Evacuate Haven - Quest changed? Or bugged?
I've read that this quest begins with saving Harritt, by bashing the crates in front of his house by the forge. However, in my playthrough on PC, the quest doesn't start until after I've approached ...
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Which platform are you on ? I'm on PS4 (Disc), ver 1.02.
If I recall, I wasn't able to open the blocked door or bash the crates out of the way to save the smith, so it seemed to me like a casualty you're forced to endure. I was able to save everyone else on my first playthrough, but not the smith.
BTW, I've confirmed in my 2nd playthough (nightmare mode) that players can completely ignore saving any NPCs and just focus on fighting, and there seems to be no impact to your follower approvals, or the overall quest outcome. Any service-related NPCs who die will be automatically replaced when you reach skyhold, and that includes the smith, apothecary, arcane researcher, requisitions, etc. I suspect the only decision of consequence in the entire quest is whether or not you want cole as a follower, otherwise your sole responsibility is to survive to the final cutscene, and that's it.
BTW, if anyone wants some tips for the haven fight on nightmare mode as a mage, I posted some tips over here, starting at the 5th post.
I'm on PC. I was able to destroy the crates by switching to Cassandra and just attacking until several of her blows landed and smashed the crates. It was an annoying mechanic, but not unlike the random crates and vases scattered around in multiplayer.
Ahhh, that was my problem then ... on my platform, the game did not display the typical 'shield smash' icon indicating warrior-breakable-only (as per red lyrium nodes in the "seeing red" quest, and my character was is mage and thus couldnt break it.
I don't think it gets an action button thing you just need to have a warrior take a few swings with their sword and brake the creates.
