2008-11-19, 03:13 AM
Agreed that there needs to be a better way of separating legit actions from hacks. Particularly when a game account that has spent real world money becomes involved. But... don't feel too bad, Nexon isn't the only company to be so heavy-handed.
Here's a story from another certain MMORPG I play in which you can train your fishing skill. A friend of mine decided that in order to earn a substantial amount of money to fund his supplies and equipment, he would train his Fishing to 99 before training his combat. This kid spent HOURS per day fishing, and all the while, talking our ears off in our Guild chat, and on Ventrilo. However, he didn't talk nearly at all in the general chat (basically because a lot of random players walking by are morons... any game has those.) and so people started reporting him for being a "bot." The game staff took action... in the form of perma banning his account, citing that he was using an auto program to continuously train the skill. Even though an entire guild could vouch that he certainly wasn't.
I'm not surprised Nexon was so heavy-handed in banning a character. It will probably take a lot longer than necessary for them to see the error of their ways and it will too little too late. in the meantime, they will just crank out more NX events to squeeze more cash out of their remaining players.
Here's a story from another certain MMORPG I play in which you can train your fishing skill. A friend of mine decided that in order to earn a substantial amount of money to fund his supplies and equipment, he would train his Fishing to 99 before training his combat. This kid spent HOURS per day fishing, and all the while, talking our ears off in our Guild chat, and on Ventrilo. However, he didn't talk nearly at all in the general chat (basically because a lot of random players walking by are morons... any game has those.) and so people started reporting him for being a "bot." The game staff took action... in the form of perma banning his account, citing that he was using an auto program to continuously train the skill. Even though an entire guild could vouch that he certainly wasn't.
I'm not surprised Nexon was so heavy-handed in banning a character. It will probably take a lot longer than necessary for them to see the error of their ways and it will too little too late. in the meantime, they will just crank out more NX events to squeeze more cash out of their remaining players.