-Hero smiters don't DC
-Hero smiters don't agro
-Hero smiters don't want/need money
-Hero smiters can be flagged

There's more, but I'm too lazy. You get my point?

xiaotsu

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Doomlore Shrine

Just Us Gamers [JUGs]

R/

Meh, depends on what the agreement is.

Before I started 600'n CoF, I usually ran smiter, but never *asked* for any of the profit, since I was getting a free run, which means free money. Sometimes you'd get a 600 that would split the profit some way or another, but it was never necessary. Start playing the 600 role and you won't have that problem xD

Mr. Undisclosed

Mr. Undisclosed

I phail

Join Date: Mar 2007

Phailville

D/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Holly Herro
I'm just curious, are you stupid or something? :S

Hero smiters > Human smiters.

-Hero smiters don't DC
-Hero smiters don't agro
-Hero smiters don't want/need money
-Hero smiters can be flagged

There's more, but I'm too lazy. You get my point?
I never even tried human smiters for those very reasons Hero smiter since the beginning!

Wetley

Wetley

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2008

Abaddon's Mouth

Dreco the Lions [Leo]

D/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by Holly Herro
I'm just curious, are you stupid or something? :S

Hero smiters > Human smiters.

-Hero smiters don't DC
-Hero smiters don't agro
-Hero smiters don't want/need money
-Hero smiters can be flagged

There's more, but I'm too lazy. You get my point?
I don't have a 600 monk but I have been in groups with them and agree that a hero smiter is better than a Human Smiter in many ways but am also too lazy to name them all!

Holly Herro

Holly Herro

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Kangaroo-land.

Blades of the Dingo [AUST]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Undisclosed
I never even tried human smiters for those very reasons Hero smiter since the beginning!
Me too [=

I've even had smiters trying to pay me to get in, I'm like "Nanana"

Ace2001

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2007

D/W

Okay, I'm a bit slow...whats all this 600/smite stuff about? >_>; (Could anybody link to the builds/general usage for it?)

kratimas

kratimas

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Order of the Setting Sun

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace2001
Okay, I'm a bit slow...whats all this 600/smite stuff about? >_>; (Could anybody link to the builds/general usage for it?)
Take a look Here.

Krat

wraithe

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2008

N/Me

50/50 here cause i run with a guildie and wouldnt want it any other way...we team well together..

if i were to do 600 without ...it would be with a Hero.

but if 600 picked up a Human Smiter..i still think it should be 50/50 cause 600 is nothing without smiter..and visa versa..IMO

TorquemadaXL

TorquemadaXL

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2007

Free Collar Kingdom

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by drey2k
Yeah.. since they both need one another to do it, I don't see why they should't split the money.
In all the other posts i see just GREED!

I agree with "slowerpoke" If u don't want to split use a hero, but if u play with humans, u HAVE TO!

Quote:
Originally Posted by VitisVinifera
the conventional wisdom is no, as the smiter sets bonds then picks up free loot
Wrong. Setting the bonds is part of the run, so picking up the loots is not FREE.

Quote:
Originally Posted by VitisVinifera
the 600 does all the work, gets the blame if things go wrong, and has to have the skill to get it done
That must be true, but if something goes wrong who else is to blame for? Or it's ALWAYS bad luck?


Heroes are definitively better if u like to play GREEDY!

Let flame me now.

EDIT: wraithe post <---- QFT!

Fear Me!

Fear Me!

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

E/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by wraithe
50/50 here cause i run with a guildie and wouldnt want it any other way...we team well together..

if i were to do 600 without ...it would be with a Hero.

but if 600 picked up a Human Smiter..i still think it should be 50/50 cause 600 is nothing without smiter..and visa versa..IMO
QFT. Heroes don't need money, human players do. And if that's the case, refer to above post.

Omnidragon42

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Pantheon of Shadows [dei]

W/A

Do it with friends or with heroes. Random pugs are ftl

Gli

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Just leave a tip on the nightstand.

