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Yes, I know that Nexon does unfair things at times, but this one effects me, and many other Maple-News Staff.

Dear Windians,

As you may know there has been an unintentional rollback on the Windia server. Not all players were affected by this but players that were affected lost less than 24 hours of gameplay. Unfortunately, due to the nature of this rollback, it cannot be reversed. This was something we wished that would not have happened and we sincerely apologize that it has.

To compensate the players affected by the rollback we are:
- Refunding all NX spent during the rollback period.
- Allocating 3,000 Maple Points per affected account.

And for the entire world of Windia we are hosting a 2x EXP and Drop event for Windia on July 30, 12 PM-6 PM Pacific (3 PM-9 PM Eastern).

Again, we apologize for any distress this might have caused for the affected Windians. Please know that we are actively working on preventing such a situation for all Maplers.

-The MapleStory Staff-

Don’t get me wrong, I feel sorry for the Windians, but what about Scania? If you play in Scania or know anyone who does, you should know that Scania has been having rollbacks for the last few days before the scheduled server checks. Many players, including myself, in Scania have lost NX, mesos, items, and levels. So far, Scania is yet to receive any word events, refunds, or Maple Points.

There will be a scheduled server maintenance for all game servers on July 27th. MapleStory will be unavailable to be played during this time. The maintenance will be 7 hours long. If you have bought a world transfer for your character it will not be transferred this week, but next week your character will be transferred. They will be adding new cash shop items!

The Server Maintenance will be fixing some issues that we have been experiencing the past week. The server maintenance will be fixing mainly 3 problems. The auto ban problem that has been banning innocent maplers that seek to train at the Haunted House will be resolved, and all accounts that have been banned will be unbanned, and be able to safely play after the maintenance.  The maps will be safe to use for everyone. Cassandra’s Top Secret Event Blank Scrolls will no longer give out 40% blank scrolls, and if you have these scrolls you can trade them into Gaga for 50% blank scrolls.  The great and useful Duey Delivery System will be fixed, and be able to be used after this maintenance as well. We know there may be more problems with the new patch, but they also stated “We are still actively investigating issues that may not have been mentioned. Thank you for your patience and we look forward to seeing you in game soon.”, so all we can do is wait. Nexon will surely look through all the tickets, and etc.

Server Maintenance Time:

Pacific: 10:00 PM - 5:00 AM, Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Eastern: 1:00 AM -  8:00 AM, Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

To see the Cash Shop Items that will be added click here!

Impulsively,

Impulse

Have a Nice Day Everyone!

Source:

http://maplestory.nexon.net

The Unscheduled Server Maintenance has ended. The Game Servers are online. Time to Grind Away <3

The Maintenance has been extended 30 minutes. The Game Servers will be online at 1:30 am Pacific, and 4:30 am Eastern.

Nexon will be having another unscheduled server maintenance on July 22. This time they will be fixing some issues with the Potential and Equipment Enhancement items working the Maple Trade System, and Delivery Systems. The maintenance will be lasting 1 hour! The Game will be unavailable until the maintenance is finished.

The Times the  Maintenance will occur:

-Time-

Pacific: 12:00 AM – 1:00 AM, Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Eastern: 3:00 AM -  4:00 AM, Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Discuss more about these Unscheduled Server Maintenance’s, and new features added to Global MapleStory.  You can discuss on our new forums, and chat in the chat box we have.

Link to our Forums!

http://maple-news.com/forums

Link to the Chat Box!

http://xat.com/maplenews

Impulsively,

Impulse

Source(s):

http://maplestory.nexon.net

Dual Blade is a great job. Nexon did not bug the skills like prior jobs, however, they slashed the skills. And I mean it!

Look at the pictures below, in order to gain full attributes with these skills, people would have to buy the upgrades, (the Cash Shop- Mastery Books). And to top it off they did not stop at ONE skill slash, but at least SIX!

Note this is the description that came with all of the scrolls: ” You have 90 days to use this Mastery Book, once you use it, the skill will increase into it’s maximum skill point tally, and you will receive one extra skill point.”

2900 Nx for a Second Job!?

3900 NX!?

You have got to be kidding me.

Sudden raid! It’s one of the MOST important skills, Nexon how could you cripple this job!? And for 8900 NX!?

Six thumps down!

(Are you amazed yet!?)

Now think…: (If you were to play all the way up to level 31 or 71 or 121 or even level 200, if you wanted all of the features that this class had to offer, then you would have to pay at least 2900 NX to 36,400 NX to get all of the features. Even a 25$ Pre-paided card would not even do it.)

Does anyone remember a skill and a job that Nexon has “slashed” (reduced), until you had to pay a Mastery Book Fee? [Please answer below!]

I do not believe that these every basic Dual Blade skills would charge the average player to buy NX. This is playing dirty, and I know you guys are a bit (maybe more than that) mad/angry/(name your cuss word.)

Please comment below and share your thoughts about Nexon, how they do business, and other things about this. If you don’t comment, no one would hear your opinion, and your opinion counts!

The Maintenance has been completed. The game servers came up at 6:58 pm!

Nexon has began Server Maintenance on MapleStory.  They report that the maintenance will last for about 4 hours, and they are going to be fixing some issues with the new DualBlade Class, and will be fixing these problems:
- Dual Blades will no longer be auto-blocked falsely.
- Dual Blades will no longer be unable to equip items that had been in storage.
- Users that do not have max character slots will receive a free character slot.
- Items held in storage or gained through merchants will not longer be unequipable due to durability.

