I joined a group which fell apart just before the first boss, as we weren’t able to fill all slots. We never killed any bosses - only some trash - but I’m now saved according to my raid information, where it shows BFD with a lockout ID.
Does this mean I can no longer join a fresh BFD run without me being the leader?
EDIT: Nope, I cannot join a fresh run. Apparently clearing trash saves you to a lockout (albeit it’s not the same lockout as the other people I originally had in my group??)
When you enter a raid you will be usually presented with a warning that you will be saved if you don’t leave within seconds or decline to get ported out.
For SOD-BFD raids, this is an instance based raid lockout. The good news is that its only 3 days lockout instead of weekly so you should be good to go sooner then later.
Edit: After some more testing it appears it clears a save if no one touches or kills the first boss in the same ID yet so only clearing trash.
Oh I wasn’t very clear, we cleared the trash at the start whilst we were waiting. We fell apart because we couldn’t find tank / healer after a while of searching.
Is it normal to be saved just for killing the trash at the start?
When we first entered the fresh raid together, I never received a warning that I will be saved after a few seconds? Does simply standing inside the raid before any clearing has begun, save you to a lockout?
Well I’m even more confused now, after logging out for a bit, I’ve logged back in and the “Raid Info” button is greyed out, which apparently means I’m not saved for anything now.
SOD-BFD is on a 3 day raid cycle, you could test it a bit and report back if farming only doesn’t lock you for future info or if it was the 3 day reset counting down.
I see there are more topics of players attempting SOD-BFD though and getting locked without doing the bosses however so I’m quite sure it’s an instance based raid lockout. Just that it doesn’t show a warning because it’s previously a dungeon that Blizzard converted into a raid.
Edit: It may reset after a hour if everyone left the raid but hasn’t done the first boss.
you’re not saved, don’t listen to that MVP dude. It’s just a visual bug that is in WOTLK, TBC and everywhere in classic
This. No Boss = No ID. But you may have to wait 1 hour outside the raid until you can join another one or try to reset the instance manually.