As announced previously (and as all of you are already aware of), we had issues
about Meso exploitation within the game last week.
Once again, we sincerely apologize for the inconveniences and confusions that
have arisen from this unfortunate incident, and would like to take this chance
to share with you the current situation and our future plans of measurement.
On Tuesday, February 1st 2011, we had blocked the in-game trade function for
all accounts that were suspected of having used one of the hack tools and/or of
having exploited Mesos in an abnormal manner, based on the (unreasonable) amount
of Mesos that each affected account was holding.
This action was inevitable in order to prevent the exploitation from further spreading,
and may have even affected legit players who were not involved in the mentioned misuse
of Mesos.
Therefore, we encourage all users who feel that they have been sanctioned wrongfully
to send us an Email of Inquiry(EOI) through our Customer Support until Sunday, February 13th 2011,
with the following information:
- Character Name (IGN)
- The name and price of the trade-item(s) that you have purchased between
January 29th and February 1st, 2011
- The name and price of the trade-item(s) that you have sold between
January 29th and February 1st, 2011
Based on the provided details, we will further investigate on each case and get back to
you with the final result as soon as possible, and all accounts that actually turn out to be
unconcerned will, of course, be compensated accordingly.
Detailed information about the compensation as well as about the measurement against
proven hackers will be announced through a separate notice on our website.
Plus, we know that many of you have suggested a roll-back as a method to even out the damage
that has been caused by the exploitation, and have weighed it as an option ourselves.
However, considering the amounts of EXP and items that you all have gained throughout
the days, we have decided against a roll-back as it may have eventually brought more
harm than good to your gameplay. However, should another Meso exploitation issue arise again
in the future (which we surely don't hope for and will do our best to prevent), we will
go through a roll-back IMMEDIATELY upon detection.
We are very sorry about the current situation and are sad that even legit players may be
suffering from this incident, but truly hope that you will agree with us that hacking of any
kind can never be tolerated and that firm actions must be taken against those who try
to harm the clean and healthy gameplay environment of MapleStory Europe.
Thank you for the great efforts and supports that you are putting into this issue by reporting and
suggesting through the forum and EOIs, and we promise to do our best to come up with a resolution
that is as fair and effective as possible.
-MapleStory Europe Staff-
LOLOLOL Nexon fails so hard, trying to give account there trade function back after they f'cked 'em
Following our announcement from yesterday, we have decided on the final measures
to be taken against the Meso exploitation issue and would like to share them with
you before they come into effect.
We have tried to approach the current situation from various angles in order to find the
best possible solution that could maintain and protect your best interests in terms of
your accounts and usual gamplay, and after endless internal discussions, investigations
and simulations, we (toughly) decided on the following actions:
STEP 1: THE MESOS OF ALL ACCOUNTS WILL BE DEDUCTED BY A CERTAIN, (FOR SOME CASES)
HIGH, YET REASONABLE PERCENTAGE, BASED ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT EACH ACCOUNT
CURRENTLY HOLDS.
We know that this measure may be difficult to accept at first as it affects ALL players, regardless
the fact whether or not they have engaged in the illegal meso exploitation, and we are fully
aware that this will lead to the sacrifice of innocent and legit players.
However, and to our fullest regret, with the elapsed time and the amount and cases of spread
Mesos, it is impossible to distinguish non-participants from participants of the exploitation.
Therefore, we have decided to focus on bringing back balance to the economy and
enabling the normal gameplay again as quickly as possible, rather than spending excessive time
on investigating each case (based on the EOIs that we had called for) with very low outcomes
to expect.
However, we will still keep on pushing our best efforts to track down the actual hackers who have
plotted this disturbance, and take separate measures against them accordingly.
FOR YOUR OWN PROTECTION, WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU NOT TO
SELL AND/OR TO BUY HIGHLY PRICED ITEMS UNTIL THE DEDUCTION OF MESOS ARE
COMPLETED, AS YOU MAY LOSE YOUR ITEM (THROUGH SELLING) AND EARNED MESO AFTER
THE GENERAL DEDUCTION.
STEP 2: ALL ACCOUNTS THAT HAVE BEEN TRADE-BLOCKED DUE TO THE MESO EXPLOITATION
WILL BE RELEASED FROM THE BLOCK AND COMPENSATED WITH 10,000 MAPLE POINTS.
(Accounts with mule characters only will be excluded from the compensation)
Additionally, as a compensation for the extended maintenance time for our latest server check on
Tuesday, February 1st 2011, all characters that possessed cash items during the time of
maintenance will receive 1,000 Maple Points (instead of 1 Incubator as previously noticed).
The above listed actions will take place with our regular server maintenance scheduled for
tomorrow, Wednesday, Feburary 9th, 2011
(click on the date to see the maintenance notice).
We sincerely ask for your kind understanding and support for this difficult decision we had to
make for the sake of the entire Maple community and economy, and deeply apologize for
the inconvenience that our legit players may have to suffer from.
As promised in our previous announcement, we will do our best to detect and to respond to
all unacceptable attempts as quickly and as firmly as possible in the future.
Once again, thank you very much for the great support and generosity you have backed us up with
through this process, and we hope to keep the Maple Community clean and enjoyable together!
-MapleStory Europe Staff-
Heard of people losing amounts ranging from 700m to 20+bil. I had 500ish m at the time, but havent logged in meanwhile, so dunno how much I lost.
I earned 2b legitly and before the exploit and stored it to make a new top/bottom set.
I got 400m now and prices didnt change since hackers just got access to all their mules again :')
F'uck you nexon.
"STEP 1: THE MESOS OF ALL ACCOUNTS WILL BE DEDUCTED BY A CERTAIN, (FOR SOME CASES)
HIGH, YET REASONABLE PERCENTAGE, BASED ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT EACH ACCOUNT
CURRENTLY HOLDS."
