Why I like the Dragon Nest GM

[Kaasoljoyyx]

Maple needs to step it up :(

Note: Gold site rate is about 40-45-50 dollars for 10k gold (200~250:1)

Spoiler

Hello everyone!

Recently we have been enacting some tougher punishments for the purchasing of gold from gold sellers. I wanted to take a moment to let you know what we have been doing and how it may affect you.

1) If you have been caught buying gold recently we are now removing ALL of the gold on all of your characters on that account. It's as simple as that. We want to make sure that you realize that it's just not worth it. You will be out the money you paid as well as any other gold on your account.

2) You will be suspended, and possibly permanently depending on the severity of the purchase and other factors.

We often get excuses from players saying things like "Oh well it was my friend who sent me the gold" or "They bought an item from me". The thing is that there is no ambiguity when you purchase gold from gold sellers. We know for certain when we take action that you have purchased gold from a gold seller so excuses amount to nothing.

You should remember that each time you buy gold you are telling them that they have a market in NA and they should continue to bot and cheat their way to the gold that they sell to you. Much of the gold they resell to players comes from other unfortunate players who fell victim to scams or phishing websites.

Don't buy gold or Tekonos will come after you with the fury of ten thousand suns.

Have a wonderful day!

There were so many players who bought gold this week, I kind of had to play catch up.

But it's okay, I got ready.

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and then they fell into the trap, and one by one...

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in the end, it was just a.......

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Oh right, then this is them when they come back to their account to see all of that gold stripped:

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Anyone still want to buy gold?

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Hello!

I just wanted to put a quick word out to all of our players:

We have seen that some of our players are adding Farmers or Bots to their guilds and having them deposit the gold they purchase directly into the guild bank. They think that by doing this they will not be caught.

Some other players also like to purchase gold and then put it directly into the guild storage to transfer it to your other characters. I suppose they think that this way it will be hard to track.

Two things.

1) We can see you doing this
2) Repeated infractions may result in the dismissal of your guild

We hope this will cause guild leaders to be more cautious with allowing this to happen in their guilds.

Thank you :D

More people seem to think buying gold is a good idea...

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Hello!

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Just an update. If you are caught buying gold we will make sure that you miss the release of the Kali.

No mercy mode: On.

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Someone just set a new record for gold loss at 300,000 gold.

If this were a gif, I would be the gentleman on the right, and the guy that bought gold would be the gentleman on the left.

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In case no one sees my post in the other thread I will post it here too:

We have started perma-banning anyone caught buying gold. You may get your account back if you submit a ticket.

Thanks and have a wonderful day!

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Note: After this post went up, the forum was filled with many posts for a few weeks from new players/13 year olds saying "why was my account banned to year 2040" and their excuse was "i didn't buy gold"

A player last night:

Buys 83,000 gold. Spends 60,000 on Green Dragon Gear and Superb Plates.

Gets perma-banned for buying gold and loses the other 23,000 gold they didn't spend. We also deleted all of the plates and GDN gear they bought. +11 GDN Wand? Gone. +9 GDN Shield? Gone. You get the idea.

Just waiting for their ticket now. Don't buy gold kids!

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Three souls have now fallen victim to a permanent ban from the game for buying gold. Don't let me claim yours next....

To those three:

YOUR SOUL IS MINE!!
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And now for the top lies I receive in tickets about gold buying:

1) Say your friend did it on your account
2) Say you were on vacation
3) Say that the gold came from your "Good friend" for selling jellies.
4) Someone was paying you back when you loaned them money much earlier
5) Someone was super nice and gave you the money for no good reason
6) You earned the money from selling a bunch of equips on the MP (Yea, like that one Average Altheum for 10k)

Until next time!

Now this is the story all about how
A gold buyer got rich quick and then got beat down
And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there
I'll tell you how he thought was being debonair

In the server of Elena born and raised
On the battlefield's where he spent most of his days
PvP'in, nestin', relaxing all cool
And all droppin' some relics on a buncha fools
When a couple of guys, they were up to no good
Started sellin gold up in his neighbourhood
He bought 70,000 gold and wasn't even scared
Tek said "You cheated the system badly and that ain't even fair"

He whistled for his mount, tried to run but it was clear -
He wouldn't get away and you could smell the fear
If anything I could say "Give him a hand!"
For trying so hard - So sad, you're PERMA BANNED.

