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Fairness and Anti-Bot Design

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Fairness is essential, especially in a blockchain ecosystem, where real money and digital assets are at stake.

It is no secret that MapleStory has long fought an ongoing war against bots, which exploit unfair advantages by operating hundreds or even thousands of accounts simultaneously. This undermines the hard work of legitimate players, especially in MapleStory, where active gameplay has a significant impact on account progression.

Across various MapleStory titles, including MSN, GMS, KMS, and MSEA, teams have consistently worked to combat botting as new automation methods emerge. However, the issue remains deeply rooted in the game’s 20-year-old design. Fundamentally solving it would require aggressive measures that could disrupt core gameplay and alienate players, altering the nostalgic experience that draws them to the game in the first place.

That’s why PetStory is built from the ground up to minimize multi-accounting and botting advantages while ensuring that genuine player progression remains rewarding and meaningful.

Core Beliefs​

We believe that:

  • Owning more wallets should not provide an advantage.
  • Owning more pets or items should.
  • Investing time or money should result in visible progress.
  • Active play should offer minor benefits but never be mandatory for success.
  • Casual players should still be able to enjoy the full game experience.

Competitive Fairness​

To uphold fair play across all systems:

  • All attempt limits, event rewards, and shop caps scale per pet rather than per wallet, ensuring fair play and mitigating multi-account abuse.
  • NFTs are required to be staked with a lock period to be utilised in game.
  • Our primary gameplay loop revolves around idle resource generation and strategic optimization of NFT pets and equipment for PvE and PvP, inherently limiting the benefits of botting.
  • All critical game data will be stored and validated on our servers.

Since PetStory is idle, in-game rewards or microtransactions will primarily be expressed through time-based advantages — such as time skips, temporary boosts, material gains or access to exclusive PvP brackets. Players who invest more (whether through time, strategy, or monetary) will naturally gain a progression edge, but not dominance.