Could it just be Nexon marketing strategy?

I believed this ever since a week passed after evolving world drops were broken. They clearly have the ability to fix/change/remove/add drops. They had NO issue fixing pink bean when it started to drop chtps, but when stuff drops that players can make a profit off of if they work hard enough and can use that as a means to get NX instead of paying for it themselves they got together and thought it'd be a wise idea to just label it as broken and assume players who now had the ability to work/farm for their currency like in every other mmorpg (Yes, this also includes other NEXON mmorpgs. This is really only a huge issue when it comes to maplestory) would go back to buying NX.

I also believe this is why they never bothered to implement additional options, a completely free boost, and now soul weapons*.

Maybe it's just me being cynical but oh well..

*I have no idea when the release of soul weapons actually fits in to the timeline of content release