Dawntrail is nearly as long as Endwalker in cutscene size and density, and has nearly double the cutscenes Stormblood 4.0 has

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I've just finished collating the times on Dawntrail's cutscenes on auto scroll and English Text/VO. You can see the data collated here in more detail if you're curious

I assumed Dawntrail it would be slightly longer than Shadowbringers in length. I've even seen some people be drowned in downvotes for saying it's as long as Endwalker...and they’re nearly right, here is the data I have

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Release Day MSQ​
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[th]
Time (HH:MM)​
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[th]
Patch MSQ​
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[th]
Time (HH:MM)​
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[td]
2.0 ARR​
[/td]​
[td]
09:45​
[/td]​
[td]
2.X ARR​
[/td]​
[td]
09:30​
[/td]​
[td]
3.0 HW​
[/td]​
[td]
08:15​
[/td]​
[td]
3.X HW​
[/td]​
[td]
08:19​
[/td]​
[td]
4.0 SB​
[/td]​
[td]
11:33​
[/td]​
[td]
4.X SB​
[/td]​
[td]
08:59​
[/td]​
[td]
5.0 ShB​
[/td]​
[td]
15:28​
[/td]​
[td]
5.X ShB​
[/td]​
[td]
12:58​
[/td]​
[td]
6.0 EW​
[/td]​
[td]
23:37​
[/td]​
[td]
6.X EW​
[/td]​
[td]
Estimated* 12:00​
[/td]​
[td]
7.0 DT​
[/td]​
[td]
21:07​
[/td]​

Dawntrail is just 2.5 hours shorter than Endwalker in cutscene size and 5.5 hours longer than Shadowbringers! Taking cutscene to quest sizes and we get this:

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Release Day MSQ​
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[th]
Total Quest Count​
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[th]
Time in Cutscene per Quest (MM:SS)​
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[td]
2.0 ARR​
[/td]​
[td]
160​
[/td]​
[td]
03:34​
[/td]​
[td]
3.0 HW​
[/td]​
[td]
94​
[/td]​
[td]
05:16​
[/td]​
[td]
4.0 SB​
[/td]​
[td]
122​
[/td]​
[td]
05:40​
[/td]​
[td]
5.0 ShB​
[/td]​
[td]
106​
[/td]​
[td]
08:45​
[/td]​
[td]
6.0 EW​
[/td]​
[td]
108​
[/td]​
[td]
13:07​
[/td]​
[td]
7.0 DT​
[/td]​
[td]
100​
[/td]​
[td]
12:40​
[/td]​

It doesn't surprise me this expansion is testing some peoples patience. But given all the Stormblood comparisons it does surprise me Dawntrail has nearly double Stormblood's cutscenes and were spending over double the time per quest in a cutscene!

No wonder this expansion is testing peoples patience...

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