BLTP App/outside of game access

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Posted by: leavert.3719

leavert.3719

Not sure if this would diminish the game or hurt it in some way that I can’t see but I would like to formally ask for a way to access the TP outside of the game. Some sort of App or simply just access through the website would be amazing.

My reasons are pretty simple:
- I can’t always get to my home computer.
- I have multiple other ways of accessing the Internet. (iPad, crappy laptop, etc.)
- I like having access to the game everywhere, even just this small part.

I know it would probably take a lot to get going and it’s probably a ton of work to get something like this up and running but I would absolutely love to have this. I would be using it all day.

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Posted by: Mlo.1674

Mlo.1674

Seems like a great idea to me, in fact I’d even pay real world money for such an app.

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Posted by: Alduin.3410

Alduin.3410

I think it’s a pretty good idea. Even just a desktop app would be great. I have a laptop I carry around everywhere. It’s not good enough to handle the game well but I would love to access to stuff like the TP on it if nothing else. I know it takes quite a bit to get a standalone app developed but, hey, it’s worth throwing the idea out there. I’d pay for it if it were reasonably priced.

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Posted by: Artemeas.8763

Artemeas.8763

Yeah I’d roll this APP, but I cant help but wonder if it would wreck the game and destroy the margins at the BLTP, also allow for Trading psot botting, which could be horrendous.

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Posted by: Midnight.9205

Midnight.9205

I’m not so sure it would be quite as much work as some folk imagine – though there will be quite a lot on the secuity side, I imagine.

Just in case folks posting here aren’t aware, the BLTP is implemented as a web service, and it is this that http://www.gw2spidy.com uses to present data for pricing already.

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Posted by: Batman.7536

Batman.7536

There already is an app that does this, just an unofficial one. I have it on android, it is called “GW2 Trading Post”.

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Posted by: Grundle.7302

Grundle.7302

And one I wrote for iPhone (shameless plug, yes) called iQuaggan.

And gw2spidy.com for web browsers, since my app and the Android app use his database/API.