I've been impressed with kBay and the Items of Loathing, and I've had a thought that I'd like to get comments on before I start putting pen to paper and blocking out code. I'd also like to know if people think KoLMafia is the right platform to use for the job.
Essentially, what I envision is an EVE-style Market, which would allow both Bid orders and Ask orders, where the Mall is Ask-only.
A player would place a bid order with a kmail like:
Bid: 20 library card @ 444 for 4 days
And include 8880 Meat with it. Similarly, an Ask order would look like
Ask: 20 library card @ 350 for 1 week
And include 20 library cards. Either one of these would enter an order into the Bot's tables. On the other end, Buy and Sell orders are simpler in format:
Buy: 20 library card
Sell: 20 library card
and would provoke a trade request from the bot based on the orders currently pending.
With kBay's code available, it shouldn't be to hard to set up a website that would show the current orders for a given item or set of items, perhaps with a moderated tag dictionary.
Certainly, I would not be doing this for my health, and I think that with decent volume, it could be worth doing with a relatively small fee, percentage-wise, perhaps a single percent with a 2 meat minimum per item and all arbitrage profits. The big question, though, is who pays: Bidder, Acceptor, Buyer, or Seller? I'm leaning toward Buyer. What do you all think of the concept, and is Mafia up to the task?
Essentially, what I envision is an EVE-style Market, which would allow both Bid orders and Ask orders, where the Mall is Ask-only.
A player would place a bid order with a kmail like:
Bid: 20 library card @ 444 for 4 days
And include 8880 Meat with it. Similarly, an Ask order would look like
Ask: 20 library card @ 350 for 1 week
And include 20 library cards. Either one of these would enter an order into the Bot's tables. On the other end, Buy and Sell orders are simpler in format:
Buy: 20 library card
Sell: 20 library card
and would provoke a trade request from the bot based on the orders currently pending.
With kBay's code available, it shouldn't be to hard to set up a website that would show the current orders for a given item or set of items, perhaps with a moderated tag dictionary.
Certainly, I would not be doing this for my health, and I think that with decent volume, it could be worth doing with a relatively small fee, percentage-wise, perhaps a single percent with a 2 meat minimum per item and all arbitrage profits. The big question, though, is who pays: Bidder, Acceptor, Buyer, or Seller? I'm leaning toward Buyer. What do you all think of the concept, and is Mafia up to the task?