Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[wowrefugee]

Also, is the second fireplume phoenix still encrypted?

Hmm..



If you mean this, then no - it's unencrypted now.

[Lady Atia]

Hmm..



If you mean this, then no - it's unencrypted now.

Yep, that's the one. I really hope they find a way to make him available through some promotion.

[Nymrohd]

???? If what you were going for is male presenting, why would you be picking the female version with female visage in the first place?

If it was meant to be non-binary representation as suggested, which the consensus here was established pages ago that it isn't, then the male visage form would be equally problematic. Both visage forms have clearly gendered presentations. But again, we're past this discussion . . .

[Marlamin]

According to wow.tools, there's a number of mounts encrypted too, and I don't mean the gooey slime saber or pre-order dragon.

Not sure all will be for 9.2.5, though.

Key # - wow.tools tag - patch
378 - unknown mount (9.2.5 added/updated)
377 - unknown mount (9.2.5 added/updated)
398 - unknown serpent mount (9.2.5 added/updated)
342 - not tagged on wow.tools but is in the mount database (added 9.2, updated in 9.2.5)
284 - gronn mount (?) <- been in files since 8.3, last updated seems to be 9.0.1)

I've stopped updating the tags and likely won't anymore, so don't rely on those going forward. That last one is very interesting, it's actually been updated very regularly including in 9.2.5. There's a bunch more references to it and a bit more to find as to what it is from recent patches as well. Very unusual for something to be in the files for this long and then updated so often.

If it were for pre-order, it would more than likely use the pre-order encryption key as Marlamin has explained. And to clarify, none of these do.

This has definitely been true in the past, but in one of my recommendations to Blizz about datamined encrypted content I mentioned they should start splitting up the encrypted content even if it'll release at the same time/is for the same thing to make things harder to tie together. Probably not something to rely on for 9.2.5/going forward.

[wowrefugee]

I've stopped updating the tags and likely won't anymore, so don't rely on those going forward. That last one is very interesting, it's actually been updated very regularly including in 9.2.5. There's a bunch more references to it and a bit more to find as to what it is from recent patches as well. Very unusual for something to be in the files for this long and then updated so often.

I plan to retire from datamining once 9.2.5 is out lmao. It's kinda tedious, and with wow.tools slowly going down+ Blizz increasing encryption, meh. I've had fun with it though. Probably spent around 10 hours just looking through files and tables.

That is interesting! Wonder if it's gonna be for something big. Maybe 20th anniversary mount.

Edit: Cool @ edit. Will be interesting to see if they did that once 9.2.5 is out.

[Marlamin]

I plan to retire from datamining once 9.2.5 is out lmao. It's kinda tedious, and with wow.tools slowly going down+ Blizz increasing encryption, meh. I've had fun with it though. Probably spent around 10 hours just looking through files and tables.

When it comes to datamining encrypted content it's definitely tedious, but puzzling together is still so much fun.

That is interesting! Wonder if it's gonna be for something big. Maybe 20th anniversary mount.

Possibly, yeah. Those aren't usually added -that- far in advance, so it could also be a store mount or a mount that's being reused for something other than what it was initially added for. Not something to get hyped about, but mostly just interesting from a development perspective.

Edit: Cool @ edit. Will be interesting to see if they did that once 9.2.5 is out.

Hopefully they did, but I'd also not be surprised if they ignore my recommendations entirely or it takes until 10.0+ for them to have changed things around technically to fix some of the exploitable issues. I do believe I already came across a file that was taken out of a certain encryption key and then encrypted under a new one recently, but that could have been a coincidence.

[wowrefugee]

When it comes to datamining encrypted content it's definitely tedious, but puzzling together is still so much fun.



Possibly, yeah. Those aren't usually added -that- far in advance, so it could also be a store mount or a mount that's being reused for something other than what it was initially added for. Not something to get hyped about, but mostly just interesting from a development perspective.