They will also fix the auto-ban problem occurring with some other players.
Maintenance Time:

Pacific: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Eastern: 5:00 PM -  9:00 PM, Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Impulsively,

Impulse

Post on the forums, and chat on the chatbox.

http://maple-news.com/forums

Source:

http://maplestory.nexon.net/

The Dual Blade buzz was cut short as innocent users were banned by the auto-ban system. Iris and I were some of the users affected by this auto-ban glitch. The glitch seems to be affecting users who are playing Dual Blades (we have yet to receive any reports of non-Dual Blade users being banned) and advise all users to refrain from playing or making a Dual Blade until the patch is complete.

More information will be posted when we have it.

Hello, everyone, Impulse here to let you all know that the highly anticipated v88 patch is done! We all know that in this patch it has something special. A feature that almost everyone has wanted to try, and the DualBladers have been released. They are finally here. There are a lot more new features that come with this patch, and they are great too. Chaos Zakum, and Chaos Horntail have been released. They are powerful versions of the regular bosses, but drop better Zakum Helms, and HornTail Pendants. This patch offers higher EXP gains on Party Quests, and quests.  We will have some new cash shop items available to the community, and many NX gains for some old time players. For you damage whores, and for those who want to show off your pretty items, new item systems will be in place, they will make your items much stronger than they are. The new follow system is in place and allows you to explore your buddies activities while they do what they do! This is a great feature for people who need help on training. This will allow them to get first hand tips on it from the pros. There are many new features for all types of players. The latest patch has gone good so far. We haven’t seen anyone complaining yet. If you have anything to say about the new patch, and any comments on the new features, the new class, etc. Do not hesitate to post below, or on the forums.

Impulsively,

Impulse

http://maple-news.com/forum

Post your comments below. 

Version 0.88 brings the release of the latest explorer class, Dual Blade. Check out a comprehensive post of all the updates and events released in this patch.

Dual Blade

They are here (on July 21) and Maple World will never be the same!

Join them or not, everyone can enjoy these events that celebrate their arrival.

Hoooo Wants some Owl Stickers?

The majestic owl is the symbol of the new Dual Blade class. Fight your way through Maple World and pick up some Owl Stickers to get some awesome in-game prizes including 60% scrolls and rare ores!

If you’re a Dual Blade though, you can also win Cash Shop prizes like a Henesys Hair Style Coupon (VIP) and an Alien Pet, as well as the ultimate prize – a custom MapleStory skinned laptop!

Click here to see the entire list of prizes
Top Secret

Our ever-diligent Cassandra’s been keeping an eye out for Dual Blades ever since she caught sight of them in her crystal ball. Her secret agents gathered some intel on the mysterious newcomers but nefarious Dual Blade agents stole the documents! Now she needs you to retrieve them.

Help Cassandra recover these sensitive documents and she will generously reward you!

This event can be repeated every 30 minutes so gather as many Secret Reports as you can!
Every Day Double Buff!

Cassandra may not trust them, but the Maple Admin is focused only on welcoming the Dual Blades. After you log in, just talk to Maple Admin to receive a Dark Feather. If you keep it in your inventory for the next 15 minutes, she’ll allow you to choose your Double Buff pleasure.

2x EXP or 2x Drop? You decide!

Dual Blade Disguise

No one knows who’s a Dual Blade for one simple reason – those scary masks they wear! But how do they get those masks and can you get one for yourself?

Yes you can! Level up your new Dual Blade between July 21 and August 17, 2010 up to level 100 to receive one of these cool masks.

You’ll get your first mask at level 20 and at every 10 levels you earn from there. If you get a level 30 Dual Blade you can get the level 40 mask first and then all the others after.

Keep Your Enemies Close Event

The only thing scarier than a Dual Blade you can see is the one you can’t. Keep an eye on a Dual Blade by inviting them to your party and going on selected party quests. If you have a Dual Blade in your midst, you’ll earn extra EXP as a reward!

Dual Blade Weddings

Sure, they’re scary and deadly – but they’re people too!

Between July 21 and August 17, 2010, we’ll celebrate the nuptials of any two Dual Blades by giving you a Black Kitty, Skunk, or a Black Bunny pet as a wedding present.

Once you’ve had your wedding ceremony head over to the Cash Shop to take your pet home!

Cool Summer Gear

Sure. Everyone’s all excited about the arrival of the Dual Blades, but let’s not forget the arrival of something almost as exciting – summer!

Check out the cool summer gear you can find just by monster hunting between July 21 and August 17.

AP/SP Reset Giveaway

It’s summertime at last! Skies are blue, birds are singing and monsters are rampaging all over Maple World! Yup, it’s time to get in shape for another season of excitement.

Fortunately, you’re going to get some help with that. In MapleStory’s “Get Set for Summer” AP/SP Giveaway, you’re going to get some Ability Point and Skill Point reset scrolls absolutely FREE. Have you misallocated a point and it’s been holding you back? Perhaps you’re looking to try a new build? Here’s your chance to get ready for summer slaying season!

Here’s how it works:

– Players with a level 30-49 character will receive 10 AP Resets and a 2nd Job SP Reset with a 10-day expiration date in the Cash Shop.

– Players with a level 50 – 69 character will receive 15 AP Resets and a 3rd Job SP Reset with a 10-day expiration date in the Cash Shop.

– Players with a level 70 or above character will receive 20 AP Resets and a 3rd Job SP Reset with a 10-day expiration date in the Cash Shop.