My ass. Jeez, that second announcement sucks. Legit people are all screwed over, so even poor people too lol. A rollback to a few days back would've been better as now it affects everyone in eMS.
So then, compensation is 10k maple points for accounts that were trade-blocked & 1k maple points all characters that have/bought cash items.. lolwut?
Interesting, last patch they also adjusted our taxes.
Spoiler
Taxes for trading, cash shop trading and delivery:
Spoiler
Amount:
Old tax percentage:
New tax percentage:
Difference:
Less than 100.000
Tax exemption
Tax exemption
None
100.001 to 999.999
0,8%
Tax exemption
Tax removed
1.000.000 to 4.999.999
1,8%
Tax exemption
Tax removed
5.000.000 to 9.999.999
3%
1,5%
1,5% less tax
10.000.000 to 19.999.999
4%
1,5%
2,5% less tax
20.000.000 to 24.999.999
4%
3%
1% less tax
25.000.000 to 49.999.999
5%
3%
2% less tax
50.000.000 to 79.999.999
5%
5%
No changes
80.000.000 to 99.999.999
5%
8%
3% more tax
100.000.000 to 199.999.999
6%
10%
4% more tax
200.000.000 and above
6%
15%
9% more tax
Taxes for shops:
Spoiler
Amount:
Old tax percentage:
New tax percentage:
Difference:
Less than 100.000
Tax exemption
Tax exemption
None
100.001 to 999.999
0,4%
Tax exemption
Tax removed
1.000.000 to 4.999.999
1,9%
Tax exemption
Tax removed
5.000.000 to 9.999.999
1,5%
1,5%
No changes
10.000.000 to 19.999.999
2%
1,5%
0,5% less taxes
20.000.000 to 24.999.999
2%
3%
1% more tax
25.000.000 to 49.999.999
2,5%
3%
0,5% more tax
50.000.000 to 79.999.999
2,5%
5%
2,5% more tax
80.000.000 to 99.999.999
2,5%
8%
5,5% more tax
100.000.000 to 199.999.999
3%
10%
7% more tax
200.000.000 and above
3%
15%
12% more tax
This means that if you sell something for the maximum amount of mesos, it deducts 322 million in taxes.
To be honest I'm fond of this whole meso cutting thing, except that they should've cut everyone's mesos instead of only those who logged in between 5 january and 9 february.
luls, mesos in Duey weren't affected by the cut, and around the 30th of April we will have Dutch Queen's Day event again, aka 0% taxes for about a month?
Slaking Wrote:Interesting, last patch they also adjusted our taxes.
Spoiler
Taxes for trading, cash shop trading and delivery:
Spoiler
Amount:
Old tax percentage:
New tax percentage:
Difference:
Less than 100.000
Tax exemption
Tax exemption
None
100.001 to 999.999
0,8%
Tax exemption
Tax removed
1.000.000 to 4.999.999
1,8%
Tax exemption
Tax removed
5.000.000 to 9.999.999
3%
1,5%
1,5% less tax
10.000.000 to 19.999.999
4%
1,5%
2,5% less tax
20.000.000 to 24.999.999
4%
3%
1% less tax
25.000.000 to 49.999.999
5%
3%
2% less tax
50.000.000 to 79.999.999
5%
5%
No changes
80.000.000 to 99.999.999
5%
8%
3% more tax
100.000.000 to 199.999.999
6%
10%
4% more tax
200.000.000 and above
6%
15%
9% more tax
Taxes for shops:
Spoiler
Amount:
Old tax percentage:
New tax percentage:
Difference:
Less than 100.000
Tax exemption
Tax exemption
None
100.001 to 999.999
0,4%
Tax exemption
Tax removed
1.000.000 to 4.999.999
1,9%
Tax exemption
Tax removed
5.000.000 to 9.999.999
1,5%
1,5%
No changes
10.000.000 to 19.999.999
2%
1,5%
0,5% less taxes
20.000.000 to 24.999.999
2%
3%
1% more tax
25.000.000 to 49.999.999
2,5%
3%
0,5% more tax
50.000.000 to 79.999.999
2,5%
5%
2,5% more tax
80.000.000 to 99.999.999
2,5%
8%
5,5% more tax
100.000.000 to 199.999.999
3%
10%
7% more tax
200.000.000 and above
3%
15%
12% more tax
This means that if you sell something for the maximum amount of mesos, it deducts 322 million in taxes.
To be honest I'm fond of this whole meso cutting thing, except that they should've cut everyone's mesos instead of only those who logged in between 5 january and 9 february.
Koffie Wrote:luls, mesos in Duey weren't affected by the cut, and around the 30th of April we will have Dutch Queen's Day event again, aka 0% taxes for about a month?
You talk like they HAVE to add the 0% taxes event we had ONCE.
Because 200m is an extremely low cap for the maximum tax applied. There are a lot of items exchanged daily that are over 200m and they want to take FIFTEEN PERCENT? Not to mention the tax is exactly the same for shops and trade windows, so now there's no incentive to buy shops with NEXON CASH for reduced taxes.
From my personal view of things, eMS was always bad. The order they sent out content, channel system, hacking prevention etc. But the ship really started sinking after their broken 21.7x exp + 30lvl mastery book minidungeon event. Exploits following soon after.
Takebacker Wrote:Because 200m is an extremely low cap for the maximum tax applied.
The belief that 200m is a low cap is perhaps a sign of the beginning of an unhealthy economy in our own GMS caused by the inflation that has been happening in the last few years. 200m was a decent amount of meso to work with years ago, but nowadays every new player starts off with that much.
If anything, it's not EMS that needs a better tax table, but rather GMS that needs a better meso sink (perhaps guild skills?)
