MapleStory

[ProtoMDS]

At least you can play at all. I've rebooted, reinstalled, uninstalled+reinstalled my AV, and I'm STILL chucked with that Gameguard error 114 ****. If I can't work out what's wrong with it, chances are I'm gonna have an early retirement.

[OniSplitter]

Everyone is talking about a bunch of things on all the different forums, mainly:
1.) the patch not working~ the patcher worked for me, and all I didn't do is press the play button because I'm about to head out to school...
2.) Amoria EXP hairstyles (NOT nx) ~ People are saying apparently there is a quest now in amoria which requires 25 squishy liquids in exchange for an EXP hair coupon. They are saying, though, that~ whether by glitch or purposefully~ your hair style reverts to what you originally had once you change channels... I'm guessing it's a glitch because one person said that they still have the EXP hairstyle on the login screen, so either way, I think it's better to wait.
3.) Nexon cash card, what is it? ~ no clue, waiting to find out.
4.) Amoria married couple PQ, is it out? ~ Again, no clue, but I'd assume no because you'd think there would be some more talk about it if so.

That's about all for now, I'm getting pressed for time so I guess by the time I get home today everyone will know everything already, so you guys can fill me in. =P

[evilbutterfly]

The cash card is for the Allowance quest. It's a quest that gets you NX Cash. Only 100-250 from what I've heard, and you can't do it on other characters and traded it around to have more, either. I'll do it just in case they do more free NX quests so that way I can save up. XD

EDIT: Oh, and apparently we got the new ice/wing drake maps. Maybe more? I dunno, they didn't tell us and Rick doesn't seem to have extracted stuff as usual so we can't just look at a changelog. =\

EDIT2: Oh, looks like we got all the new Victoria maps aside from the Guild PQ area in Perion. Iron Boars, Forest of Gollem, zMM, and that drake area. I haven't been to places in-game but rofl at all the people who were complaining. That's like 5 less things standing between us and Jipang. >=D

[ToshX]

Originally Posted by evilbutterfly

Did you hack your way to 6k posts, too?

=P

Oh, shut up.

At least I don't talk about my not-so-legitimate characters often <3 And when I do, I don't give out names or levels. Well, to be honest, I do that so no one finds out what my characters are and gets them banned, but yeah.

[Afrobean]

It looks like my patcher is ****ed up.

brb downloading client

[ToshX]

I lucked out. My patcher and game work perfectly.

[evilbutterfly]

Originally Posted by ToshX

Oh, shut up.

At least I don't talk about my not-so-legitimate characters often <3 And when I do, I don't give out names or levels. Well, to be honest, I do that so no one finds out what my characters are and gets them banned, but yeah.

Nobody really cares.

ANYWHO, executive decision making: In case you don't know, they added a guild forum. You can reply to/make topics, and Jr. Masters (at least, I assume others can't) can delete topics. I went ahead and posted a message saying what we oughta use the forum for and that I won't tolerate stupid stuff like "lol hi" in there. Other than the few people that did that cuz it was new, I'm gonna delete any stupid stuff in there (if it's funny, I'll keep it around). If any other Jr. Masters or teh_masterer himself have any problems with this, let me know.

I basically just want the forum to be actually useful. If it's cluttered up with useless stupid crap it limits how much we can use it. I expect if somebody puts a B> or S> message in the guild BBS that it shouldn't get flooded out with crap message, so that way they can actually buy or sell whatever. I also think that anybody who invites somebody to the guild should post an announcement introducing them to the rest of the guild. I encourage everybody to use the BBS for useful things and make it a useful addition to the guild rather than some crap we screw around with.

But again, if other guild admin-type people don't want me to exercise my power to stop stupid crap, let me know. I'm not gonna start enforcing stuff until I get confirmation from people.

PS: I went up 179 ranks without playing. I guess some people get banned. XD

[ToshX]

Originally Posted by evilbutterfly

Nobody really cares.

Not like people ever cared about your opinion in the first place. I don't even read your posts completely. You're useless arrogant trash.

[Star_Rose662]

I've been sitting here for... how long, 9 minutes?10 minutes?
I started the patch up at 4:00, right when i got home
its 4:21 -.-
the first 2 out of the 3 went by fast
just the 3rd part is AS SLOW ASK ****ING HELL


EDIT: oor..... maybe not O.o... i checked on it, not even 1/6th done, a minute later i check back
more then halfway

EDIT2: I can play again! yay!

[-Fallen-]

I can't patch my game at all. It won't connect to the server. What the ****. THere's no manual patch available yet either. ****ing nexon.