Once you’ve received your tokens, here’s how to use them:

1.     Log in to MapleStory using the character you wish to use the scrolls on.

2.     Visit the Cash Shop.

3.     The items will be located in the Cash Shop. Their expiration countdown will begin immediately, so use the scrolls fast!

Note: Only one “Get Set for Summer” Giveaway package will be awarded per account.

Summer doesn’t last forever and neither will this giveaway. This event lasts from July 21 to August 17 only so hurry and don’t let the sun set on this deal.

The Cure for the Summertime Blues!

Bored with the beach? Park not quite the wonderland you remember? Pool looking a little tired? Then why not spend this summer someplace amazing? Maple World!

Spread the news! This summer is the best time ever to join MapleStory! We’re rolling out the Welcome Wagon for all new users that register between July 21st and August 17th, 2010.

It’s the best summer vacation ever! Here’s what you can expect during your summer in MapleStory:

Make New Friends!

Just add 10 buddies to your buddy list between July 21st and August 17th, 2010 and go to the Cash Shop to be rewarded with a VIP Teleport Scroll! This scroll will teleport you just about anywhere in Maple World so go and pick up a few souvenirs!

Note: Your 10th buddy must be added before August 18th to be eligible.

Get a Summer Job!

Level any character to 10 and acquire your first job advancement and receive a powerful scroll that can enhance your weapon and a Magnifying Glass that can uncover an item’s hidden potential. It’s that easy!

Go to a Party!

From July 21st through August 17th, 2010, take advantage of the Moon Bunny Party Quest located in Henesys and you’ll receive an extra 25% EXP! Meet your new friends and party together because everyone will be able to enjoy this bonus experience!

Climb the Levels!

If you reach level 20 before August 18th 2010, you’ll receive a 4-hour 2x EXP coupon to help you climb even higher! The 2x EXP takes effect as soon as you retrieve it from the Cash Shop by double clicking on the coupon from the Cash Shop inventory.

How’s that for the best summer ever?

Gachapon Update

Gachapon is just the gift that keeps on giving! Check out what’s new in Gachapon these days!

Equip Enhancement and Potential Scrolls

Looking for a Potential Scroll or Equip Enhancement Scroll? Why not try Gachapon? They’re now permanent residents inside the wonderful red machine!

But from July 21 to August 3, 2010, Advanced Equip Enhancement and Advanced Potential Scrolls will be made available in Gachapon too!

Click here to learn more about Equip Enhancement and Potential Scrolls

Quality Dual Blade Masks

Dual Blade Masks are attainable by participating in the Level-up event, but it’s only from Gachapon that you’ll get your blade wielding paws on these masks with higher stats!

Chairs, Chairs, Chairs!

Whether you were Chair King last month and want to continue your reign or you want to usurp the throne and become Chair King yourself, there’s only one way. Crown yourself by getting the Maple Tree Chair from Gachapon between July 21 and August 17!

Once you have the chair, be sure to get in touch with Dalair to claim your Chair King medal.

Being Chair King is cool of course but perhaps being king is not everything. “Owner of the Most Striking Chair Ever” has a ring to it, right? Check out these two electrifying chairs and head to the nearest Gachapon because they’ll be around for two weeks only from July 21 to August 8!

It’s A Miracle!

Miracles happen every day in MapleStory, but this is truly special – the brand new Miracle Cube and amazing new Meso Sacks!

Miracle Cubes

The new Potential system will allow you to make truly epic items. But greater than building a remarkable weapon is the prospect of taking one and making it even more extraordinary!

Enter the Miracle Cube:

The Miracle Cube allows you to wipe the slate clean and rebuild the Potential of your favorite Rare item!

This is how you perform miracle on your gear:

1.     Buy a Miracle Cube.

2.     Leave the Cash Shop and double click on the Miracle Cube in the Cash section of your inventory.

3.     Drag your Rare item that already has Potential attributes from the Equip inventory and place it inside the Miracle Cube window like below.

4.     Click “OK” and the item will return to its “Unidentified” state but make sure you have an open slot in the Use inventory to receive this:

And just like any other Unidentified items, you can use the Magnifying Glasses to evaluate the Potential again.

New Meso Sacks

Are you interested in a real miracle? How about a bag of money!

Don’t get outbid for anything by equipping yourself with these miraculous new Meso Sacks! Unlike the original meso sacks, these new sacks contain random amounts that go reach up to dozens of millions! But the new sacks are for limited time only from July 21 to August 3, 2010, so get them while you can.

Deadly Dual Blade Packages

You are a Dual Blade. You are as deadly and dark as the night itself. But do you have the tools you need to get the most of your skills?

You do now.

The new Deadly Dual Blade Packages have the look and the power that will make you the envy of the Dark Lord himself.

Choose the ultimate package, Dual Blade Master Look, to fight and ride in style and you will receive:

Are you a Dual Blade on a budget? Try the Dual Blade Advanced or Basic Look packages for smaller but no less awesome selections of equipment.

The packages will go away come August 18th but the items will last you forever!

For the ultimate in skill, try the six “Blade Packages.” Each contains a Mastery Book that boosts your skills to the ultimate level! Get one of the six different packages now and you’ll also get a 7-Day Tiger Mount, scrolls, and possibly even a new Katara weapon!

The Blade Packages too will go away on August 18, 2010 so get the Mastery Books cheap while you can!

Be the first to have the ultimate Dual Blade!