I pulled up his MP logs about seven or eight
Different purchases made "Yo, homes check ya later!"
Looked at his toon it was finally cleaned
of all the gold and things he bought, I am totally mean

And we have a 0 backlog on tickets. You pretty much get your ticket answered within a few hours or a day tops unless it's the weekend or it's a billing issue.

Imagine MapleStory with this type of GM presence.

[Curtiss]

STOP MAKING US JEALOUS

[KhainiWest]

Too bad dragonnests population is so poor that it's probably going to follow DFO.

[Eliul]

I 'd, hard.

This GM is awesome. For reals.

[ShinkuDragon]

and now, i want to know WHAT MOVIE is that with the katanas and archers and stuff.

so sad i can't play dragon nest, god dang.

[Nomad9375]

Reposting.

[Kaasoljoyyx]

Reposting.

For reference, advertising NX sales like that is a bannable offense (temp/warning most likely first)

And I don't think DN population is that bad, it's just in a slump because 60 cap is on wednesday so there is very little motivation to do anything until then. Same thing happened at end of 40 cap then population exploded for first few months of 50.

[Curtiss]

and now, i want to know WHAT MOVIE is that with the katanas and archers and stuff.

so sad i can't play dragon nest, god dang.

I'm going to wager it's Thirteen Assassins based on image search.

[Declaimed]

Selling NX cards can get you banned? Never knew. Not particularly against it technically speaking, either. (Your money, your card, do what you want with it: Sell it, keep it, use it, blend it, whatever). I've never sold any, but hold nothing against those who do.

[Dark Link]

Selling NX cards can get you banned? Never knew. Not particularly against it technically speaking, either. (Your money, your card, do what you want with it: Sell it, keep it, use it, blend it, whatever). I've never sold any, but hold nothing against those who do.

It's against the Terms of Service, hence why it's bannable. Nexon really needs to follow this through with Maple.

[DustinxD]

Ahaha, yea they need to start doing this in Maple as well; there's literally almost nothing being done about it.

This is just genius, great work Tekonos.

(Yes, I play DN as well)

[Declaimed]

It's against the Terms of Service, hence why it's bannable. Nexon really needs to follow this through with Maple.

But of course. I understand that much, but I still have a hard time condemning others who want to sell their rightfully purchased belongings, NX or otherwise. Meso selling is a different situation IMO, as the mesos were obtained through illegitimate means VS the NX which was purchased with someone else's real money that did indeed contribute to the system. It is the same NX, and it has been paid for, its simply being used by someone else.

That isn't to imply that I'd sell any, just that I don't look down on anyone else who does.

[ShinkuDragon]

But of course. I understand that much, but I still have a hard time condemning others who want to sell their rightfully purchased belongings, NX or otherwise. Meso selling is a different situation IMO, as the mesos were obtained through illegitimate means VS the NX which was purchased with someone else's real money that did indeed contribute to the system. It is the same NX, and it has been paid for, its simply being used by someone else.

That isn't to imply that I'd sell any, just that I don't look down on anyone else who does.

actually, i went and checked the nexon ToS, and couldn't find anything regarding the sell of NX cards for meso, best i found is this:

Participate in any action that, in the sole discretion of the Company, "scams" or otherwise defrauds any other player, including with respect to any items that a player has earned or otherwise obtained (e.g., Cash Items).

if anyone has better eyes than me, or i'm using wrong info, please show me:
http://nxcache.nexon.net/nx/global/l...nfo/terms.html

EDIT: disregard, found it here:

You agree that you cannot and have no right to sell or otherwise transfer any of the Cash Items, Nexon currency or any other content or information included in the Service, in whole or in part, to any third person or entity whatsoever, including, without limitation, on Internet auction sites (e.g., eBay, IGE), hack sites, privates server sites, gold farming sites or in return for anything of value (including "real" money) or otherwise.

http://www.nexon.net/legal/terms-of-use/

no reason stated for it. strikes me a bit odd though