Mop heroic raiding first week raids go live ?

#1 - Aug. 24, 2012, 6:30 a.m.
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So in an interview a dev said. "As soon as a guild has completed normal mode of Mogu'shan Vaults, they can begin heroic mode.". Now does this mean on oct 2nd after normal mode raiding opens up a guild can clear it then access heroic mode? Or is the schedule still heroic raids start oct 7th. Would really like a blue post for this as it affects the entire raiding community. Also could you clear normal mode with alts and then access heroic mode?

Old raid schedule below.

October 2: Mogu'shan Vaults (normal) opens
October 9: Mogu'shan Vaults (LFR) opens, those who cleared normal Vaults can access heroic mode
October 30: Heart of Fear and Terrace of Endless Spring (normal) open, with Terrace only accessible by clearing Heart
November 6: Heart of Fear and Terrace of Endless Spring (LFR) open; queuing for Terrace requires clearing Heart. Those who cleared normal Heart can access heroic Heart, same for Terrace.

New raid schedule?
October 2: Mogu'shan Vaults (normal) opens. Clear normal mode access heroic mode ?
October 9: Mogu'shan Vaults (LFR) opens
October 30: Heart of Fear and Terrace of Endless Spring (normal) open, with Terrace only accessible by clearing Heart
November 6: Heart of Fear and Terrace of Endless Spring (LFR) open; queuing for Terrace requires clearing Heart. Those who cleared normal Heart can access heroic Heart, same for Terrace.
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#2 - Aug. 24, 2012, 8:12 a.m.
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No, the standard shared lockout between Normal and Heroic applies. You can switch the difficulty to Heroic once you've killed Normal Will of the Emperor, but your instance will be empty because everything will be dead.

The gist of the comments was to clarify that there was no additional gating being applied to Heroic modes (unlike Trial of the Crusader or Icecrown Citadel, where all content had to be unlocked before any of it was accessible in Heroic mode).