A small request if I may...

[Kat]

I'm pretty newb in HS, not going to lie. It's really frustrating for me -- possibly others -- to compare items to see the differences and decide which is better. I request a simple addition to the ?buy bot to use a command like the following:

 

?itemcompare Heat Reaver:Cluster Bomb

 

Now, normally, sending ?iteminfo Heat Reaver then ?iteminfo Cluster Bomb would produce the following:

 

7 ?iteminfo Heat Reaver

+------------------+

| Heat Reaver |

+-----------+------+-----+-------+----------+-----+------------------+--------------------------------+

| Buy Price | Sell Price | Exp | Ships | Max | Ammo | Item Types |

| $50000 | $20800 | 5000 | 234567 | 1 | 24 B-Ammo | Signature, Bomb |

+-----------+------+-----+-------+----------+-----+------------------+--------------------------------+

| The Heat Reaver combines the best aspects of the Harpy and Falcon Missiles. |

+------------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+

| Property Name | Property Value |

+------------------+----------------+

| bomblevel | +1 |

| prox | +1 |

| shrapnel | +3 |

| bombdelay | =125 |

| bombenergy | =275 |

| maxmines | =3 |

| minedelay | =150 |

| mineenergy | =325 |

| initialbounty | -4 |

+------------------+----------------+

7 ?iteminfo Cluster Bomb

+------------------+

| Cluster Bomb |

+-----------+------+-----+-------+----------+-----+------------------+--------------------------------+

| Buy Price | Sell Price | Exp | Ships | Max | Ammo | Item Types |

| $60000 | $25900 | 5500 | 234567 | 1 | 28 B-Ammo | Signature, Bomb |

+-----------+------+-----+-------+----------+-----+------------------+--------------------------------+

| A signature weapon. Combines the best aspects of the Falcon and HE missiles. |

+------------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+

| Property Name | Property Value |

+------------------+----------------+

| bomblevel | +2 |

| shrapnel | +4 |

| bombdelay | =235 |

| bombenergy | =365 |

| maxmines | =3 |

| minedelay | =300 |

| mineenergy | =425 |

| initialbounty | -4 |

+------------------+----------------+

 

The proposed bot function would instead display something like this:

 

?itemcompare Heat Reaver:Cluster Bomb

+------------------+

| Heat Reaver |

+-----------+------+-----+-------+----------+-----+------------------+--------------------------------+

| Buy Price | Sell Price | Exp | Ships | Max | Ammo | Item Types |

| $50000 | $20800 | 5000 | 234567 | 1 | 24 B-Ammo | Signature, Bomb |

+-----------+------+-----+-------+----------+-----+------------------+--------------------------------+

| The Heat Reaver combines the best aspects of the Harpy and Falcon Missiles. |

+------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

| Cluster Bomb |

+-----------+------+-----+-------+----------+-----+------------------+--------------------------------+

| Buy Price | Sell Price | Exp | Ships | Max | Ammo | Item Types |

| $60000 | $25900 | 5500 | 234567 | 1 | 28 B-Ammo | Signature, Bomb |

+-----------+------+-----+-------+----------+-----+--+---------------+--------------------------------+

| Item Name | Heat Reaver | Cluster Bomb |

+------------------+----------------+----------------+

| Property Name | Property Values |

+------------------+----------------+----------------+

| bomblevel | +1 | +2 |

| prox | +1 | NA |

| shrapnel | +3 | +4 |

| bombdelay | =125 | =235 |

| bombenergy | =275 | =365 |

| maxmines | =3 | =3 |

| minedelay | =150 | =300 |

| mineenergy | =325 | =425 |

| initialbounty | -4 | -4 |

+------------------+----------------+----------------+

 

Take it as it stands or leave; it's not really a big deal. I just think that it would help a lot to ease comparing and purchasing items. Also, no amount of formatting could make this look right on this screen...

[Dr Brain]

It's not a bad request, I'm just not sure when I'll have a chance to add it.

[»D1st0rt]

What you can do in the mean time is copy the property listings from the website into excel and compare them there. We may add a comparison utility on the site if it looks like it'll be quicker than as a module.

[Kat]

Actually what I did was load all the of them into a simple script tool I use and it does it for me... it's not pretty, but it works. I can probably post the code here if you think it would ease transition over to the bot's language later on, but that would only be once I clean it up. Edited May 8, 2008 by Kat

[aquarius]

Make something like this (although this is out of date)