Nexon’s PC game’Maple Story’ was suspicious of manipulating the probability of item addition options. The photo shows the item’Fire of reincarnation’ that stands at the center of controversy. /Photo = Online community capture
Nexon’s PC game’Maple Story’ was suspicious of manipulating the probability of item addition options.
On the 19th, a statement urging Nexon to clarify and apologize regarding the suspicion of manipulation of probability was spread around online communities such as Inven.
▲Announcement of any errors in additional options ▲Disclosure of data before and after the probability change ▲Prevent the use and sale of additional’fire of reincarnation’ until the error is corrected ▲An apology and recurrence prevention measures must be prepared and announced ▲ Establish a definite compensation plan ▲ Disclosing detailed probabilities ▲ Maintain communication channels at all times to restore trust between consumers and management.
The suspicion of such probability manipulation was raised by an article posted on the official website by Nexon. On the 18th, on the official website of Nexon, an article titled’Client 1.2.11 Series’ was posted, and it was modified so that all kinds of additional options that can be given to items are given with’same probability’.
The problem is that most users have already assumed that additional options are being given with the same probability. However, the post that Nexon posted on this day was interpreted to mean that it was not given with the same probability until before, causing users to anger.
There was a series of articles saying that’Fire of Reincarnation’, an item that gives additional options to the actual equipment, has a better value for the additional option on the test server than on this server. However, in the item introduction, it was stated that the additional option values are given’randomly’ from a minimum of 1 to a maximum of 5.
Nexon’s MMORPG’Mabinogi’, which was previously released in 2004, was also engulfed in the same controversy, causing distrust of users. Some users gathered attention by mobilizing trucks at the Nexon Pangyo headquarters at the time. The netizens responded through this situation and related communities, such as, “This time, it seems like a forkrain should go, not a truck,” “I will create a parking lot in front of Nexon. I’m thinking of building a few trucks.”
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