World of Warcraft’s competitive dungeon scene has a lEaderboard problem, and Blizzard is finally rolling up its sleeves. The studio has confirmed it is performing “a thorough scrub” of illegitimate entries in the Mythic-Plus dungeon rankings, purging runs achieved through exploits, account sharing, and paid boosting services — and it has teased that this cleanup is only the beginning, with more changes still on the way.
Blizzard’s “Thorough Scrub” of the Mythic-Plus Leaderboards
Mythic-Plus dungeons are WoW’s premier competitive PvE format: players plug a keystone into a dungeon, race against the clock, and climb season-long rankings that determine some of the game’s most coveted rewards. The problem is that a wave of illegitimate runs — many of them tied to commercial boosting operations — has been clogging the top of those rankings and crowding out players who earned their scores the honest way.
Blizzard has now acknowledged the issue directly, telling players it is conducting “a thorough scrub” of illegitimate entries from the Mythic-Plus rankings. Just as importantly, the studio indicated that this purge is only the first step in a broader effort to protect the integrity of competitive dungeon running.
Why Paid Boosting Made the Community Furious
Boosted Runs Pushed Legit Players Out of the Top 1%
The controversy over boosting goes deeper than simple rule-breaking. Mythic-Plus seasons hand out rewards based on leaderboard placement, and finishing in the top 1% is the gateway to exclusive, prestige-tier rewards that players flaunt for the rest of the expansion. When boosting services sell runs — frequently for real money, in clear violation of the game’s terms of service — those boosted runs occupy slots at the very top of the rankings.
The result is exactly what you’d expect: legitimate records get shoved out of the top-1% reward category, and honest players are robbed of achievements and bragging rights they genuinely earned. For a community that treats Mythic-Plus scores as serious business, that’s not a minor annoyance — it’s a direct attack on the competitive spirit of the mode.
More Changes Are Coming — But Will They Be Enough?
Blizzard’s promise of additional changes is arguably the bigger story here. Scrubbing the current leaderboards fixes this season’s damage, but it doesn’t stop the next wave of boosting from doing it all over again. As long as there’s demand — players willing to pay for a shortcut to the top — carry services will keep finding ways to operate.
That means the real test will be what “more changes” actually looks like: stronger detection of account sharing, harsher penalties for buyers rather than just sellers, or perhaps a restructured reward system that is less vulnerable to boosting in the first place. Either way, the message to the boosting economy is unmistakable — your records don’t belong on the leaderboard.
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Source: PC Gamer
Source: PC Gamer