MapleStory N Intensifies Anti-Cheat Measures in Two-Week-Old Crypto MMORPG
Avalanche L1-based Crypto MMORPG MapleStory N announced today it has implemented aggressive monitoring and sanctions to combat cheating, banning 6,531 accounts in the last 24 hours alone.
Robust Monitoring System
The development team stated, “With ongoing updates to the automated system, more than 200 detections and corresponding restrictive measures are now being processed every hour,” reports from the developers note.
Source code and documentation confirm these measures are complemented by “thorough manual reviews based on user reports and submitted evidence.”
Targeting Multi-Faceted Abuse
MapleStory N is actively monitoring for several types of suspicious activity:
- Bot accounts designed to automate gameplay and farm rewards
- Cheaters misusing security tools or attempting simultaneous play across multiple devices
- Patterns including “mass logins, rapid character creation, [and] unusual trading and leveling activity”
Industry-Wide Challenge in Crypto Gaming
In the realm of crypto games, financial incentives often drive botting—the practice of automating game activities to collect reward tokens or NFTs for external sale—a challenge more acute than in traditional gaming.
Unlike conventional games where cheating might pursue glory or convenience, crypto botters typically seek rapid financial extraction rather than engagement with the game’s core experience.
Reputational Impact and Funding Health
Cheating from bots can depress revenues from genuine players and undermine game economies. For instance, Pixels, another Ronin-using crypto MMORPG facing years-long botting issues, recently reported achieving a positive fund flow (“more deposits than withdrawals”) for the first time this month, partly due to its persistent anti-bot campaigns designed to protect genuine players’ experiences.
Ongoing System Refinement
MapleStory N acknowledges the need to refine its systems further, stating plans to “reduce the amount of false positives” where genuine users may be incorrectly flagged.
