It seems World and raid bosses escaped the confines of the launch schedule! Players have been going at the bosses early, with some even getting Mogu’Shan Palace bosses down!
Blizzard quickly addressed the issue and disabled the bosses. They also removed the ill-gotten gains from players and suspended them! The suspensions are only a few hours long, but will keep those players out of the raid when it launches for a while. The World Bosses will be activated early, however, going live at the same time as the raid. They will not have tier 14 drops until next week’s reset, however.
Due to an issue earlier today, players were briefly able to encounter World Bosses in Mists of Pandaria Classic ahead of their originally scheduled release. We quickly returned the game to its intended state, and we’re now going to release World Bosses early for everyone. Sha of Anger and Galleon will become available again starting today when the Mogu’shan Vaults raid opens properly at 3:00 p.m. PDT.
Please note: The World Bosses did not have the ability to drop Tier 14 raid gear when they were briefly available earlier today, and they will not drop Tier 14 gear until after the first weekly content reset following the release of the Heart of Fear raid. We advise players to not use bonus rolls on Sha of Anger unless you’re hoping for PvP gear. Again, Sha of Anger will not drop any PvE gear until the first weekly content reset following the Heart of Fear raid.
Mogu’Shan Vaults
Due to the same bug earlier today, the Mogu’shan Vaults raid was briefly accessible to players before being closed, and a very small group of players were able to kill bosses inside. To address this, we’ve identified all of the accounts that gained early access to the raid and were found to have killed a boss, and all have been temporarily suspended. The suspensions are long enough to keep them out for a few hours—a timeframe that will include the first clears of Mogu’shan Vaults.
We take fair play seriously. We believe that this is a case where the open raid was clearly unintended, and those who exploit such situations should gain no advantage from doing so.
