Quote (Bill05 @ 21 Aug 2017 21:47)
I was GM and Raid leader of a guild on Ysera that beat Midwinter to Realm first 4 tower Flame Leviathan in Ulduar. Midwinter at the time was like a top 20 World guild if I recall correctly. We found a glitch that allowed us to pull the boss out of the boss area and would allow us to zerg kill him without any of the adds or towers activating where we pulled him to.
We were reported, all 25 of us who earned the 4 tower achievement were banned for 7 days. I spent hours in support chat and on the phone to eventually have all the bans lifted and they banned just my account for 7 days since I took responsibility for it as the Raid leader.
Mad props for taking the fall for your guild! I remember that fight was so buggy on Ulduar release. It was a mess.
Your story reminds me a bit of Ensidia when they used Saronite Bombs to prevent the edges of the ICC Arthas fight arena from collapsing, effectively rendering the Valkyrie grabs none lethal.
Allegedly they only discovered it because their rogues used the bombs in their rotation for bleeding edge DPS. But decided to keep using it when they saw the exploitation advantages.
I believe they also got a 7 day ban IIRC, though in this case I think they all had to take it.