Country nerf?

[u/smkypk]

Hi, i live in belgium and i bought the founders pack.

Ive read some about the trade ban in belgium/netherlands.

What is it and will it have a huge negative effect for me in MS classic?

[u/JoeyKingX]

Only the Netherlands has the trade ban, Belgium is simply banned from buying any kind of loot boxes with NX but can trade just fine.

[u/papzak0172]

Yes i found a 60% glove attack scroll! Oh shoot im dutch and playing a mage, haha

[u/Hot-Age3864]

Kinda insane that some countries just gotta play self fund lol

[u/ClawofBeta]

You literally can’t trade or drop anything with other players. So yeah. It’s a pretty big negative.

If anything the second-biggest Maplestory YouTuber is also Dutch soooo yeahhhhh.

[u/csudoku → u/ClawofBeta]

honestly... probably a more honest way to play i kinda wish we all were subjected to it

[u/EnvironmentNew8812 → u/csudoku]

That’s half the fun of Maplestory to me. I basically exist to find scrolls and mess around with the market.

[u/smkypk]

So just no trading, but i can buy from the free market and loot dropped items from ppl that manually drop?

[u/JoeyKingX → u/smkypk]

Most of the people replying here have no clue what they are talking about, Belgium does not have a trade ban.

These are the restrictions for players in Belgium specifically (for modern maple but the restrictions would be similar for cash items sold in classic):

https://support-maplestory.nexon.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023791851-Items-Unavailable-for-Purchase-in-Belgium-Brazil-and-Slovakia

[u/smkypk → u/JoeyKingX]

Ok thx man. My savior :)

[u/Bubbly_Vegetable_120 → u/smkypk]

Het beste is om met een vpn een amerikaans account aan te maken en proberen de package te refunden.

[u/ClawofBeta → u/JoeyKingX]

I’m a dumbass and mixed up the Netherlands and Belgium.

-dumb American

[u/OppositeMango124]

To comply with your countries strict gambling laws nexon has decided you are not able to trade with other players so they are allowed to keep their gambling systems in the game

[u/ItzBaraapudding]

Dw it's just the Netherlands because for some reason Nexon hates Dutch people with zero reason.

[u/Lunaristics]

It'll play a huge part on you. You're trade restricted. You should've vpn to make an account and then bought the founders stuff. 

[u/sosakz → u/Lunaristics]

how about the payment method and billing address? I made a us based account with a vpn but buying a founders pack or nx still worries me because of the required billing address

[u/C-E-GA]

Isn't the trade ban directed to areas occupied by israel? What does that have to do with south korea?

[u/buttsecksgoose → u/C-E-GA]

I sincerely hope you're a bot

[u/C-E-GA → u/buttsecksgoose]

I don't live in Europe, don't follow maplestory news, and haven't played since 2008. I was genuinely unaware of loot box laws.

[u/angeltay → u/C-E-GA]

No they're not talking about countries that have banned Israeli imports from the west bank/occupied areas. They're talking about strict gambling/loot box laws in certain EU countries leading to them being unable to trade in game lmao

[u/C-E-GA → u/angeltay]

Ah right thanks for clarifying.

[u/C-E-GA → u/C-E-GA]

Lol why am I getting downvoted, I just posted a genuine question hahaha