Notice Clarity about recent bug abuse

We have recently found out that a substantial part of the Horntail entering mechanism was consistently exploited. The past few days have been quite hectic, and we'd like to give everyone some clarity on what happened.

A small oversight in one of the NPC scripts allowed people to skip the required transformation pre-quest. In fact, it made it possible to warp inside the cave from anywhere in the Maple World. With this bug, organizing and entering Horntail runs becomes a number of magnitudes easier. This bug was in fact reported to us right away.

As a result of a very busy schedule (exams), Gi was unable to fix the bug right as it was reported. He had already invested a portion of his time fixing a connecting error that made Horntail attempts impossible. Now, with the first exam one day away, he trusted that this bug would not get abused in the nearby future.

We were shocked to see that this bug was actually consistently exploited by the same group of individuals that reported it to us in the first place. Despite being warned that what was reported is indeed a bug and that it wasn't allowed in subsequent runs.

We were able to generate a rough list of abusers. These accounts have until now been temporarily blocked for further investigation, as well as to give us time to decide what to do. The abuse affects the most end-game content found in MapleLegends, and thus is quite severe.

Moreover, we also realised that some people were falsely informed that this bug was somehow allowed (a lie that spread very far). As such, only the individuals that have reported the bug and were explicitly told not to use it on future runs will be account banned. The other people that currently have their accounts blocked will be unbanned after the maintenance.

All items and skills of runs where fraud was committed will be wiped. This is a painful decision, not only for you, but also for us. We realize that many people have worked very hard towards bringing down Horntail, and have succeeded in that goal quite beautifully. However, fact remains that a large portion of the completed Horntail runs were a result of fraudulent entering mechanics.​

Moral of the story: Glitch and/or bug abuse is never allowed. If anyone states otherwise, they're probably lying and you should definitely check with the MapleLegends Staff, as we may not be aware of the glitch/bug. However, by purposely glitch/bug abusing you do not only punish yourself, but also others. If you want to try your luck abusing a glitch/bug, don't drag other people with you. The truth will out.