30 instance cap bugged? (WoW Classic)

[Fafurion-whitemane]

Fafurion on US Kurinnaxx, had the week off work and wanted to level solo in ZF/Mara, I hit the instance cap yesterday from 8 AM to 4 PM EST. I log in today and it’s still telling me I’ve entered too many instances recently. It’s 10 AM EST, it’s been over 24 hours since my first pull, 18 hours since my last.

What’s going on?

[Nightdrakon-tichondrius]

New Instance Limit in WoW Classic

As part of our ongoing efforts to eliminate exploitative and automated gameplay, with scheduled weekly maintenance in each region, we’re implementing the following change to our settings on all WoW Classic realms: You may now enter a maximum of 30 unique instances (dungeon and raid) per day, per realm. This restriction complements the current limit of 5 instances per hour. Now, when a player enters a dungeon or a raid, the game checks to see if they have entered 5 instances in the last hour o…

If I read this post correctly, you have to wait 24hrs down to the second, from your last pull.

[Teufelgott-shadowsong (Teufelgott)]

I believe it’s actually a rolling lockout, meaning that 24 hours after you’ve entered the instance, that instance falls off. That’s the way all the other instance timers work (10/hour, etc.).