I’m fairly certain that Clanta is innocent. For him, there is no good reason to do so, and it just doesn’t make sense.
He cannot possibly have an Arcane weapon.
Let’s say he did do the exploit on his Night Lord. Since he is a regular streamer on Twitch, it would be difficult for him to hide or explain an abnormal amount of Butterfly Droplets (BD) in his inventory and would arouse suspicion.
For obtaining the Arcane River Droplets (ARD), I don’t remember how long it took me, but I had maxed out my Lacheln symbol and obtained a total of 194 (or 196) ARD. Another user had obtained 200+ when his Lacheln symbol maxed out. If I remember correctly, Clanta’s Lacheln symbol was at most level 10. The only other character he has that can access Lacheln is his Cannoneer, but I think the level is in the low 22x, and if it obtained ARD, then very few. He would not have too many ARD and could not possibly make a weapon anyway.
You could say “oh, but maybe he made BW/Blaster/Kinesis mules and mass farmed them”, but as a regular streamer on Twitch, I feel like this would be difficult to cover up. It would be suspicious if he didn’t want to show his characters. Also I don’t know the time it takes to get one of those characters to 22x+, do a bit of farming, then deletion of the character, but it seems like it would take a while to start up, and this would be difficult to maintain especially if he was regularly streaming.
Besides, even if he had obtained enough ARD stashed up somewhere, his BD is the limiting factor.
Let’s take this a step further, saying he did exploit exactly 24 (or 16 for an armor piece for some reason) and had enough ARD. Then what? Sure, having it right now would be nice, but he would have the equip sitting in his inventory just gathering dust. It would never be used until the right time, and accidentally hovering over it in a livestream would be disastrous.
“What if he did it on another character on his account e.g his Cannoneer?”
Well this one wouldn’t make much sense. The only characters (that I know of) that he plays are his Night Lord, Cannoneer and maybe Kinesis. The Kinesis isn’t that high up there, and he hardly plays his Cannoneer. Besides, even if it’s on some other character and he has to log on it, there would be suspicion if there’s an Arcane weapon on it.
“Exploited on a character in another server?”
Refer to his OP.
Unless his urge for gratification for having the best weapon in the game supersedes a community, friends and reputation he has built from Reboot and the MapleStory Twitch community, I believe Clanta would never consider taking advantage of this exploit.
Reasons for Ban
Building on the premise that he was banned along with someone else who had a similar looking name to him, this is not out there. Ever since the Rhinne fiasco (if I remember correctly: banning based on video supplied evidence which was NEVER done before), Nexon (for me at least) has lost some credibility, so every single little reason (as silly as it may sound) should not be dismissed.
Another reason I can think of is, what if he got hacked, and someone did the exploit on his account to get him banned? This sounds farfetched but could be possible. If so, this would be scary. I don’t have much to go off on this, but it’s something to consider.
TL;DR: he could not have a weapon (or other Arcane piece) on him, even if he did, it would not make sense to have it now as he regularly streams and would be caught. Could have done on another character on his account, but highly unlikely because again, possession of Arcane gear on another character caught on livestream is bad. May have been banned for having a similar IGN to a hacker/exploiter, could have been hacked and someone exploited on his character to get him banned.
I believe Clanta is innocent. I do not know him very well, but I believe he is smart enough to not consider such exploits with so much at stake. He has a fairly large circle of friends within the Reboot server, from the beginning and in recent times. He has also built up a large community, and is well-respected and trusted among it.
If a player is banned for something they didn’t do, or for good reason then this is scary for all players.
