Maplestory's websit Wrote:Removal and Replacement of Illicit Items

Dear Maplers,

During the unscheduled server maintenance, we are addressing an issue with certain items with abnormally created stats and their circulation in game. These items pose a threat to the balance of MapleStory and to restore order we will be taking the following steps to eliminate the abnormal items.

Any item that has been successfully upgraded beyond its allowed slots (including with Cash upgrades) will be removed from the players’ inventory and replaced with a clean, unscrolled version.
Any item that does not have successful upgrades beyond the allowed slots but has the possibility to be upgraded beyond the allowed slots will have the extra slots removed, and the item will remain as is.
If you are a player that had abnormal items removed you will experience the following upon logging into the game.

A message will appear to your character with the abnormal items letting you know clean versions of the items have been placed in your Inventory.
You will not receive the clean items if your Inventory is full. Please make space and relog to retrieve your items.
If the abnormal items were in Storage, the clean itema will be given to the highest level character on the account. Please see #1 and #2 on how the items will be delivered.
The removal and replacement of illicit items will apply to all players currently in possession of the items regardless of how they were obtained. We cannot refund players who may have purchased abnormal items with mesos or through the MTS. We fully understand the chance of legitimate players affected by this issue and we made a very hard decision to keep a strong stance against any action that may endanger the game for all our players. We apologize for the inconveniences this may cause and truly appreciate your support to keeping the game healthy.

- The Maple Team -

Exidous Wrote:Hackers are not a single minded monolith. Someone was saying earlier how "it was decided" not to release the 300 stat items to the general public - that's total bunk. Even if it was true, it just incentivizes individual hackers to sell them all the more, since they would be the sole supplier and would therefore charge a higher price and make more money.

Just because they don't want MS to die for the sake of their wallets doesn't mean their actions won't move it closer to that. No individual drop of rain believes it is to blame for the flood.

ResistGreen Wrote:http://maplestory.nexon.net/Rankings/OverallRanking.aspx?type=overall&s=l&world=0&job=0&pageIndex=3995
Judging by the general position gain in that section, I can say that 280 level 200s were banned, or taken off the rankings at the very least.
Now, there are still a lot of hackers left on the rankings, but its a start.

KaosStorm Wrote:So that's how is going to be done, then.

ovation Wrote:They are a single minded monolith when most of the people who have access to the exploit are part of an organized team, ie SFC.

ResistGreen Wrote:http://maplestory.nexon.net/Rankings/OverallRanking.aspx?type=overall&s=l&world=0&job=0&pageIndex=3995
Judging by the general position gain in that section, I can say that 280 level 200s were banned, or taken off the rankings at the very least.
Now, there are still a lot of hackers left on the rankings, but its a start.

ShinkuDragon Wrote:indeed, not sure if anyone remembers the duping method of CvP, but before it went public, people were paying HUMONGOUS loads for how it worked, those who knew stayed silent.

...until one spoke, and it started moving around, until the point the original guy (or one of them) decided to release it to the public to get it patched asap.

if the maplestory "hacker" mafia isn't together on something, they destroy what they have in common, has happened before, will happen again if someone did indeed not keep the 255 atk equips private.

not that it matters anymore though. they're all gone (hopefully)

Exidous Wrote:Keeping the information secret is a lot easier than keeping the items contained. There's no benefit to a hacker telling people how to make a 300 stat item, but there is a benefit to one selling a created one, regardless of what his hacker buddies told him to do.

Exidous Wrote:Keeping the information secret is a lot easier than keeping the items contained. There's no benefit to a hacker telling people how to make a 300 stat item, but there is a benefit to one selling a created one, regardless of what his hacker buddies told him to do.