[Bahamut-X]

Originally Posted by evilbutterfly

EDIT2: Oh, looks like we got all the new Victoria maps aside from the Guild PQ area in Perion. Iron Boars, Forest of Gollem, zMM, and that drake area. I haven't been to places in-game but rofl at all the people who were complaining. That's like 5 less things standing between us and Jipang. >=D

!?!?!?!?!?!

ZMM?

awesome

[evilbutterfly]

Originally Posted by ToshX

Not like people ever cared about your opinion in the first place. I don't even read your posts completely. You're useless arrogant trash.

I meant nobody cares if you openly discuss hacking. Nobody is gonna try to report you. Nobody tries to report Oni.

And wtf are you talking about, arrogant trash? I guess you misunderstand my joking and prodding. That's what we do with each other around here. I try to be friendly and joke with you and now I get this backlash of hate? Well screw that, I'll just leave you be.

In other news, apparently I'm a tour guide. Definitely when Jipang comes out I'll have a guild tour of it like I did with new stuff today. =)

[DDR_Jerred]

I just started playing ms like a week ago and I need an opinion from everyone... Should I be a Cleric, i/l, or f/p ? I might start a vote thread on this...

[Necamus]

Originally Posted by DDR_Jerred

I might start a vote thread on this...

Don't you ****ing dare.

And be fire.

[ckj846]

Originally Posted by evilbutterfly

In other news, apparently I'm a tour guide. Definitely when Jipang comes out I'll have a guild tour of it like I did with new stuff today. =)

I might actually start playing again when Jipang comes out in GMS. I LOVE Jipang so much haha.. But I'm really busy with school and stuff so I really doubt I'll be able to get back in to the game.

O_o

[ToshX]

Originally Posted by evilbutterfly

I meant nobody cares if you openly discuss hacking. Nobody is gonna try to report you. Nobody tries to report Oni.)

Oh, they do.

They just don't post about it.

One person in particular even told me <.<

You have to keep in mind, most people report others silently, there are just a few obnoxious people who go "omg reported".

Originally Posted by evilbutterfly

And wtf are you talking about, arrogant trash? I guess you misunderstand my joking and prodding.

I just don't like you. I can't even remember what caused it anymore, but it obvious did something bad. Of course I'll jump at an opportunity.

Originally Posted by Necamus

Don't you ****ing dare.

And be fire.

It was already too late when you posted T.T

[Necamus]

Where's my castration knife..


And by knife I mean chainsaw.

[Nikkis]

Starting again as an archer. Fikifar. Anyone feel like typing out a build for me?

[TheAznLarry]

Originally Posted by Nikkis

Starting again as an archer. Fikifar. Anyone feel like typing out a build for me?

Archer build? It doesn't matter what you add, you're pretty much gonna suck until about 6x.

But if you really want a skill build google it. Hell, even maple-story-hacks.com or something has some guides posted on it (Don't bother clicking the "Download all hacks" button and just look on the sidebar).

[ProtoMDS]

->get 3 into blessing.
->max eye of amazon.
->max critical hit.
->get 1 Arrow Blow
->max Double Shot
->get either 9 focus or 9 arrow blow.

PS: I disagree about sucking til 6X. 4X is when it starts getting better when you have a decent mastery level.


PS 2: promises delivered
Promises Delivered.



Where has Nexon been, what have they been doing?



We have been doing exactly what we said we have. We have been banning thousands of players a week. We have been developing new policies, features, and implementing new systems to better serve our players. We have been adding more staff and resources to help achieve our goals for MapleStory.



We have been a bit quieter than we should have been. Since we have been working behind the scenes, and not working in a more obvious manner, some have gotten the impression that Nexon is not doing anything about some of the game issues. Nothing can be further from the truth.



Sadly our community has suffered lately while we have been getting ready for this day.



So let's catch up.



In order to address some of the concerns we have seen recently, I am providing a short Question and Answers list.



Q: Why doesn't Nexon ban Hackers or Cash Shop Users?

A: We do, every single day. However, some community members jumped to conclusions on a recent issue and assumed that somebody was given a chance purely on the fact that they had Cash Shop items. I will say this without mixing words. The fact is all these "Nexon doesn't care about hackers", "Nexon doesn't ban cash users" and other posts like them are bad. They don't serve any beneficial purpose, whatsoever. In fact, they have made the situation worse.



Now we are in a situation where people think that not only will they not get caught, but maybe Nexon doesn't care enough to ban them anyway.



Should those people get banned? If you cheat on Twilight Princess, should Nintendo come knocking on your door? Of course not, you didn't do anything wrong. I know that, and most of you know that. But not everybody understands that it is wrong to "hack" in MapleStory. And any type of understanding of that idea is taken away very fast when the community tells them they won't get caught, or Nexon doesn't care.