Unholy Tank V

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2007

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Holly Herro
I'm just curious, are you stupid or something? :S

Hero smiters > Human smiters.

-Hero smiters don't DC
-Hero smiters don't agro
-Hero smiters don't want/need money
-Hero smiters can be flagged

There's more, but I'm too lazy. You get my point?
'

Holly I never asked if you should use Hero Smites over Human Smites I asked One questions, so please do not flame me by calling me stupid when you can't even answer One question correctly.

neighto

neighto

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Heart of Life is [Love]

hmm.. this is a tough one to answer for me.

I generally do COF runs with heros, without taking any "passengers" ie I dont run it for cash.

So as per the O/P question?

I do think those of you out there that do this run for a set fee.. should split the profits 50/50. As in any business, all parties need their share! without the smite.. a 600 would have a bitch of a time doing anything... and the same could be said the other way around.

Aera Lure

Aera Lure

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

In Baltar's head

Bring Out Your Dead [BOYD], former officer [LBS]

Mo/

Easy answer. Of course it should be split 50/50. You have a human on the other side of it and each needs the other to do the run.

wraithe

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2008

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fear Me!
QFT. Heroes don't need money, human players do. And if that's the case, refer to above post.
QFT learn to read..
i said 50/50 but do prefer to take a hero if my smiter cant come..sheesh

Eru Valenehtar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

New Jersey, USA

The Moon's Rebirth [Luna]

Mo/

I think with the mixture of feelings, I'm going to have to say:

Do what feels best for you.

Either way, just try to have fun...it's just fake money.

Avai

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Holly Herro
...Hero smiters don't DC
...Hero smiters can be flagged
This logic applies to all of the roleplaying aspect of GW. I use this logic every time I want to work on my Legendary Guardian and I have yet to be proven wrong. Guild members are the only humans I will work with now.

On topic: The 600 and Smiter should agree before the run starts as to who will get the payment.

Jenn

Jenn

Resigned.

Join Date: Sep 2006

Human smiters absolutely do not deserve to be paid. They have about 3 minutes worth of work. They should get a free run & be entitled to any drops they get. That's it. Shame on smiters who think they deserve anything - you're lucky for getting to sit on your hiney while someone else does all the work.

zling

zling

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

if you're doing something like FoW or UW than obviously you need to split 50/50 as both players are doing it purely to farm...
if you do CoF or whatever to farm titles than both players get their title regardless of loot thus the 600 who works a bit harder, but still not that hard, should get more. but it has to be agreed on before you start the run...

Chestnut

Chestnut

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Mo/Me

No way, smiters who ask for 50/50 are allready getting drops AND a free run, I USE -- HERO Smiters they dont charge, they dont aggro, they dont d/c ... why use human smiters AT ALL? even if you use a hero smiter for constant sb apply you can still do that with heros just fine.

Human smiters are simply totaly useless and the fact they ask for 50% of your profits is just asinine.


oh, unless your talking about like UW or FoW 600/smite ecto/shards drops

That might be ok to split.. I dont do these so I dont have a basics really, some people perfer human smiter split over hero split.

Dunno.

Moral55

Moral55

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

SNOW

E/Me

I think you should just get what drops naturally from the loot share system.
Thats really the fairest way.

TorquemadaXL

TorquemadaXL

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2007

Free Collar Kingdom

E/

It just pisses me off how u think unappropriate of other works... "Smite doesn't do anithing, 600 do all the works...".
Added some of u to my ignore list... don't want to deal with u... u're just too childish to understand how the logic of life applies to everything.
GW is a game, but ppl playing this game are REAL and deserve a "real life" treat, so even if all i have to do is "click just once my mouse button" this is the work i have to do, and i have to be paid for.
What do u think if a smite after "the 3 minute work" simply leave the game?
Is the 600 useless this way?
For ppl like u i propose to just play alone, don't group with other ppl, just play alone.
Play with ur H/H is safer for everyone.

flyinhigh

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2007

meh

wtfpwned

N/

yep i share i give them 2k but since i charge 2k for the run it comes out to zero

IsoArt

IsoArt

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2007

We alternate on runs, the person doing the 600 gets the money.

