Okay, so I’ve been trying to keep better track of my Apex Legends progress, especially when it comes to those elusive Heirloom Shards. I wanted something simple, just a way to see how close I am, based on my username. Sounds easy, right? Well, it kinda spiraled…
The Initial “Easy” Idea
I figured, “Hey, there’s gotta be a simple website for this!” I just wanna put in my username, and it tells me approximately how many Apex Packs I’ve opened. No fancy stuff, no logins. Just a quick check.
Down the Rabbit Hole
I started by, you know, just Googling around. I found some forum posts and some old Reddit threads, but nothing really concrete. Most of what I found were people asking for the same thing I was!
Then I stumbled upon some “calculators.” They were okay, I guess. But they all wanted me to manually input how many packs I thought I’d opened. Battle Pass levels, event rewards… it was a mess. I wanted something automatic, related by username. I do not want to input levels manually.
The “Coding” Attempt (Don’t Laugh)
So, being the “resourceful” person I am, I thought, “How hard can it be to make my own?” Famous last words, I tell ya.
I messed around with some basic HTML and a tiny bit of JavaScript. My plan was super basic:
- A text box for the username.
- A button to “calculate.”
- A space to show the results.
I even found some code snippets online to help me get started. It felt…powerful. For about five minutes.
Reality Bites
Getting the actual data was the problem. I quickly realized there’s no easy way to magically pull someone’s Apex Pack count just from their username. There is some API to Apex Legends game I found, it is not offical.
I spent hours looking at anything I could find about the Apex Legends data. My “simple tracker” was turning into a monster project I had no idea how to finish.
Giving Up (For Now)
Eventually, I had to admit defeat. My coding skills are, shall we say, “enthusiastic but limited.” And this project was way beyond a simple afternoon project.
So, for now, my Apex Heirloom tracker by username is still just a dream. I’m back to manually kinda-sorta-estimating. If anyone out there actually knows how to do this, hit me up! I’m all ears (and desperately in need of Heirloom Shards).
