Nexon's idle mobile game Maple Grow has identified the specific cause of a recent dispute over attack speed not being applied and announced compensation.

On Jan. 26, the industry said Nexon provided details in a notice on the direction of changes to the attack speed system and its compensation plan. Users had complained that even after boosting attack speed stats through paid purchases, there was no change in actual performance in a certain range (66.76 percent to 99.99 percent).

Nexon explained that the issue arose when it set a maximum number of frames for attack motions per second to ensure stable gameplay. It said simply raising the frame rate could sharply increase processing and cause device overheating and stuttering. The operator apologised, saying there was never any intention to deliberately restrict attack speed stats.

As a solution, it proposed introducing a "correction system". The system accumulates time that could not be applied immediately due to frame limits and reflects it in the next skill activation time. Nexon said that once introduced, the system can ensure device stability while reflecting attack speed differences in combat down to 0.1 percent units. The change is set to be applied in an update on Jan. 29.

It also moved to appease users. Nexon will immediately grant all users 50 "Miracle Cubes" and 50,000 "Medals of Honor", and promised additional compensation for users who used resources related to attack speed. Based on the amount used before the Jan. 29 update, it will refund 3 percent of Miracle Cubes, 3 percent of Additional Cubes and 6 percent of Medals of Honor.

Nexon also said it will introduce a job change system and expand the maximum capacity per server through the Jan. 29 update. It added that it plans to release a PC version within the first quarter of this year.

Maple Grow is a game jointly developed by Nexon and Able Games, and has been gaining popularity, including ranking first in sales on the two major app markets shortly after its release in November last year.