Horntail/Zakum Drops: Intentional or Accidental?

I just find it coincidental that this coincides with the time that 2x drop cards/2x drop isnt working. I guess these two mistakes evens out in terms of things (though I guess the mistake is an advantage for those HTers and zakers, seeing as they're getting more drops and whatnot now than they would be with 2x drop).

I forgot to take that into consideration as well, which can also be seen as a plus since you won't have to make 1-2 people solo the last body or the last arm (depending on your boss) since they're the only ones with the 2x drop card. If this is really intentional I could see how they balanced it by removing the ability to make 2x drop effective on bosses and give a natural increased rate, however the only concern I'd see is that Zakum's drops were decreased, not increased and not having any 2x drop makes it even worse (it was bad enough on regular drops before the patch to not have 2x drop). But then another thing came to mind in the fact that maybe nerfing Zakum's drops were intentional due to two possibilities:

1. More channels so more chances for people to try
2. The biggest thing to crack down on indirectly: zhelm selling.

Not saying I'm against zhelm selling, it was actually my main source of income for awhile. But from what I see that's just Nexon's way of silently putting an end to the zhelm sales while at the same time giving more people a chance to run. Pair that with the fact that Horntail's drops are increased and you get all the high levels trying to kill Horntail while leaving Zakum to the next generation maplers without zhelms to earn it for themselves. Quite sneaky on Nexon's part if I do say so myself if this is really what they were aiming for.