Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Maell]

What time for us EU ppl does the raid open in US (so I know to catch a stream or something)

If maintenance stays within schedule it opens @10:00 PST / 18:00 GMT / 19:00 CET

[Palapop]

If maintenance stays within schedule it opens @10:00 PST / 18:00 GMT / 19:00 CET

And lets say they need ~2-3 hrs to clear first 8 bosses... so tonight around 10 eu st

[Shadochi]

They're 7h behind I think. So probable 19:00

If maintenance stays within schedule it opens @10:00 PST / 18:00 GMT / 19:00 CET

Thanks for the info!

And lets say they need ~2-3 hrs to clear first 8 bosses... so tonight around 10 eu st

I'd assume less for the first normal kill as it is also only first 8 bosses. But yeah I asked when it releases because I intend to catch some streams of it in prep for the raid tomorrow on EU.

[Varx]

How long are the encrypted cinematics? Well probably get one for the anduin fight.

[Raetary]

How long are the encrypted cinematics? Well probably get one for the anduin fight.

File ID: 4279702 - 11,912 KB - 25 sec
File ID: 4279707 - 24,853 KB - 51 sec
File ID: 4279697 - 39,553 KB - 1:23 min
File ID: 4279692 - 78,380 KB - 2:42 min

https://www.wowhead.com/news/four-en...tys-end-325684

[AngerFork]

https://www.wowhead.com/news/four-en...tys-end-325684

Personal predictions: 25 second cinematic is for a transition during the Zovaal fight, 51 second cinematic is Sylvanas' Fate, 1:23 is Anduin being freed from the Jailer's control, 2:42 is the one for the end of the Jailer fight.

[KOUNTERPARTS]

The final Jailer defeat cinematic will be the Eternal Ones coming together, having used up all of their power to help finally end Zovaal, while addressing Bolvar, Jaina, Thrall, Anduin, and the Maw Walker that "now, destiny is in your hands... and the age of mortals... has begun, again."

[micwini]

File ID: 4279702 - 11,912 KB - 25 sec
File ID: 4279707 - 24,853 KB - 51 sec
File ID: 4279697 - 39,553 KB - 1:23 min
File ID: 4279692 - 78,380 KB - 2:42 min

My guesses:
25 sec: anduin intro
51 sec: jailer intro
1:23 sec: anduin kill cinematic
2:42: jailer "kill" cinematic

[Raetary]

Aren't all of those encrypted?

The Jailer intro is a cutscene for one, and we already datamined it.

[Marlamin]

From spell names:

File ID: 4279697 - 39,553 KB - 1:23 min <-- Jailer Raid Finale
File ID: 4279692 - 78,380 KB - 2:42 min <-- Anduin Raid Finale

Other 2 are still unknown.

[Vakir]

Oh wow, Anduin's is longer.

... actually that is not surprising now that I think of it. Blue Satan is wallpaper paste bland and Anduin likely has Arthas fanservice.

[pacotaco]

My guesses:
25 sec: anduin intro
51 sec: jailer intro
1:23 sec: anduin kill cinematic
2:42: jailer "kill" cinematic

25 -> Anduin defeat
51 -> Rygelon intro
1:23 -> Rygelon defeat and Zovaal intro
2:42 -> Zovaal defeat and the fate of Azeroth

[micwini]

From spell names:

File ID: 4279697 - 39,553 KB - 1:23 min <-- Jailer Raid Finale
File ID: 4279692 - 78,380 KB - 2:42 min <-- Anduin Raid Finale

Other 2 are still unknown.

What spellnames? Are cinematics spells? Why then do we not know the other 2?

[Lady Atia]

25 -> Anduin defeat
51 -> Rygelon intro
1:23 -> Rygelon defeat and Zovaal intro
2:42 -> Zovaal defeat and the fate of Azeroth

Why should a random constellar get two cinematics?

[Valysar]

Can it be a mythic phase intro for the Jailer ?

[Marlamin]

What spellnames? Are cinematics spells? Why then do we not know the other 2?

Spells can be used to trigger cinematics by their ID and spells exist for those two.

https://wow.tools/dbc/?dbc=spelleffect&build=9.2.0.42521#page=1&colFilter[4]=exact%3A45&colFilter[25]=956
https://wow.tools/dbc/?dbc=spelleffect&build=9.2.0.42521#page=1&colFilter[4]=exact%3A45&colFilter[25]=958

Go to these (forum breaks on these as links) and you can scroll all the way to the right and hover over the SpellIDs to see the spell names.

954/957 (the other cinematics) have no spell bound to them right now, they're probably played through other means which might not be clientside at all or hidden elsewhere that I can't be bothered to find.

[micwini]

they're probably played through other means which might not be clientside at all or hidden elsewhere that I can't be bothered to find.

What does this mean exactly? That they are played outside the raid or something else?

[Marlamin]

What does this mean exactly? That they are played outside the raid or something else?

They probably can be played outside of the raid when asking a certain NPC about what happened, they usually do this for important story cinematics.

[Makabreska]

The final Jailer defeat cinematic will be the Eternal Ones coming together, having used up all of their power to help finally end Zovaal, while addressing Bolvar, Jaina, Thrall, Anduin, and the Maw Walker that "now, destiny is in your hands... and the age of mortals... has begun, again."

So like, same as in Cata? Two times the charm leggo! Although, last time it happened we went right into faction conflict so I dunno.

[Vakir]

So like, same as in Cata? Two times the charm leggo! Although, last time it happened we went right into faction conflict so I dunno.

That was the joke.

Also, really the third time. Medivh showed up to show that mortals could handle things as he said at the end of Reign of Chaos and then the story response after was "nah, people like us being helped by dragons and gods too much. It prints money and WC3 can't be a story ender if we're gonna make an MMO. Disregard."