Are there any add-ons, apps you guys wish they existed?

southwurth

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I work as a code monkey during the day and was interested in building something related to WoW during my free time. I have a couple (meh) ideas in mind, but I wanted to see if there was an add-on or website that the community wish it existed.
 
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  • Find “skirmish rating” somewhere in the blizzard api and make a web hosted arena ladder for 20s.
  • A cross-server item finder that lets you specify socket/tert/ilvl in your search and alerts you when found.
  • A battleground addon that complies a list of 20s vs levelers, hunters, healers for both factions so we get real data on balance.
 
Hashbrowns said:
  • Find “skirmish rating” somewhere in the blizzard api and make a web hosted arena ladder for 20s.
  • A cross-server item finder that lets you specify socket/tert/ilvl in your search and alerts you when found.
  • A battleground addon that complies a list of 20s vs levelers, hunters, healers for both factions so we get real data on balance.
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These are great ideas. Thank you for your input! It'll be easier for me to tackle the first two, but I'll definitely keep the last suggestion in mind as I get more comfortable with Lua.
 
southwurth said:
These are great ideas. Thank you for your input! It'll be easier for me to tackle the first two, but I'll definitely keep the last suggestion in mind as I get more comfortable with Lua.
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Here's some info on 1.
https://xpoff.com/threads/is-the-ladder-ever-coming-back.96303/

For 2. there is data for sockets/tert in the auction item API call. It's not very readable but it's there. I'd recommend a few of the same item, one with socket, one with tert, one without to help pin down where that value is stored. Shouldn't cost more than a few 1000 on BH to find these or we can contribute on Blackwing Lair. You can put them all up for auction at a high amount and use the API to pull the info to compare. There is an AH searching tool already but it makes you select a server first and you can't select sockets/terts/ilvl. https://theunderminejournal.com/#us Something to pin down a very specific item would be nice. Most people will server transfer to get something rare.

If you'd like to chat via Discord I'm at Hashbrowns#9428 :) My coding days are somewhat behind me (never really started?) but if I can help I will.
 
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southwurth said:
These are great ideas. Thank you for your input! It'll be easier for me to tackle the first two, but I'll definitely keep the last suggestion in mind as I get more comfortable with Lua.
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i would like assistance with backporting some addons to 3.3.5a for wow revelations launch if your inclined to help.
 
Kirise said:
To pile on to the socket/tert gear finder, here's another thread to give you a jump start:

https://xpoff.com/threads/want-to-build-an-ah-tracker-for-boe-socket-gear.95643/

@Shocking did a great job getting a proof of concept off the ground at https://boe-tracker.vercel.app/find , and maybe there's a collaborative opportunity to add realms beyond Bleeding Hollow?
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Hey man, thanks for the mention! I did work on an initial version of this a few months ago. Unfortunately IRL and work are limiting my free time atm.

There's a backend service which queries the Blizzard Auction API and a front-end web app for browsing/filtering of the items.

The interesting challenges are in programmatically finding stuff of interest to 20 twinks (the APIs return everything on auction for each realm). And then from that determining the items stats and whether it has tertiaries (speed, leech, sockets etc.)

The demo of the app is still available if you want to check it out, however the auctions listed are rather out of date, I haven't updated it in awhile :)

EU: https://boe-tracker.vercel.app/find?region=Europe
NA: https://boe-tracker.vercel.app/find?region=North+America
 
interesting stuff
 
something that let you know when the bg rez timer's about up so you can choose to just die a second sooner and not take the full 30 second rez.
 
An addon that tells me "Stop playing WoW, find something better to do, you fat fuck" everytime my character moves an inch would be real handy.
 
Hashbrowns said:
  • Find “skirmish rating” somewhere in the blizzard api and make a web hosted arena ladder for 20s.
  • A cross-server item finder that lets you specify socket/tert/ilvl in your search and alerts you when found.
  • A battleground addon that complies a list of 20s vs levelers, hunters, healers for both factions so we get real data on balance.
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I've started working on an addon for something similar to #3. I don't know Lua or the WoW Game APIs too well so it's more of a learning experience.

I'm currently recording info on all the players encountered in BG (Class/Spec/Race/Faction/Twink/Leveller)

Once I've gathered a decent chunk of data, I'll find a good way to make it presentable.
 
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I've started working on an addon for something similar to #3. I don't know Lua or the WoW Game APIs too well so it's more of a learning experience.

I'm currently recording info on all the players encountered in BG (Class/Spec/Race/Faction/Twink/Leveller)

Once I've gathered a decent chunk of data, I'll find a good way to make it presentable.
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Remember when the curtain was raised on the Wizard of Oz... dangerous territory.

However if you get that all in order, if you could just make this image pop up on the screen in game when the data is read that would be great, I appreciate it.

This would 100% be the most useful addon you could contribute for the 20s.

FART2.jpg
 
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It will show the imbalance in the twinks that will be nice at least.

There is a TON of delusion when it comes to the twinks especially on these forums. There are so many alliance healers carrying rando dps, versus the horde where we have like 3 real healers. Also the alliance chat or whatever that is called only has a small faction of the actual number of alliance twinks that play... where as the horde one is what you see is what you get. I would bet easy its 3 to 1 or better for actual ACTIVE alliance/horde.

Whatever the add on does... make it clearly show that data so we can end these dumb ass arguments or at least deflate some egos.
 
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