Anyone noticed Nexon failed us again....?

Have you tried it again since?
There used to be a bug where occasionally passes just wouldn't drop from boxes.

Um no. But what Im trying to say is that during Stage 7, you know those monsters on the ledges that can only be reached by Ranged people through their attacks? There's also boxes with them too - and those can only be "opened" (summoning the Rombot) by a pass the monster themselves drop.

Let me try LPQing again today and give you the evidence.