Infamous World of Warcraft guild exploits its way to a world first in new Midnight raid until Blizzard says its instant 300 million damage doesn't count

Infamous World of Warcraft guild exploits its way to a world first in new Midnight raid until Blizzard says its instant 300 million damage doesn’t count | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these World of Warcraft Blizzard nerfed this WoW item, but players found an even better loophole that allowed them to travel across the planet every 2 minutes World of Warcraft Blizzard struggles to balance its Abundance world event in a way that makes anybody happy, with recent potential nerfs making it even more stressful to optimize World of Warcraft World of Warcraft players go back to work on a year-old mystery after one of them accidentally unlocks the 10th orb in a puzzle hidden in the new Midnight expansion World of Warcraft World of Warcraft players are once again slaying hundreds of frogs, this time to skin their hides before Blizzard catches them World of Warcraft An inaccessible zone in World of Warcraft: Midnight has players convinced it’s a clue for the next update World of Warcraft World of Warcraft: Midnight’s lack of combat addons lets the devs make raids harder without resorting to ‘shoot more bullets at you’ design, says encounter lead World of Warcraft World of Warcraft: Midnight’s new roadmap includes prop hunt, mega-dungeon sized delves, and a new experimental game mode from the folks who brought you Remix and Plunderstorm World of Warcraft ‘The Light really did call EVERYBODY’: players find Leeory Jenkins, complete with his cloth shoulderpads, defending the Sunwell in World of Warcraft: Midnight World of Warcraft World of Warcraft’s add-on changes aren’t over: ‘There will doubtless be some loopholes players find’ World of Warcraft Blizzard will take it slow with World of Warcraft balance updates after the Midnight expansion drops World of Warcraft WoW dev was surprised that players ‘like being jumped’ by the upcoming Prey system—even on its hardest difficulty, where ‘going AFK might get you killed’ World of Warcraft A 9,999,999 gold painting in World of Warcraft: Midnight sent secret finders on a hunt for the ultimate discount and one thrifty player finally figured it out RPG Action RPG players will exploit anything in the name of efficiency, which is why Path of Exile 2 players are locking themselves in the campaign for profit World of Warcraft ‘Sorry I can’t hear you over the roar of the Sunwell’: World of Warcraft players beg Blizzard to turn the volume down on the giant crackling beam in the sky MMO After a server glitch, Final Fantasy 11 is dispatching Game Masters to manually assassinate bugged monsters just so the game knows they’re really dead: ‘God personally stepping in to correct the world itself’ PopularSpring SaleClipsCrimson DesertMarathonBest PC gearQuizzes Games MMO World of Warcraft World of Warcraft: Midnight Infamous World of Warcraft guild exploits its way to a world first in new Midnight raid until Blizzard says its instant 300 million damage doesn’t count News By Tyler Colp published 25 March 2026 This isn’t even the first time they’ve done this. 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Subscribe to our newsletter The first World of Warcraft Midnight raid race is on and Blizzard has already had to disqualify one group of players for breaking the rules.While players from around the world race to gear up and take down the boss Chimaerus in the recently released Dreamrift raid, a guild known as RAoV QA Strikes Back walked right in and took first place using exploits. Their names went up on Blizzard’s hall of fame list before being removed a few hours later.The first red flag was how fast they killed the boss, but the fact that they were all playing warlocks wearing low-level gear confirmed that there was something fishy about their strategy. And if you look at their character names, they’re all jokes about breaking the game, like “Exploitearly,” “Exploitoften,” and “Betatesters.”Article continues below You may like Blizzard nerfed this WoW item, but players found an even better loophole that allowed them to travel across the planet every 2 minutes Blizzard struggles to balance its Abundance world event in a way that makes anybody happy, with recent potential nerfs making it even more stressful to optimize World of Warcraft playe