Vendor Diving

[GPS_Soldier]

So, I have been working on all my tradeskill trophies (only have fletching left to max out!!!!!) and NOW I think to ask this question. Does anyone know of a macro that would allow you to have a toon run around Plane of Knowledge checking all of the vendors (maybe ini defined vendors so that you aren't trying to run into the library) and buy tradeskill items (again, maybe ini defined items you specify to buy)?

I know that there are various tradeskill macro's out there that buy and then do combines, sell and then repeat. Would it be that difficult to modify or create a new macro to accomplish something like what I am asking for?

 

[kcrobk]

You could probably sit down with the bone chip macro and tweak it to do something like that.

 

[playj]

You could jerryrig something up with MQ2AdvPath to hit specific vendors(have not used MQ2Nav so not sure how well that works in POK). I use MQ2AdvPath for all my running around on the ground level in POK but do not use it for library levels.

Basically

Sub Main
:mainloop
/play vendora2vendorb
/call Wait4Play
/target VendorA
/call BuyStuff 
/play vendorb2vendorc
/call Wait4Play
/target Vendorb
/call BuyStuff
/play vendorc2vendora
/play Wait4Play
/target VendorC
/call BuyStuff

/delay 1801s 
/goto :mainloop
/return


Sub Wait4Play

	:PlayLoop
	/if (${AdvPath.Playing}) /goto :PlayLoop

/return

Sub BuyStuff
  |insert buy code here
/return

You would start at vendora and then the character would run around buying from vendors that you specified
There are more elegant ways of doing it, also you would have to record the routes once manually.
Those who are more familiar with buy macros could flesh out the BuyStuff sub

Personally, I would just run a nice hunting mac or even just turn on loot in KissAssist. My Extraplanar Trader Satchels are bursting at the seams with tradeskill ingredients...

 

[GPS_Soldier]

You could jerryrig something up with MQ2AdvPath to hit specific vendors(have not used MQ2Nav so not sure how well that works in POK). I use MQ2AdvPath for all my running around on the ground level in POK but do not use it for library levels.

Basically

Sub Main
:mainloop
/play vendora2vendorb
/call Wait4Play
/target VendorA
/call BuyStuff 
/play vendorb2vendorc
/call Wait4Play
/target Vendorb
/call BuyStuff
/play vendorc2vendora
/play Wait4Play
/target VendorC
/call BuyStuff

/delay 1801s 
/goto :mainloop
/return


Sub Wait4Play

	:PlayLoop
	/if (${AdvPath.Playing}) /goto :PlayLoop

/return

Sub BuyStuff
  |insert buy code here
/return

You would start at vendora and then the character would run around buying from vendors that you specified
There are more elegant ways of doing it, also you would have to record the routes once manually.
Those who are more familiar with buy macros could flesh out the BuyStuff sub

Personally, I would just run a nice hunting mac or even just turn on loot in KissAssist. My Extraplanar Trader Satchels are bursting at the seams with tradeskill ingredients...

Thanks. I do turn on all my loot and i loot tradeskill items all the time, i am always lacking befouled silk, fresh meat and natural spices. I have purchased these items often on vendors on PoK and SL and thought the process could be automated a bit, or i could run my bazaar trader toon around while my box team is doing their KA thing.

 

[playj]

I took a look at bones.mac and you should be able to use Sub Buy from it with no mods. So just copy Sub Buy code that over to my macro and use the following for BuyStuff sub

Sub BuyStuff
   /call Buy "diamond" 100
   /call Buy "blue diamond" 100
   |and so on
/return