Follow up action

Hi Chris,

First of all, Asiasoft would like to thank you for your continuing support of our products and in particular MapleSEA.

We understand your frustration towards the gameplay mechanic flaws regarding the unfairness of certain players hogging the Horned Tail boss raids. We are pleased to inform you that after extensive discussions with the Nexon developers, we will be implementing new rules in the upcoming update patch ver0.91.

In patch v0.91, the following 2 rules are implemented to better facilitate fairness of gameplay in the community of MapleSEA.
Implementation of NEW Horned Tail Rules
1. Minimum number of Squad Members required to start a Horned Tail session has been increased to 12, instead of the former 6 squad members.
2. Upon the completion of each stage, a 15 minute timer will be activated. All squad members will have to move on to the next map within 15 minutes, failing which all users will be teleported to Leafre Town after the time limit.
The 1st rule will make map hoggers spend more time looking for extra people to join in order to enter the boss map.
The 2nd rule will ensure that after defeating the boss, users will have to leave the cave within 15minutes, else they will be sent back to town.
Rest assured that we at Asiasoft are always exploring new ways to continually improve our games for the betterment of the community in order to provide maximum enjoyment to all our users. In the meantime, there will be another upcoming patch in MapleSEA whereby stricter rules will be implemented regarding the HT Boss raid. However, due to the tight schedule between Nexon and Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd, we are unable to roll out all the rules in the v0.91 patch.
We seek your kind understanding and cooperation as we work towards promoting MapleSEA to be the best online game in South East Asia whilst providing maximum enjoyment to all our customers.
Regards,
Elvin xxx

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~my reponse~~~~~~~~~~
thanks for the response, however as noted by many, its a partial fix.
a) does it stop someone who has 12 mules in ht to camp. there must be a check to ensure all 12 are ONLINE prior to being able to enter
sabcal was able to log out and relog in 6 mules to block ht with only 2 pcs, its just a matter of time he borrows mule accounts from people to make it to 12.

in addition to making a check to ensure at least 12 registrants are online prior to being allowed to enter,
you should make a check to ensure anyone who registers for HT squad must have a ht ticket, thus ensuring any crasher must hunt manon cries and all the other quest items to get the ht ticket, instead of the current crashing method of having 11 mules who simply stay in ht cave while only 1 main character obtains the ht ticket and is the SOLE person to enter ht cave.

b) does your current fix stop anyone from not summoning the prehead1? (I've not tested this)

c) does your current fix stop anyone from summoning the prehead1, and climb the rope to avoid all attacks, thus allowing an effective 12hr parking in HT cave?

All legitimate 30 man squads can take down prehead1 in less than 10 minutes, having a 15 minute timer to both SUMMON and KILL prehead1 will effectively stop ht camping by ht map crashers.