[Alert] Unscheduled Server Maintenance - December 10, 2012

[VerrKol]

on the bright side, it seems that to generate empress gears you needed a char 140-150, and to generate tyrant you needed 150 (going from info on that site) so chars that get banned would take at least a few days to replace.

That is good news. Every little bit helps...

[MetaSeraphim]

Not sure an hour is enough.

<insert all item id's for Tyrant equips> <hit delete>?

[Chameleonic]

<insert all item id's for Tyrant equips> <hit delete>?

I hope they add

<insert all accounts with item id's for Tyrant equips> <hit perma ban>

[SaptaZapta]

<insert all item id's for Tyrant equips> <hit delete>?

<Wait for hours while the database grinds, since item id's are apparently not a key>
Also, you need to do this on several tables. Items in inventory, items in storage, items in Frederick's storage, items in wedding gifts, and wherever else people "hide" contraband.

[Green4Ever]

I won't be surprised if they "accidentally" hit some legits who stayed as far away from this exploit as they could.

[Phoenix]

I won't be surprised if they "accidentally" hit some legits who stayed as far away from this exploit as they could.

This worries me ever since I heard you could generate Empress Gears.

[Muppy]

Well, perfect timing for someone who couldn't get their daily tempest coins up until now

[MetaSeraphim]

<Wait for hours while the database grinds, since item id's are apparently not a key>
Also, you need to do this on several tables. Items in inventory, items in storage, items in Frederick's storage, items in wedding gifts, and wherever else people "hide" contraband.

Shouldn't take more than an hour regardless. But, Nexon is Nexon.

[Notify]

We will be performing an unscheduled server maintenance beginning on Monday, December 10, 2012. The maintenance will last approximately 1 hour.

[Complete] The maintenance is complete as of 12 AM Pacific (3 AM Eastern).

Thanks for your patience!

-Time-

Pacific: 11 PM Monday, December 10, 2012 - 12 AM Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Eastern: 2 AM - 3 AM Tuesday, December 11, 2012

-What will be unavailable-

• All MapleStory game servers

Changes and Updates:

• The Pirate skill "Perseverance" will be fixed.
• A hack allowing for the illicit generation of certain items will be blocked.
• Player found to have participated in the illicit item generation hack have been banned.

[Zerard]

True to their word, Perseverance is working fine.

But that exploit... let's wait and see.

EDIT: Oh and btw

Player found to have participated in the illicit item generation hack have been banned.

[CrazyForDex]

Seems our predictions were right. Here's to hoping that they rightfully banned many a hacker.

[Phoenix]

Generated Empress capes still around. Then again, they didn't mention any item removal. But Empress capes are a lot more well hidden than Tyrant equips.

[Chameleonic]

Player found to have participated in the illicit item generation hack have been banned.

So just one person got banned, well done Nexon.

[ChronosXIII]

True to their word, Perseverance is working fine.

But that exploit... let's wait and see.

EDIT: Oh and btw

Lol, I thought Perseverance would remain broken because they needed a cover-up excuse.

[CrazyForDex]

Generated Empress capes still around. Then again, they didn't mention any item removal. But Empress capes are a lot more well hidden than Tyrant equips.

O.o how can you tell what capes are generated?

[Nion]

O.o how can you tell what capes are generated?

I don't think you can; that's the scary part. It's like duped NX where you wait until it disappears and then the frustration will set in.
However, the most obvious capes that haven't been released would obviously be generated.

[moore4me]

O.o how can you tell what capes are generated?

Other than Thief Empress Capes, there should be a Crafted By Tag on the bottom of the Cape with an IGN. Thats the best way to tell, only thief capes dont have to have that since they drop premade. I guess maybe a couple could of come from old gach events but those should be rare.

[Phoenix]

O.o how can you tell what capes are generated?

For any non-thief cape. If there's no crafted by tag, it's like a 90% chance it's generated. Trick is, ones that came from gach/wheel of marvel are also like this. So it really is almost a coin toss. I'd avoid it either way.

Edit: ninjaed

[Foxino]

Still can't log in lol, I'd like to know how many got banned for this considering how public the method was

[Kagamine]

Still see some Tyrant equips in the FM.. I guess a few went unnoticed?