One A Day

Did you net some bargain items during the first round of the One a Day sale? Well, from July 21 to August 17, 2010, it’s round 2 of the MapleStory One a Day sale!

Imagine one amazing Cash Shop item going on sale for one day, every day at various discount rates! You’ll not only see Equip items but some of your other favorites like pets and more! Be sure to log in each day and check out the One a Day tab at the Cash Shop to purchase that day’s discount item.

Note: These items last 90 days.

Epic Changes for MapleStory Weapons

No MapleStory hero would be complete without an epic weapon with which to fight off the forces of evil! Now there are changes coming to the MapleStory weapon system that will make your weapon more epic than ever!

Here’s how it works.

Item Rank

Items are now being separated into “ranks” that will help you distinguish between common, less valuable and rarer, more valuable items.

1. Items will now have a border identifying its rarity:
   1. White border: Normal items
   2. Blue border: Rare items
   3. Purple border: Epic items
   4. Yellow border: Unique items
2. When an item drops from a monster they have a random chance to be Normal, Rare, Epic or Unique. Items ranked rare or above have “hidden potentials.”
3. A “hidden potential” item is shown with a red border.

1. 1. “Hidden potential” items can be identified by using a magnifying glass available from merchants in major towns.
   2. The following magnifying glasses are available:

i.    Basic Magnifying Glass – Can identify items up to level 30

ii.    Average Magnifying Glass – Can identify items up to level 70

iii.    Advanced Magnifying Glass – Can identify items up to levels 120

iv.    Premium Magnifying Glass – Can identify all items

Item Potential

Under this new system, some weapons now have hidden potential attributes that are randomly assigned. Normal items have their usual attributes but Rare or better items will randomly be given one to three hidden potential attributes. The higher the rank of the item the better the potential attribute will be.

Unlocking these attributes requires the use of a “Potential Scroll.”

A Normal item’s potential attribute are not visible until a Potential Scroll is used on the item. Use a Potential Scroll on the item to make it “Unidentified” then use a Magnifying Glass to reveal the potential.

All Rare rank and higher items have their potential hidden attributes visible on inspections.

Potential Scrolls can drop from monsters in the world or they can be found by using the Miracle Cube Cash Shop item. Each Miracle Cube used will yield one scroll fragment. Combine five to create a Potential Scroll and 10 to create an Advanced Potential Scroll.

Using the Miracle Cube on an identified will reduce it to an unidentified state. Reusing a Magnifying Glass will reveal a new set of Potential traits.

Click here to find out more about Miracle Cubes

The “Item Revamp” Equipment Enhancement

Item Revamps are applied to equipment when the upgrade slots are used up.
1.  Apply an Equipment Enhancement Scroll or Advanced Equipment Enhancement Scroll. Each successful use will increase the item’s stats!

2. The success rate of the scroll will decrease as the number of enhancements increases.
3. Should the enhancement fail, the item will be destroyed.

The number of yellow stars above an item’s name shows the number of successful enhancements the item has received. One star means the item now belongs to the Excellent Class and the item name will be in red in the description. Three stars mean Special Class and the item name will show in green.

We received an anonymous tip from a former DestinyMS developer urging us to post an article warning users of the alleged malicious activities of DestinyMS owner and administrator, Duncan (known to players as Shadow). Although we usually like to have more solid information before going on the words of a single person, given the growing trend of pocketing donations we feel obligated as informers of the MapleStory community to warn the community of the possible malicious intent of the DestinyMS administration.

According to our source three of DestinyMS’ PayPal accounts were locked by Nexon. Each account allegedly contained $300.00 USDs and were released after 90 days and our anonymous tipster told us the money in those accounts was not used to pay off server fees.

Duncan is now asking for donations to upgrade the server. A total of $3,850.00

Hello all you (loyal) players!

We want to upgrade our current server into a whole lot better, and we can get a good price for a good server.
But we need your help!

Current idea of Specs:
2 x Quad core E5504 2.0Ghz
32GB ram
2x300gb SAS 15k

However, we want even more if possible! have a better connection.
The current idea is that we use this as our main server, and maybe expand it. The more players we get, the ‘cheaper’ the server becomes per player. The more we can expand.

For the current plan we need about 3.000 euro (around 3850USD) to get started. There is no big rush and we can save up with money we have left over from our normal payments.
The amount might seem high, but this is for a whole year.

There are allot more options available if we manage to save up more money. So we might even open up more worlds (at possibly different rates, or not GMS alike… these options are open for discussion later). But this is just an idea.There are allot more things we could try.

But to achieve this, we need YOUR help. Considering we have over a 1000 active players (400-500 online), this would basically be an average of 4USD per player. And is entirely doable in our opinion.

To donate, contact a staff member either on forums, irc or ingame for more information.

Remember, we need your help to improve DMS. This idea is not for anytime to soon, does not have to be instant, but this is what we want to work towards.

The new site will also have improved donating implemented. Eliminating any waiting times

Regards.

DMS Administration.

Source

Allegedly Duncan is pocketing donations made by players believing their money was going to server fees (similar to a recent situation with the private Server AbideStory). It is believed this latest request for donations to upgrade the server is another ploy by Duncan to trick players into donating for the server in order to fill his bank account. We have yet to receive a comment from DestinyMS and will update this post with more information as we receive it. If you have any information regarding this article please contact us at maplenewsnetwork@gmail.com or use the contact form on our website.

Before you comment, please be aware that this post is currently based on one witness’s account and that none of this is proven. Let us know what you think.

