Bug with Quest "Pawn Captures Queen"

#0 - May 4, 2010, 6:11 p.m.
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Just last night, I did this quest, but could not loot the Brain (quest item) from the Hive Queen, because her corpse was *INSIDE* the Silithid Crystal (object in the chamber).

I posted a GM's Ticket, but wanted to also post here, so as to alert other players about this bug.

To fix this, your developers should have the Hive Guards and Hive Queen be *unable* to walk inside the Silithid Crystal (or unable to walk through the chamber walls, either).

Since I have already fought the waves of guards and the queen (which the GMs can verify by checking the game logs), and have already used the Lure (quest item), I expect to have the Brain (quest item) sent to this character. That would be the most fair solution for the immediate problem. I would hope that the appropriate developer(s) would still investigate this bug and take the appropriate actions to prevent any other players from encountering this bug...
#2 - May 5, 2010, 7:49 p.m.
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I'm sorry you feel that way and you did the right thing in e-mailing [email protected], however let me remind you that making posts such as these on the Bug Report forums is frowned upon. QA moderates these forums and we cannot help with in game issues or issues you have with the customer support you received.

I also have something for you to read =).

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http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=11162666255&sid=1

With all that said, we are looking into this. Thanks for the report. Locking thread.