Rexy Wrote:It isn't like it matters to them, from what I know they easily make $10,000+/month together.
There will ALWAYS be people who spend a pomegranate ton of USD for equips, and that is why they continue to do so. One of them have told me that they wouldn't be doing this if it didn't mean USD for them.

Clamors Wrote:Godly gear doesn't make you better at how efficient you are on your character...obviously most classes don't require much effort aside from holding 1 button down but for the classes that use multiple skills constantly (i.e. DBs and Mercs), you can have all the hacked gear you want but to me if you only use one skill and constantly get hit by monsters/bosses and just overall suck at playing your character then you're still a noob who doesn't know anything about classes and the most effective way to play them.

I'm sure people are going to say "this game requires no skill etc etc" but this is my opinion on the matter.

Viaje Wrote:-snip-
OH! This incident has also resulted in me learning that I like Twitter Hime much more than Forum Hime.
Twitter Hime seems to be more informative and that damn character limit keeps her from incessantly saying "Thank you" as if it were some sort of tic.

Clamors Wrote:Godly gear doesn't make you better at how efficient you are on your character...obviously most classes don't require much effort aside from holding 1 button down but for the classes that use multiple skills constantly (i.e. DBs and Mercs), you can have all the hacked gear you want but to me if you only use one skill and constantly get hit by monsters/bosses and just overall suck at playing your character then you're still a noob who doesn't know anything about classes and the most effective way to play them.

I'm sure people are going to say "this game requires no skill etc etc" but this is my opinion on the matter.

KhainiWest Wrote:-insult-

Marksman Bryan Wrote:There are a few classes that become more efficient if you use skill combos instead of holding one button down.
It requires minimum effort, but still.
You don't have to be such an ass about it.

Marksman Bryan Wrote:There are a few classes that become more efficient if you use skill combos instead of holding one button down.
It requires minimum effort, but still.
You don't have to be such an ass about it.

Berzerk Wrote:What they should do is add something where if an item is past it's theoretical limit, it gets removed from the inventory. Yes, this would require a lot of effort coding all that, but at least the items would be removed. Every item should be put under the assumption that it's stats can be raised up to 15 times with scrolls, with the addition of 7 stats per scroll, and up to 15 Equip Enhancements. Yes, while doing all this legititmatly seems impossible, there needs to be some buffer for the legit items.

ovation Wrote:If MS goes, so does the exploiters' business/profit. Therefore, hackers wouldn't do anything to deliberately "destroy" the game of MapleStory. Script kiddies have no such qualms, they just want a 4th job character to play around with, or a level 200 to show off with.

Ryosuke Wrote:[quote=ShinkuDragon]i'm sad i missed vlad's posts, they seemed pretty interesting, i knew most of what he said (that i saw in quotes) but the clean superslot equips was something new.

now, he might or might not have said this before, but for the actual hackers (read, the SFC team and such, not the script kiddies) they don't do it to "destroy maplestory", it's a business, if anything one may argue they are the only ones that have fun in this game, look at it this way.

they use their knowledge to create an exploit, be it dupes, be it whatever, duping being the most profitable one ofc, they proceed to sell either the method or the result for NX, NX they use to change for actual money (and lots of it, not an understatement) and for saving for the future exploit/glitch/hack/etc.

they will always be a step ahead in strenght and funds, next time anything happens, they get to it first, which in turn allows them to make even better stuff to sell again, and the cycle keeps repeating.

these people sell in waves obviously, to keep the prices of items constant, much better than releasing over 1k VSS with attack, and see them barely sell, by keeping a fake "low supply" the demand inflates.

making some numbers up, say they sold 25 VSS, 25 ST's, 25 cravens and 25nisrocs each month, for 80k NX each, and selling the NX for actual money at a 2NX:1$ rate, we are talking about 4k$ a month, just from duping the same thing over and over, now they got better stuff, lionheart helms, empress weapons, what have you. it's incredibly "easy" money for those that know how.

i have talked a few times with actual hackers, i overhear them for fun and kicks in knowing what goes on around, i visit the hacking sites (read, visit, nothing more), they can make a living out of this and are actually doing it.

for 2 simple reasons everyone has said, the community allows it, and nexon allows it.[/QUOTE


That.

MissingLink Wrote:You are confusing dupers with botters. This thread is about hackers making crazy-stat equips and duping them. They are not going to flood the market with anything.
Botters are who make mesos and previously valuable items like scrolls and pieces-of-time near worthless.

Anyway, I agree with happylight. Some of you guys are overreacting as happens whenever something like this comes up.
Only a tiny percentage of players will be willing and able to pay $500 for a glove. For the average player, it is of no more concern that whatever Ferraris are currently selling for. The people who do buy this stuff keep to themselves (Birds of a feather stick together). I will never cross paths with them.