Summary
World of Warcraftjust came down hard on RAoV Quality Assurance, a guild that somehow managed to kill Mythic Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine well ahead of the race to world first by using exploits. Though the guild has seemingly been scrubbed and the Hall of Fame victory cleared, evidence of theWorld of Warcraftcheaters’ illegitimate clear can still be found.
On March 4,Season 2 ofWorld of Warcraft: The War Withinbegan, adding the Liberation of Undermine raid to the game on its normal, Heroic, and Mythic difficulty. This also means the Mythic difficulty race to world first has officially begun, with the top guilds in the world competing to defeat each of its eight bosses before anyone else.
However, it seems one guild inWorld of Warcraftmanaged to defeat Chrome King Gallywix, the final boss of the raid, before anyone else – albeit via using cheats. A single day after the raid opened, a guild by the name of RAoV Quality Assurance beat Mythic Gallywix, with WoWProgress, Raider.IO, and even Blizzard’s Hall of Fame recording the kill. That said, it quickly became obvious that this clear was not legitimate; the raid was only half full of boosted characters equipped with level 1 starting gear, and the party had only cleared two bosses: Gallywix himself and entry boss Vexie and the Geargrinders, albeit somehow three minutes later.
WoW Wipes Mythic Liberation of Undermine Exploit Clear
Needless to say, Blizzard’s response was swift and decisive. According toa forum post byWoWcommunity manager Kaivax, the culprits used new accounts and internal development spells to instantly kill Gallywix. The guild has now seemingly been deleted, the culprit accounts ostensibly banned, and the Hall of Fame cleared for the actual world first guilds – but archived achievements and raid progress for some of the exploiting characters can still be found on the officialWorld of Warcraftwebsite database.
The name of the offending guild is noteworthy as well. RAoV, standing for Random Acts of Violation, was a group of exploiters known for using wallhacks, dupes, and instant boss kills that was shut down by Blizzard in 2018. The RAoV Quality Assurance guild was likely named in honor of these infamous hackers, though it was probably not directly associated with the original group. What’s more, one of the characters was named Rextoilet – an obvious reference tofamousWorld of Warcraftexploiter Rextroy– though the content creator has denied his involvement in the incident.
Meanwhile, the actual race to Mythic Liberation of Undermine is still under way. At press time, Instant Dollars, Liquid, and Echo have all cleared Vexie and the Geargrinders, the Cauldron of Carnage, and Rick Reverb – the firstthree bosses in theWorld of WarcraftPatch 11.1 raid. Players will have to see which guild comes out on top and is the first legitimate clear to be entered into the Hall of Fame.
