2009-01-28, 06:56 AM
The question is misleading.
It should not take anywhere near six months to fix all the known bugs and glitches in MapleStory (not including hacks). Probably not even a month, unless there are a lot of bugs I don't know of. Capt. Latanica, Weddings, Bob Snale, missing hitboxes, all trivial. The various d/c and autoban glitches might need some work in order to duplicate the problem, but I'm sure if they contact the community there are enough people here who can show them exactly when and how these things happen.
(And before you start with "people think programming is so simple": I'm a professional programmer with over 20 years' experience working on large projects. I know what I'm talking about.)
As for the hacking and wz editing problem: that's a tough one because the malware has access to the original client and data, so it can fake their behavior whenever questioned. Preventing this would require moving a lot more work to the server, overloading it and a lot of people's net connections as well.
It would probably be a lot cheaper, even in the long run, to just hire more GMs and get the players to realize that hacking doesn't pay.
(as I'm typing this, I see the blue HT message appear in my MS window... in Kradia... *sigh*)
It should not take anywhere near six months to fix all the known bugs and glitches in MapleStory (not including hacks). Probably not even a month, unless there are a lot of bugs I don't know of. Capt. Latanica, Weddings, Bob Snale, missing hitboxes, all trivial. The various d/c and autoban glitches might need some work in order to duplicate the problem, but I'm sure if they contact the community there are enough people here who can show them exactly when and how these things happen.
(And before you start with "people think programming is so simple": I'm a professional programmer with over 20 years' experience working on large projects. I know what I'm talking about.)
As for the hacking and wz editing problem: that's a tough one because the malware has access to the original client and data, so it can fake their behavior whenever questioned. Preventing this would require moving a lot more work to the server, overloading it and a lot of people's net connections as well.
It would probably be a lot cheaper, even in the long run, to just hire more GMs and get the players to realize that hacking doesn't pay.
(as I'm typing this, I see the blue HT message appear in my MS window... in Kradia... *sigh*)