Hopefully they did, but I'd also not be surprised if they ignore my recommendations entirely or it takes until 10.0+ for them to have changed things around technically to fix some of the exploitable issues. I do believe I already came across a file that was taken out of a certain encryption key and then encrypted under a new one recently, but that could have been a coincidence.

I think I came across that file!

Is this the one?



Edit: Oh, its actually a few of these ogg files that are like this.

[Marlamin]

I think I came across that file!

Is this the one?



Edit: Oh, its actually a few of these ogg files that are like this.

It definitely could have been, yeah. I don't really remember.

[manypillars]

Possibly, yeah. Those aren't usually added -that- far in advance, so it could also be a store mount or a mount that's being reused for something other than what it was initially added for. Not something to get hyped about, but mostly just interesting from a development perspective.

Wasn't Old Crappy McWeaksauce like that before it was removed? They used it as a test mount and it was edited quite a bit. At one point it even had a special 'summon' item added ("Crappy's Bell" I think), was a super slow flying mount, and a +swim speed mount.

[Nightshade711]

I've stopped updating the tags and likely won't anymore, so don't rely on those going forward. That last one is very interesting, it's actually been updated very regularly including in 9.2.5. There's a bunch more references to it and a bit more to find as to what it is from recent patches as well. Very unusual for something to be in the files for this long and then updated so often.



This has definitely been true in the past, but in one of my recommendations to Blizz about datamined encrypted content I mentioned they should start splitting up the encrypted content even if it'll release at the same time/is for the same thing to make things harder to tie together. Probably not something to rely on for 9.2.5/going forward.

I wonder if that last mount is for OW2, maybe a Winston mount.
Though I don’t know if OW2 was delayed long enough to explain it being in the files since 8.3

[shoc]

Almost 200 encrypted files were added, and are tied to the preorder items (same encryption key).

Any guesses?

Covenant allied races

[Kiria]

Covenant allied races

Please no... I don't want remnants of SL's to infect the main game, anyway there's no chance the dead could come back to the world of the living, they're dead after all.

[Raetary]

Covenant allied races

Not gonna happen.

[Hugnomo]

Covenant allied races

Probably not going to happen, but I'm still hoping for them! At least come next week I can finally stop holding some hope haha

[Marlamin]

Wasn't Old Crappy McWeaksauce like that before it was removed? They used it as a test mount and it was edited quite a bit. At one point it even had a special 'summon' item added ("Crappy's Bell" I think), was a super slow flying mount, and a +swim speed mount.

Yeah, but that's so long ago it's not comparable to the current state of how the game files work.

[shoc]

there's no chance the dead could come back to the world of the living, they're dead after all.

Are we even playing the same game.

[Lady Atia]

Please no... I don't want remnants of SL's to infect the main game, anyway there's no chance the dead could come back to the world of the living, they're dead after all.

But playing a Kyrian Priest would be super cool

Spirithealer fantasy ftw!

[Kiria]

But playing a Kyrian Priest would be super cool

Spirithealer fantasy ftw!

Nope! I want nothing more to do with Shadowlands other than to put it behind us, the covenant models arnt even that impressive to me also :/

[therumblings]

Nope! I want nothing more to do with Shadowlands other than to put it behind us, the covenant models arnt even that impressive to me also :/

The races are the least of Shadowlands' problems. I doubt Blizzard would throw away cool races people want to play because of the unpopularity of the Shadowlands narrative. If they aren't going to be made playable it has nothing to do with that.

[Kiria]

The races are the least of Shadowlands' problems. I doubt Blizzard would throw away cool races people want to play because of the unpopularity of the Shadowlands narrative. If they aren't going to be made playable it has nothing to do with that.

There's also lore implications, if they bring back the covenants races to the world of the living then Death will mean nothing to the world anymore as people can just come back... it's complicated.. I personally believe after we leave the Shadowlands canonically those portals close behind us leaving no passage to the world of the dead, whether this happens we don't know.