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11 years ago

Solved

Jaws of Hakkon, Ice Giant Bug

If I use an attack that alters enemy speed, (such as Haste or Mark of the Rift), the Giant will fail to drop loot. This bug is repeatable. The work around is to not use those abilities, but still, it...

dragon age inquisition

djayard
8 years ago
Copied from one of my comments: "... the issue is that the Ice Slam (where it raises its fists high) is an uninterruptible animation. Killing the Ice Giant while it's attempting a slam will cause the game to glitch.
It's possible to kill the Giant very quickly so it doesn't fire any slams, but it's probably best to wait for 3 slams before attempting a finishing blow."

djayard

11 years ago

The bug is worse than than I thought. It's inconsistent whether or not the Ice Giant dies and drops loot. When its health hits 0, one of three things happens:

it dies normally and drops loot,

it stops fighting, just stands there, and doesn't grant XP or loot, or

it stands there, explodes into gore, and fails to drop loot or give XP.

For the latter 2 scenarios, it usually fires off an Ice Blast/Stomp before becoming invulnerable, and

generally, if I manage to injure its leg, it will randomly pop-up from a kneeled state to fire an ice attack.

It's a very unstable enemy.

EDIT:

I think the issue is that the Ice Slam (where it raises its fists high) is an uninterruptible animation. Killing the Ice Giant while it's attempting a slam will cause the game to glitch.

It's possible to kill the Giant very quickly so it doesn't fire any slams, but it's probably best to wait for 3 slams before attempting a finishing blow.

djayard

8 years ago

Copied from one of my comments: "... the issue is that the Ice Slam (where it raises its fists high) is an uninterruptible animation. Killing the Ice Giant while it's attempting a slam will cause the game to glitch.

It's possible to kill the Giant very quickly so it doesn't fire any slams, but it's probably best to wait for 3 slams before attempting a finishing blow."