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Attention Maplers,

All MapleStory servers will be undergoing an unscheduled server maintenance at 3:35PM Pacific (6:35PM Eastern). We have identified an issue and will be working on resolving it. We currently do not have an estimated schedule for this maintenance. We will provide regular updates as they become available. Thank you for your patience during this maintenance.

Hopefully the game will not be rolled back (again) and there will be compensation for those who purchased 2x EXP coupons and Golden Temple tickets for today’s 2x EXP event.

I know there’s a lot of anger over everything which I believe is totally fair considering the circumstances. The blame rests on Nexon and the hackers who caused this whole cluster@*%$. However, I would like to thank -Hime-, seemingly the only Nexon employee who has bothered to keep us updated on everything via Nexon forums. Please give her a big thank you if you stop by there for at least offering some type of communication to the community.

-Savage

Via -Hime- on Nexon forums:

-Hime-:

Nintendude09: While they are there, tell them to extend the ring event, just like they did with all the CASH events..

Sorry that is not something we can do on our side. Unfortunately, as much as we wanted to extend the event (and we definitely considered it) it was not possible.

Source

Hundreds of thousands of dedicated players to the MapleGlobal MapleStory version run by NEXON America in Los Angeles, California were disappointed last night when they heard the Dual Blade release was postponed a week. But, no one could expect what would happen this afternoon once the near 24-hour maintenance yielded.

ROLL BACK

Not your typical rollback usually a few minutes or a few hours but almost a week. Players (many of which who are staff members who play the game) lost their characters, their levels, their money, NX items, guilds, buddies, etc. KobeKun, a fellow writer worked hard on a level 30+ character the past few days while helping the new Maple-News guild, Repulse, in Scania. So, what happened? His character no longer exists (along with the money, items, and NX he used on it in the past few days). Savage’s character in Scania received a zakum helmet for his character and now no longer has it (after doing a zakum run which takes a lot of time and effort). Our whole guild was completely decimated after spending time and NX advertising and building friendships with people. Now they’re all gone and we have no idea how to get them back.

We understand how dire the situation was (potentially destroying the economy permanently) but the question any logical player has to ask is, “How did this happen in the first place?” What about all the hacking prevent shields (HackShield, firewalls, etc.) and server protection. These hackers were sending packets to the server and exploiting holes in the server. Although hackers were the ones who caused this whole ordeal, it was Nexon’s lack of security and haste to stop them before it got out of hand (they announced they knew about the hack a day after maplers on forums and other fan sites knew). Instead, almost every mapler has been rolled back in one way or another and many have lost items that can’t just be re-purchased and levels that took time they may not have now. Worst of all, none of this was hinted at or revealed at all by Nexon (clearly knowing it would cause an insane uproar) and a compensation they offered this:

Dear Maplers,

As you may be aware, an exploitable bug in MapleStory resulted in fake mesos being generated by malicious users. Once we identified this problem, we made the difficult decision to bring down the MapleStory servers to prevent further harm from being caused. Fake mesos increases the prices of Maple items for everyone, and this is an unacceptable activity which harms the game experience for all our players. While the servers are offline, we plan to fix the bug, remove all mesos that were falsely generated, and potentially take action against any exploiters who used this bug. Due to the severity of this issue, many accounts may be restored to a prior state. Any NX spent after the restore point will be refunded to impacted players.

Extended Maintenance
We anticipate servers will remain offline for tonight as we enter our regularly scheduled weekly maintenance period. Servers will be brought back online tomorrow morning at 6 am Pacific (9 am Eastern).

New Dual Blade Launch Date
Unfortunately, addressing this issue impacts our game development schedule, and so we’ll be pushing the Dual Blade launch date to Wednesday, July 21st. The additional time ensures that we are able to fix the current issue, and fully prepare for the Dual Blade update. We know how much our players have been looking forward to the launch of Dual Blade. We’ve had a lot of fun working on the update events, the Q&A and other activities, and we’ll continue to work to ensure a smooth release next week.

Compensation
We know that the downtime, the update delay and the bug itself is bad for our players, and so we’ll be offering a mix of compensation and events that all players can participate in.

– Cash item extension
– 5,000 Maple Points for users that logged in between 7/11/2010 and 7/13/2010.
– The Golden Temple will be available for one extra week. Golden Temple ticket items will also be available with the Golden Temple Invitation on sale and all the Golden Temple packages offering double the number of invites than before.
– Vega’s Spell will remain on sale for one extra week.
– One A Day Sale will also be extended for a week. Make sure to check out the daily item!
– 2x EXP and Drop events on the following dates:

a. Wednesday, July 14th  12 PM – 6PM Pacific Time (3 PM – 9 PM Eastern)
b. Thursday, July 15th  12 PM – 6PM Pacific Time (3 PM – 9 PM Eastern)
c. Friday, July 16th  12 PM – 6 PM Pacific Time (3 PM – 9 PM Eastern)
d. Saturday, July 17th  10 AM – 10 PM Pacific Time (1 PM – 1 AM Eastern)
e. Sunday, July 18th  10 AM – 10 PM Pacific Time (1 PM – 1 AM Eastern)

Downtime, downtime, downtime. Okay, so what about the roll backs? What about the levels? 5,000 maple points and a couple 2x EXP events and you expect us to forgive you? If you log on any world you’ll see super megaphones by users plainly saying, “Fuck you Nexon, I quit.” This is a pathetic compensation and depending on your situation it may be a good idea to quit. Clearly Nexon America does not understand the magnitude of what they’ve done and offering a 6 hour 2x EXP event every day until July 18th is not going to fix the problem. At the very least, 24 hour 2x is in order for the next week as well as a larger NX compensation and a customer service workforce dedicated to helping people who lost their items. Golden Temple tickets on sale? They should be FREE! All the events should be extended (Return of the Explorers, for example, for those who’s characters were rolled back) This is a slap in the face for a lot of maplers.