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

I do full 600/smite cof runs at 2.5k per and give the smiter 6k...because I hate having to flag a hero around. I get 16/16, a human brain to be able to rebirth in a pinch, weapon switching for energy/speed...every 600 I've smited for has said they enjoy me as a smiter rather than a hero, because I actually DO something. Not everyone dies, but it's something people have to deal with sometimes. With a human smiter I can push myself as a 600 harder, take more risks, become a better tank and perform faster runs for more overall profit per hour, as well as a good reputation among runnees. I already have about 6 people per day whispering me at different times looking for runs.

Spiritz

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

DMFC

At a glance ( if i missed it then sorry ) but no1 seems to consider that heros take 1/2 the loot and money anyway - something i reckon anet shud ditch as we tend to pay for the heros stuff ourselves lol.

R.Shayne

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Holly Herro
I'm just curious, are you stupid or something? :S

Hero smiters > Human smiters.

-Hero smiters don't DC
-Hero smiters don't agro
-Hero smiters don't want/need money
-Hero smiters can be flagged

There's more, but I'm too lazy. You get my point?
I agree with what is said except for one other option.

Second Computer+second account+smiter > Hero smiters > Human Smiter.
  • Twice the number of drops
  • Twice the amount of gold
  • Better control of the smiter
  • You can actually see where the smite is standing
  • The smite does what you want them to do without question
  • Once you done it enough it is easy

When I was running CoF so many people would try to talk to my smite and the reaction I would get when I told them pm the smite is useless. Funniest thing was one guy trying to get the smite to come with him so he could run CoF.

If I didn't have a second account there is still no way I would take a human smite, just too many problems. But to answer you question, smite should get paid, doesn't work without them.

Davros Uitar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Fool Wolves

W/Mo

Always settle this at the start - and my take is that the runner takes all payment.

My view is the smiter is getting a free run and is 2k up an everyone else. The runner is not beholdin to the smiter because the runner always has the option to cut out the smiter completely and take a hero. The smiter does not have the same leverage - they depend on the runner.

For the 30 secs of work at the start of each map I think the free run is more than adequate recompense for the work they do. Expecting more on the part of the smiter is greed to me.

The role of the hero has changed the relationship and given the upper hand to the runner. If there were no heros in GW then you are back in time when they each needed the other - that's the time to share and share alike.

Simple rule - smiters need human runners - runners no longer need human smiters. That wasn't the case when the relationship started but it is the case now. The smiters lot in life now is to be thankful for free runs whenever they can be arranged.

Cheers
Davros

Tom Swift

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2007

I have done both smite and 600 and I would be ashamed to give the smite less than 50% of the income. It's not like the dungeon is hard or something - one of the easiest runs in the game, which is why so many people do it.

nirhan shadowmauler

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

potland,oregon

Through the eyes of the dragon [eyes]

E/W

human smiter greater than hero smiter.

dual 16 attrib or 17 attrib if they are good.

plus human smiters dont need heals in CoF unless they are morons.

Scarn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

It should be entirely at the discretion of the 600.

IslandHermet

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

its very simple even tho the 600 does alot of work the run will not work without the smite.

so in that sense its a I need you/you need me deal, 50/50 makes sense in these situations.

yes you can take a hero and keep the money thats the wonderful thing about a hero.

januscht

januscht

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

Order Of The Abominations [OoTA]

N/

i do like to bring human smiters: ONLY friends and guildis i trust, they not only give me company and chat with me, they do the run more fun and help me to keep in line the groups while i do my 600 role,
i love sharing with them the proffits because they take an important role in the run, they are not only a dummy-bonder-looter, so they deserve it