Controversy over the probability manipulation of Maple Story additional options spread to the US and Europe.
MapleStory North American Community Reddit, when suspicion that the probability of additional options has been manipulated not only in Korea but also in foreign countries, Nexon America admitted that there is a problem with the probability of additional options in (Global) MapleStory operated outside Korea on the 25th.
Nexon plans to compensate Maple Story users in foreign countries following Korea. CM Ghiblee, a global Maple Story operator (CM), said through Reddit, “We are discussing the compensation plan as briefly mentioned in the (Apple) post.” CM Ghibli explained, “We deeply apologize for the bonus stats (additional options are given) and the ability issues, and we will update the detailed compensation plan for the logic (probability calculation method) problem as soon as it is confirmed.”
On the 20th, Nexon admitted to the error about the probability of additional options. When the news was delivered to Reddit, users in the US and Europe also raised suspicions of manipulating the probability of additional options. Reddit users revealed the probability and mechanism of granting additional options, such as the Flame of Reincarnation (item with additional options) used in Global Maple Story, to Nexon America on the 23rd (Korean time), and whether there is a system problem related to the probability type item unique to Global Maple Story. , And requested the announcement of the compensation plan.
Reddit user audiofeels said, “(Global MapleStory) users continue to purchase patches related to the flame of reincarnation in the upcoming Maplestory in Korea without knowing that it can save enormously.” We look forward to telling them about the current state of the game, providing transparency about the service and communicating with us.”
Currently, Reddit users’ reactions to Nexon America’s apology are different. Some users, including Reddit user AnimatedJesus, said, “(The update of Korea and Global MapleStory differs by about 6 months.) I am happy to see the change coming now, not 6 months. Thank you (to the management team),” he asked when he could check the statistics related to probability.
On the contrary, some users, such as hijere, doubted, “They (Nexon) have messed up the work (probability-type item-related problem),” and “I am curious when the Maple Story team will be able to do it properly.” Another user, MistahDocTah, drew a line, “I don’t think Nexon is sincerely sorry for this.”
Global Maple Story plans to not only thoroughly investigate the entire probability system in the game, but also develop a system that can monitor the actual application of the probability system in the game to prevent similar problems in the future. A Nexon official said, “We will prepare detailed compensation plans and notify global Maple Story users.”
Global Maple Story is a service distributed by Nexon America and Steam, a game software distributor, and was created in 2016 when South American servers and European servers were integrated into North American and Australian servers. Global Maple Story has its own character specification up system and paid items compared to Korea Maple Story, and has been evaluated as having a higher character growth limit and more fun in growth.
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