[Complete] Unscheduled Maintenance - December 29, 2014

http://maplestory.nexon.net/news/mainten...nts/00IG5/

We will be performing an unscheduled maintenance on December 29, 2014. It will last approximately 4 hours.

Thanks for your patience!

Time: Monday, December 29, 2014
Pacific: 9 AM - 1 PM
Eastern: 12 PM - 4 PM


What will be unavailable:

• All MapleStory game servers.
  

Interesting.
What did they break this time?

I hope they fix this NGS thing.

inb4 a private dupe or something getting patched and ~30% of the population permabanned with the remaining ~70% hellbanned.

inb4 a private dupe or something getting patched and ~30% of the population permabanned with the remaining ~70% hellbanned.

It's christmas/new years! a dupe wouldn't stay private

There's a packet editor that's out now apparently. Maybe this has something to do with it? Or maybe they just needed to do some emergency network upgrades to prevent further DDOS attacks? The IT team probably came back from break this week (since the other games are getting a maintenance tomorrow) while the rest of the Nexon staff will come back next week.

I'd be nice if they told us what they were doing, such as fixing bugs, or giving some kind of indication as to why it's down. A bland "maintenance" message can mean so many different things. Especially if it's unscheduled.
I also remember reading somewhere on the official forums or site that a Nexon representative said there wouldn't be any downtime during the holidays and into the new year. Unscheduled maintenance aside, I wonder if that means it's something of adequate importance.

I'd be nice if they told us what they were doing, such as fixing bugs, or giving some kind of indication as to why it's down. A bland "maintenance" message can mean so many different things. Especially if it's unscheduled.
I also remember reading somewhere on the official forums or site that a Nexon representative said there wouldn't be any downtime during the holidays and into the new year. Unscheduled maintenance aside, I wonder if that means it's something of adequate importance.

Artasi, the Community Manager, posted that

There will be no scheduled maintenance for the week of December 21st - December 27th, or for the week of December 28th - January 3rd. Please note that this is for scheduled (planned) maintenances, and, in the event of any emergencies, we will have teams at the ready to take charge for any unscheduled maintenance that may come about over the holiday break.

So, this must be some kind of emergency. Though they gave us 9 hours advance notice, so it's not a critical emergency.

Normally by this point in a maintenance they update the notice to indicate what they're fixing. Odd that they're not doing so now. But I guess it's "server stability" or "backend changes to the servers" or whatever code-phrases they use.

Artasi, the Community Manager, posted that.

Yes, thank you! I knew I saw it somewhere, but alas, was too lazy to try and sift through it.

I suppose I honestly don't mind it being down—because they gave us plenty of notice—but I can't help wonder why their downtime has been especially continual as of late. Holidays aside, because that's understandable, the downtime this half of the year has been increasing pretty steady.
They really ought to just really sit down and work out all the kinks. Some of the infrastructure to the game's design is so outdated, it's not even funny. And I don't think adding event on top of event helps with that already damaged structure.

It's like their pipes need to be cleaned, y'know? There's only so much the pipes can take before they're backed up.

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[Update] The maintenance has been extended an additional 30 minutes and is now scheduled to end at 1:30 PM Pacific.

We will be performing an unscheduled maintenance on December 29, 2014. It will last approximately 4 hours.

Thanks for your patience!

Time: Monday, December 29, 2014
Pacific: 9 AM - 1 PM
Eastern: 12 PM - 4 PM


What will be unavailable:

• All MapleStory game servers.
  

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[Complete] The maintenance was complete as of 1:30 PM Pacific. Cash items in your inventory have been extended to cover the amount of time the game was unavailable.

[Update] The maintenance has been extended an additional 30 minutes and is now scheduled to end at 1:30 PM Pacific.

We will be performing an unscheduled maintenance on December 29, 2014. It will last approximately 4 hours.

Thanks for your patience!

Time: Monday, December 29, 2014
Pacific: 9 AM - 1 PM
Eastern: 12 PM - 4 PM


What will be unavailable:

• All MapleStory game servers.
  

I hope they fix this NGS thing.

Oh no they didnt...

Changes and Updates:

A fix was applied to prevent a meso generating exploit

Changes were made to the configuration of the login servers

Also,

http://maplestory.nexon.net/community/#%...st11250767

Maplers,

As some of you may be aware, following the unscheduled maintenance we have initiated Trade Blocks on certain accounts that are currently under investigation for exploitative activity.

Please be aware that this action was taken to protect MapleStory's economy and game environment, and all accounts that have been Trade Blocked will be fully investigated in the coming days and will be followed by appropriate actions, if necessary, to be taken on each account.

Thank you for your understanding as we work to keep MapleStory a fair place for all players.

At least they acted faster than last year.

Then again, the economy is effed up as it is...

Yeah I'm pretty sure trade blocking really doesn't do anything >_>