Is this the community?s fault? No, I am not going to blame this situation on the community. It is our fault for being too quiet with what we have been doing recently. We attempted to warn players in our recent announcements. In those announcements, we hinted at our future plans. We mentioned that we have been watching the situation. We have mentioned that we know how things are happening and that it will not be tolerated any further.



This was a warning.



Q: Well, then what are you doing?

A: As of today, you may see a lot of people you knew are no longer playing. We have taken action against an unprecedented number of players. Over 30,000 have had their accounts given a 30 day suspension, and completely removed from the rankings or banned outright. These are players who continued to hack after our last major announcement. (The ranking changes may not take effect immediately). If you somehow escaped this round, make sure you don?t end up in the next. Yes. There WILL be more.



Q: What happened to zero tolerance?

A: What I am describing is not tolerance. This is respect for our players. We do not want to lose our players; we want to lose the hackers. It has become very apparent that the situation has gotten bad enough that even good players have gone bad. We are not happy about this, and we want to make it right. Not just ban everything that moves.



Q: Why didn't player X get banned?

A: Our policies are, and always have been that a GM can exercise their own discretion over the situation whenever needed. However, we are now standardizing our procedure.



If you are caught using a 3rd party hack, you will have immediate action taken against your account. The least of which is a 30 day suspension with permanent removal from the rankings. At that point the player is put on a priority watch list. Any player on the priority watch list will be banned permanently for any further policy violation. This includes using 3rd party tools, harassment and forum abuse.



Q: Does Nexon just care about money?

A: Nexon cares most about providing the best game possible. Unfortunately running a game costs money. In order to run the game, add features and services, not only do the employees need to be paid, but the servers need to be run, the utilities need to be paid and countless other things require money to keep the game running.



This will always affect our decisions when adding new features to MapleStory. The fact is, providing the best game possible also means that we need to be making money to allow us to do these things for you. Our primary motivation will always be "What is the best thing for the game"



For example, how much money could we make if we charged you $5 each time your character died? Would we ever do that? Of course not! Not only is that a horrible idea, but nobody would want to play under conditions like that.



Q: What about hackers?

A: If you hack. You will get caught. Period. Every hacker that plays the game gets logged. The only thing accomplished when you hack in MapleStory is a complete waste of your time. As you have seen, we just banned a very large group of players. Some of which may have only used hacks for one day 4 weeks ago. Some others spent weeks on their character.



THERE IS NO POINT HACKING. YOU WILL GET CAUGHT. You are only wasting your own time leveling a character that will be banned.



Q: What if I don't believe you?

A: You don't have to believe us to get banned.



Q: Did my list help?

A: Those of you who have been patient, and have helped us by listing hackers, and doing their best to help the game are greatly appreciated. We sincerely thank you. We hope that our efforts today and in the future act to show our appreciation for your love of our game. The vigilance of our community has been impressive to say the least. All of us here have noticed, and we have utilized everything at our disposal to take care of this situation.



Q: So what's next?

A: A lot. Most of which I cannot discuss as they are still in development, however I will list some of our thoughts.

These are things that we are working on. NONE of these are promised, but they are in development, or under discussion.



Community Reporting.
Better reporting abilities (No more 1 report a day!)
Community Rewards
You report 20 hackers who are now banned? You get some goodies.
Show your pride
Enjoy some graphics and pimp out your sites with some MapleStory Art
MORE GMs
A lot more
What does the community want?
Polls and discussions on what you want to see next
Community Projects
Fan Art, Fan Videos and user submitted content featured on our main site!
New Policies
Who gets banned, how long and why somebody may be banned.
Community involvement
Run a site? Let's talk


Q: That's all fine and good. But how long will this last?

A: As long as this game runs, we are committed to making it the best as we can.



Q: But banning is only a temporary solution, what can be done in the long run to stop hackers before they even start?

A: We are working on strengthening GameGuard and hack detection as well as other features that will catch and eliminate hackers. Like I said previously, just because a hacker didn?t get banned one day, does not mean he will be able to log in the next.



Q: Why has there been no GM events for a while?

A: Until this issue has been adequately resolved, our GMs main priority will be to service in-game issues.



Thank you to various members of the community who have assisted with their questions and concerns. We have a lot of work to do.



This is not a final solution to the promises we have made. This is one of our first steps. Many have noticed that things seem to be happening, and they are. We will work harder to let you all know more about what is happening in MapleStory.



Until next time,



Maple On!



JoeW [sic]boi – Nexon Community Relations



*edited to reflect banning total