Pretty sure these bypasses have been in since ARR launch and were used again at HW launch. I dunno why they didn't just fix the bypasses.

I remember a car manufacturer a few years back, which one escapes me, having issues with brakes. Imagine if, instead of fixing the actual issue, they just removed the brake pedal and called it a day.

Aside from this move being an illogical one, I don't know why all servers are being thrown off when it's just one or two servers causing the problem.