Due to a bug, the community around the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Classic DLC briefly had the opportunity to prematurely raid the Mogu'Shan Vaults. Blizzard decided to suspend all players who took advantage of this.
Blizzard Entertainment has once again found itself in the line of fire from its own fans. Due to a mistake by the devs, players of the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Classic expansion gained early access to the Mogu’Shan Vaults, which was exploited by a small group of people. Blizzard treated this as a violation of the rules and... punished all the participants of the raid.
[...] 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 - says the comment of the community manager nicknamed Kaivax, shared on the Blizzard forum.
Although the suspension lasted only a few hours, its justification wasn't well received by the community. Most forum users think the punishment was too harsh (even "absurd"), and the blame for the prematurely conducted raid lies with the creators. Even people who think the players mentioned shouldn't exploit the bugs feel that Blizzard overreacted with their response. After the official launch of the Mogu'Shan Vaults, the Numen guild finished the raid in just 36 minutes.
Mists of Pandaria Classic is an expansion to World of Warcraft Classic, which was released on July 21st this year.
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