Although many of you may consider this post a rant (which it kind of is, I’ll admit it) I think everyone is a bit pissed off right now, to say the least. Post your experience with the roll back below and how you were affected.

We have rescheduled the Dual Blade release from Wednesday, July 14, 2010 to next week, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. We apologize for this rescheduling as we understand many players are excited for this momentous update. We want to ensure the update passes our quality check and we are able to deliver it with minimal difficulties. During this time we also hope to resolve some of the current game issues players have been experiencing. Please bear with us as we perform the additional necessary testing.

DAMN IT! Oh well, at least I will be on vacation for a week, so perfect timing on my view. Tell us what YOU think of Nexon’s move to reschedule Dual Blades to next week~

Source: MapleStory Official Site

A new meso exploit as come to surface recently, and it may be even worse than the last one.

This hack takes place in leafre where the etc. item “Griffey’s Horn” is found. This is the most valuable etc. item so far. What this packet hack, it duplicates the item by 4,800 and puts it into your inventory. this is done every 15 minutes, as it takes that long to duplicate, and can make you 120m every hour. There is one thing that many found out about it. Instead of making another meso virus move, Nexon decided to put an IP ban on anyone who uses whit packet editing software. At least it’s better than the hellbans people recived earlier this month. Tonight, there will be a server maintenence before the v88 DualBlade Patch to fix it. Let’s hope not another one arises after its release. Only time will tell…

This will be updated as more information comes in. (If you have any additional information that we overlooked in this post, then please notify us by commenting below or emailing us at maplenewsnetwork@gmail.com.)

This is a BIG change in the Maplestory environment. So many things changed they even held a press conference in the Grand Inter-Continental hotel about the upcoming summer patch of Korea MapleStory.

This will cover the patch on July 9, 2010. Or KMS 1.2.101. Other Patches will be covered as they come out. (If we missed anything, please comment or e-mail us.)

1. The Biggest Update of all is all Job Skill changes. Everything has been either revamped or downgraded. Please look at these posts to see the ones that has been changed:

First Change

Second Change

Third Change

Forth Change

From ME- “I can say this is a netural change. It is good and it is bad for all the jobs.” {NETURAL}

2. In KMS. In the first update, EVERYONE gets ONE SP scroll for free. So you can reset all your skills and get ready for your big adventure into the new land.

From ME- “Thanks, you at least care about your players. It is going to be a tough time just trying to kill the newly updated monsters with the current skills. They care.” Thumbs up (1)

3.  Notice the UI (user interface), it changed. It sorta looks more like the interface from a certain computer OS.

Before the Patch >>> After the Patch

From ME- “Great now people wouldn’t be bored when they play. This will give this game a bit of substance and I believe they did a good job revamping their UI.” Thumbs up (2)

4. Along with the UI (User Interface), the second picture with the skills and the ability points have gotten raised. If you can notice the status changed. Using this picture I’ll explain:

Attack – 1999~3574 -> 3575~5107 a big increase in stats, and look there were no changes in either STR, DEX, INT, or LUK.

Everything else such as defense, accuracy, avoidably and other stats had increased.

The new formula KMS had implemented after the patch had changed the damage and other status, which makes them either higher or lower.

In KMS, everyone starts out with a 5% critical rate. This can be increased by skills like holy attractions, Critical Combo and Sharp Eyes (just naming a few).

Now, every character can apply damage critically. Look at this character, he can hit a critical 9. Imagine the possibilities with any job. This isn’t restricted for thieves and Bowmen anymore.

They also had implemented a EXP curve to make people level up faster!

(They had also changed how they show the exp.)

Before the Patch >>> After the Patch

From ME- “Great now everyone has a new power boost and now all we can all hit at extraordinary damage without leveling at least five times to get the same damage ratio.” Thumbs up (3)

5. The famous party quests which helped almost every Mapler until the rise of the Monster Carnival has become revolutionize in the NEW patch. Here’s the change:

Some of the party quests were completely changed. Most of the party quests had tweaks here and there to make them much shorter for people.

- First Accompaniment: Lv.20 ~ Lv.200
- Cracked Dimension : Lv.30 ~ Lv.200
- Forest of Poison Fog : Lv.40 ~ Lv.200
- Remnants of Goddess : Lv.50 ~ Lv.200
- Pirate Davy Jones : Lv.60 ~ Lv.200
- Romeo and Juliet : Lv.70 ~ Lv.200
- Resurrection of the Hob King : Lv.80 ~ Lv.200

Bit of an update of Ludibrum PQ, (Cracked Dimension). If you ever experienced LPQ, then you know that the most time-consuming part of the quest is stage 8.

This is LPQ, Stage 8 before. Background: In Stage 8, “The aim of this stage is to get the right combination of boxes which will crack the wall, you will need 5 members to complete this stage, if not, then you must start the quest all over again.”

Now in KMS, to clear a stage, you get a problem like ex (400+140-72 =?) = 468 then three people go on the numbers 4, 6 and 8. Then you can clear. You do NOT need 5 people anymore, and this takes around 3 minutes depending on how your math skills are.

