Removal and Replacement of Illicit Items

http://maplestory.nexon.net/News/News.as...ntNo=00DTU

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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.

1. 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.
   
2. You will not receive the clean items if your Inventory is full. Please make space and relog to retrieve your items.
   
3. 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 -

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA YES
THIS IS GOLDEN

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs

Holy crap..I'm lost on the first bulliten. Does this mean my 160 m atk wand will be removed cuz it has two hammers?

I like this.

Now lets see if they're actually able to purge everything, or will there be some magically sneaky way to get around it. They've said this before (HTPs) yet some managed to sneak through. I'll likewise be curious to see how this plays out.

PRAISE DA LAWEDD
shaking and crying

I can totally see this affecting a bunch of legit/legitly made equips.

WHO ARE THEY AND WHAT HAVE THEY DONE WITH NEXON



I need to thank them

EDIT: But only if its done properly

They're doing something about it? :O

The part about beyond allowed slots ugh... Vicious Hammer slots... inb4 mess-up?

This is diamonds.

inb4 some items "slip the net" ._.

Holy crap..I'm lost on the first bulliten. Does this mean my 160 m atk wand will be removed cuz it has two hammers?

I think they're referring to the number of successful scrolls that worked on the item.

BYE BYE HACKED WEAPONS

it says max possible slots with hammers, anything higher than those slots is gone

If this actually happens as intended and written, I will give major props.

I dont see anything pertaining to EE hacked items.

Praise the lord.

Let's hope they mean 301 cravens/nisrocks, 608 STs, and 255 attack crap.
All 3, not just a few.

Oh wow, betterthanexpected.png

I'd be amazed if they accomplish this without a hitch. I'm sure a few legit items will be lost too.