its an obvious bug and Blizz needs to fix it.
We had a premade this past Sunday and I was farming (still am) Belt of the Fang and so I don't get xp, I walk up to Lady Anacondra and die. ( I could have easily taken off my clothes, but didn't care to think about it).
Naturally, all my gear broke and all my gear was eventually repaired, however they didn't respond to my ticket to at least an hour before the scheduled premade and was told that all I had to do was repair it and log off and on.
SINCE WHEN DID I EVER NEED TO DO THAT?
Sounds like a bunch of BS to me.