So all you need to do is to reach the lowest required level and then you can PQ all you want after that.

In all the party quests, the bonus stage has been replaced with a special “pick-what-you-want” reward. But you better pick your chest fast before someone else does.

From ME- “This is another great thing. I don’t have to keep committing suicide after a party quest just to gain all the rewards before I level up out of the party quest requirements. And now, I can finish party quests very quickly, so more rewards and a new adventure.” Thumps up (4)

6. Ever wanted to know what your ranking is inside the game? Well now KMS has built in an integration within the game.

From ME- “Okay… I mean, I don’t really care if people know that I am better than them. This is a “quote” useless feature for me. But it is useful for some…so.” {NETURAL}

(Start to get disappointed.)

7.  In this KMS release, they had reset a lot of current quests throughout the Maple World, now people need to redo the quests they had taken a lot of time for.

From ME- “Uh…okay. I still have my prior experience. But now thanks guys, I have to redo those useless quests once again.” Thumps down (1)

(For now this post will be updated as more news come in.)

SUMS IT UP!

Now your not dreaming, and your not being deceive. THIS WAS NOT PHOTOSHOPED!

Yes, a level 17 hitting against a Mushmom. A level 17 is giving 55 damage, and only getting 52 back from this (once*) fearsome boss.

What you saw was not in illusion. A level 17 killing a Mushmom. This tells you that monsters have dramatically changed and every character now can kill once* deadly monsters.

My Reaction when i first saw this- “OMFG! WHAT THE @&%*$#!”

Summary:

So far, for me. They have four good changes, one bad change, and two that is netural. This is in my opinion. What do you think? Am I wrong by giving too much credit to KMS, or vice-versa. Please comment below, tell me what you think. Go!

Credits:

To Spadow for all the images and his work getting the Big Bang Trailer on Youtube.

http://spadow.wordpress.com/

http://www.basilmarket.com/

http://hidden-street.net

Skill data courtesy of Fiel @ Southperry.net

Adventurer

Crusader, Hero:
- Attack Chance’s damage rate increased from 120% to 125%
- Brave Slash’s damage increased from 200% to 210%
- Enrage’s damage bonus increased from 50% to 60%

White Knight, Paladin:
- Flame Charge reduced from 135% to 130%
- Ice Charge reduced from 130% to 120%
- Lightning Charge reduced from 130% to 125%
- Combat Orders now requires level 5 Restoration
- Blast damage reduced from 700% to 280%. It now attacks 1 mob 3 times at all levels. The probability of instant death is reduced from 15% to 10%
- Divine Charge reduced from 145% to 135%
- Heaven’s Hammer damage increased from 1100% to 1400%

Dragon Knight, Dark Knight:
- Crusher and Fury are changed to have a pinkish/purple hue at level 150.

- Crusher’s damage reduced from 150% to 140%
- Sacrifice’s damage increased from 650% to 690% (hahaha – they still didn’t fix the formula hahaha)
- Dragon Roar’s HP reduction reduced from 20% to 5%. Its damage is increased from 280% to 580%. This skill now has a cooldown. Level 1 cooldown is 25 seconds and level 30 cooldown is 10 seconds.
- Dark Force (aka Berzerk) gives a pinkish/purple hue at level 150

- Beholder’s Buff WATK reduced from 40 to 35

F/P Mage, Archmage:
- Stun probability (subProp) of Teleport Mastery has been increased
- Ifrit’s damage increased from 360% to 400%
- Magic Mastery (4th job) now increases magic attack by +20%

I/L Mage, Archmage:
- Stun probability (subProp) of Teleport Mastery has been increased
- Magic Mastery (4th job) now increases magic attack by +20%

Priest, Bishop:
- Stun probability (subProp) of Teleport Mastery has been increased
- Magic Mastery (4th job) now increases magic attack by +20%

Bowmaster:
- Phoenix can now stun at an 80% rate for 1 second.

Marksman:

- Ultimate Strafe’s icon changed. It just shows the traditional strafe icon but with six arrows instead of four.

Buccaneer, Viper:
- Stun Mastery’s probability increased from 25% to 30%
- Barrage’s damage increased from 342% to 362%
- Energy Orb’s damage increased from 760% to 780%
- Demolition’s damage increased from 380% to 410%

Captain:
- Battleship now gives WATK. At max level, it gives +20 WATK.
- Cannon’s critical rate increased from 15% to 20%

Evan

- Soul stone’s cooldown reduced from 10 minutes to 6 minutes. HP recovery upon revival increased from 50% to 60%

Nexon Korea just made a move only known to be made by Nexon America.

Dual Blade is coming up and it’s coming up fast! We’ve answered some more questions Curious Maplers are inquiring about Dual Blade. If you missed our first Dual Blade Questions & Answers, you can find it here. Q: How do you make a Dual Blade character?
A: There will be a button, just like with Aran, Evan, and Cygnus Knights, to create a Dual Blade character. It is an explorer but we gave it its own button so you can’t miss it.

Q: What are the skills like for Dual Blade?
A: Dual Blade will have fast, slashing, stabbing, and assassination skills, similar to the traditional Thief class. They will also have their own type of haste, endure, and blade booster skills. They will also have unique skills such as Mirror Imaging and Sudden Death for one hit kills. Dual Blade characters will be quite powerful in the Maple World.

