What2doNexon

[quote=ShinkuDragon]i'm sad i missed vlad's posts, they seemed pretty interesting, i knew most of what he said (that i saw in quotes) but the clean superslot equips was something new.

now, he might or might not have said this before, but for the actual hackers (read, the SFC team and such, not the script kiddies) they don't do it to "destroy maplestory", it's a business, if anything one may argue they are the only ones that have fun in this game, look at it this way.

they use their knowledge to create an exploit, be it dupes, be it whatever, duping being the most profitable one ofc, they proceed to sell either the method or the result for NX, NX they use to change for actual money (and lots of it, not an understatement) and for saving for the future exploit/glitch/hack/etc.

they will always be a step ahead in strenght and funds, next time anything happens, they get to it first, which in turn allows them to make even better stuff to sell again, and the cycle keeps repeating.

these people sell in waves obviously, to keep the prices of items constant, much better than releasing over 1k VSS with attack, and see them barely sell, by keeping a fake "low supply" the demand inflates.

making some numbers up, say they sold 25 VSS, 25 ST's, 25 cravens and 25nisrocs each month, for 80k NX each, and selling the NX for actual money at a 2NX:1$ rate, we are talking about 4k$ a month, just from duping the same thing over and over, now they got better stuff, lionheart helms, empress weapons, what have you. it's incredibly "easy" money for those that know how.

i have talked a few times with actual hackers, i overhear them for fun and kicks in knowing what goes on around, i visit the hacking sites (read, visit, nothing more), they can make a living out of this and are actually doing it.

for 2 simple reasons everyone has said, the community allows it, and nexon allows it.[/QUOTE


That.

This is very true. I've visited the "blackmarket" section of the most popular hacking website. I saw a 768 magic att earring receiving offers of 7m NX...Which can be sold for around 4-5 thousand USD