So apparently in World of Warcraft there’s a plague spell that Hakkar, the boss of the new dungeon Zul’Gurub, casts on players. It does a reasonable amount of damage every 2 seconds, and spreads to nearby allies. Though it was obviously intended to just be a part to make the fight against Hakkar more challenging, a player managed to get our of the dungeon and inside a city while infected, and now the entire city is has the plague! NPCs are getting it and dying, but not before passing it to other NPCs. Low-level players who can’t survive it can’t even entire the town. Of course, Blizzard didn’t see it coming, so now they’re I’m guessing laughing really hard instead of trying to figure out a way to fix it.
[This, sadly, is not my screenshot. If it hits my server I will try to snap one.]
Update: they tried to fix it over the weekend but couldn’t:
It appears that the hotfix remedy concocted to combat the recent Azerothian outbreak has not yielded desired results. At this time, our medical staff is continuing to develop an effective cure. We look forward to ensuring the health and vitality of the citizens of Azeroth in the near future.