Q: Will the Dual Blade Cash Shop shareable with Explorers?
A: Dual Blade characters will not be able to share their Cash Shop.

Q: Can Dual Blade characters enter Crimsonwood Keep Party Quest?
A: We haven’t made changes to the Crimsonwood Keep Party Quest to allow additional classes. Only the main Explorer classes will be able to participate. This does not mean that this will remain this way forever.

Yeah, until the numorous balence patches after it’s release…

A new hacking phenomenon has been going around lately. There have been several reported cases of this new “virus” in almost every single server and world. The new meso hack involves the Meso Donation Box NPC in almost every town. With this hack, if one were to insert a negative amount of mesos, for example, negative 2,147,483,347, one would recive 2,147,483,347 mesos instead of losing all of that. With this new craze, one may exploit it and recive well over 100 billion mesos. Making a “smart” move, Nexon decided to not ban the hackers, but to unleash a hellban. This hellban spread like a virus, affecting anyone and everyone who comes in contact with these illegal mesos. The hellban prevented you from trading, selling, buying, and anything else that allowed an exchange of items or mesos. The only known way so far to get un-hellbanned is to submit a ticket to Nexon and wait 2 days to 6 months, depending on how fast they act. However, besides unleashing a hellban virus, Nexon has eliminated the souce of the porblem and patched it in the unscheduled server maintenance of July 5th. So far, there have been many reports of Nexon containing and eliminating these “virus mesos,” but few to none have been confirmed.

-Hime- said:

Dear Maplers,

Recently, we were alerted to a rise in mesos being introduced into MapleStory through an exploit. We have fixed this exploit and are actively working on stopping the spread of these mesos by investigating those who were involved. Players who used the exploit and those who are directly associated with it have been banned. We understand some players may not be directly associated but may have potentially obtained some mesos or have had their items bought with illegitimate mesos in the Free Market. These players have been trade blocked to prevent the spread of the exploited mesos. We assure you the trade block is temporary and will only remain in effect as we investigate. It is not permanent. Current players that are not trade blocked will not be subjected to the investigation or further action. You are safe to sell and buy from the Free Market without the repercussions of this exploit. We will reach a resolution shortly. If you feel you have been mistakenly blocked, please send us a ticket through our support system immediately.

Also, as a safety precaution to the exploit please keep these tips in mind.

- Do not take large sums of mesos from strangers.

- If a player offers you something that sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

- Avoid suspicious players and offers. Suspicious players try to off load non-legitly obtained items to avoid getting caught.

Thank you as we work on keeping MapleStory safe for all.

-The MapleStory Staff-

Do you think that you’ve been wrongfully hellbanned? Use the following form and submit it to Nexon.

Dear Nexon Representatives,

I am _(insert character name)_ from _(insert server)_. I have recently been banned from trading and faming other characters. I also cannot find myself on Nexon’s rankings. I assume that I have been banned for having mesos exploited from the Dalair glitch. I would like my case reviewed and for appropriate action to take place so that I may resume playing MapleStory. I thank you for your time and energy spent in this endeavor.

Sincerely,

_(insert name here)_

Was this a smart move from Nexon to unleash a hellban “virus”? Write your comments below and tell us what you think~

UPDATE!

Servers currently infected: Scania, Windia, Galicia, Khaini, Broa, Bera, Demethos, Yellonde, Bellocan and Mardia. Write below if your server isn’t on this list.

 1 More Day until the first Big Bang update! 

UI changed~  

 

Here are more images of the updated UI. 

  

  

  

  

▲ Charater make up  

  

  

▲ In the test server the level requirement for several party quests were changed. Players who are Lv. 200 or less can play as well.
If you want to complete a PQ, click one in the Mirror of Dimension UI and you’ll be warped to a map which depends of the choice you made.  

For example) I want to play with my friends at Kerning PQ. I click the icon in the UI and I’ll be warped to a map with NPC Lakelis. This is way faster than traveling all the way to Kerning City and talk to Lakelis.  

Zakum’s level was changed from 140 to 110.
Berserk Maha’s (Aran’s spirit) level was changed from 140 to 120.  

Last but not least, here are the skill changes. ▼ 
 

  

Valkyrie:
- Cooldown of Lucky Dice  reduced from 300 seconds to 200 seconds. Appears that delays were increased. 

Hero:
- Brave Slash’s damage increased from 190% to 200%. Horizontal range reduced from 200 to 175 pixels.  

White Knight:  

Effect: Affected:    

- Combat Orders got a proper animation  

Dragon Knight, Dark Knight:
- Crusher now works with final attack. Range increased from 150% range to 180% range. A new animation was added. Once you reach level 120, Crusher becomes an orange color:  

- Fury’s damage decreased from 380% to 360%. A new animation was added. Once you reach level 120, Fury becomes a red color:  

  

- Dragon Blood’s weapon attack increased from 20 to 25.
- Dark Force is completely changed. Now, as long as you stay above 30% HP, you add 60% to (overall?) damage and 1 additional attack count on Crusher (so it will hit 3 mobs 4 times). There is no defense reduction.  

Cleric:
- Heal was changed. They added a new variable, “u”, which is equal to 5 at all levels.- Blessing MATK and WATK reduced from 22 to 15. Do these guys really know what they’re doing?  

Shadower:
- Boomerang Step now hits more mobs at lower levels.  

Infighter:
- Cooldown of Lucky Dice reduced from 300 seconds to 200 seconds. Appears that delays were increased.

 Source: Spadow’s Blog