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Is there a way I can access the file that holds server's tiers? I'm making an application and would like to have tier lists automatically updated.
As a reference, PO's config file can be easily accessed by anyone and I already made a parser for it.
Not in any automated form that you can just grab from the website. Like I said, the forum and PO servers are not synchronized in any way. The best I can do is provide a download link for you to the tiers.xml file if you really need it.