I would like to preface this by saying: if we want the API, we will need to provide feedback. If anyone currently reading is even the slightest bit interested in the huge QOL that is the API, please leave a comment and let the CM’s know how great the demand is for this. If not this post, please consider making your own or replying to others. Thank you very much.
Even if it’s not the API in it’s full implementation, we should at least get the auction house API soon. With all the new 1370’s and influx of materials in the game, demand for accessories is extremely high. People are holding off on buying proper accessories for their fresh 1370’s because they can’t be bothered. As most active players have experienced, running night fox yoho with 3 rainbow 1370’s is a struggle. If we had the auction house API, anyone could quickly and efficiently gear up an alt or even their main for a reasonable price. Zeals made a video on this a while back and ever since people have been constantly asking for the API:
Other forum posts have been made but only one or two have remained active, with people still showing that we would love to have the API as it would be a huge QOL improvement, probably the best one to date.
In this forum thread @Roxx responded saying that “We’re potentially open to it if there’s enough feedback, but it’s not in our current plans atm”. It’s been months since this was initially requested, and over 350+ replies to that post and numerous others:
In the most recent response we have received about the possibility of an API being implemented, @Roxx stated that “It is not a part of the current plans that I am aware of. If this changes, we will let players know.” She said this on June 3rd, and there has been no communication about this since, even though there has been a large amount of feedback provided and detailing just how important and helpful this QOL would be:
There have been numerous other threads asking for the API:
And many, many more, but I’ll refrain from listing all of them as to not drag them on.
One forum post specifically caught my attention because the poster @civo explained what the API would allow in detail. Quoting from his forum post,
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ICEPENG
LoaCalc
로스트아크 최적화 계산기 - 각인, 트포, 재련, 세공
-Contains many tools like engravings/tripod calculator.
-Can search market for whatever you need finding you the best price/loadout that you desire.
LOAWA
https://loawa.com/
-Public ladder of all classes players
-Allows you to see a player’s: Skills, Tripods, Gems, Set Bonus, Cards, etc etc essentially as useful as ingame character profile however can be shared easily for people to learn from each other and give advice.
-Shows full roster of players and guild.
-Mari shop live integration with value calculation based on market.
-Statistic breakdowns of class popularity, skill popularity, etc.
BYNN ARK
BynnArk
LostArk third-party tools
-Checklist integrated with API
-Pulls all of your characters/shows events
-Makes it very easy to know what you did/didn’t do for the day. (Gets phased out a bit due to QoL changes but some users still use this)
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We can see just how helpful this QOL addition would be. Not only would it allow users to use the auction house much more efficiently, it would also allow for other tools that the koreans have to also be usable in NA/EU, such as the armory, LOAWA, and the checklist, BynnArk, which might not have much use anymore because of the in-game checklist, but would definitely find use nonetheless.
There has also been demand for the API on other platforms such as Reddit, where this post received over 1000 upvotes and 100 comments.
There are some people who believe that the addition of the auction house API would be harmful, promoting snipers to instantly buy good accessories for cheap and then resell them. This, however, already happens, even without the API. Without the API, people have to scour the auction house for accessories that perfectly match the build they’re going for. This has taken me numerous hours across my roster. I would love to cut down the amount of time I’m spending searching and refreshing the auction house constantly, and instead spend that time progressing in the game more meaningfully.
Hopefully @Roxx sees this post and acknowledges our feedback. We have shown that we would love to have the API implemented or at least the auction house part of it. There is already some part of an API working to make the Twitch Armory Extension possible, although it is private. Hopefully they can spare the time to include this QOL soon, or at least let us know when it might come. For now, the best we can do is keep providing feedback, and keep showing our interest so that hopefully they might acknowledge just how highly requested this QOL would be. If anyone is interested in the implementation of the API, please respond to this post, or show your interest/provide your feedback through other methods. Thank you for reading, I hope this is seen and taken into consideration.
