Quest NPCs not fighting?

soulclaw · May 2014

I am on an AD quest with the high elf queen and we are trying to kill Norion. After a time she stops fighting and just stands there. Does this mean she has been defeated or is this a bug?

If she has been defeated shouldn't there be some sort of subtle signal, such as her screaming and collapsing to the floor with a loud thud and clatter?

nerevarine1138 · May 2014

An NPC who is out of health will stand or kneel in place for a little bit until they can get back into the fight. It's not a bug, they just chose to not have NPCs actually be "defeated" during a fight where they need to live.

Lord_Hev · May 2014

It is a bug, an animation bug. I imagine because of latency issues, she should be in a kneeldown state, but appears standing because of lag.

Assuming they even bothered with a kneeldown state. It could very well be intentional for time-constraints in development time. It does look awkward, but it is what it is. Not really a breaker, but it does make it hard to tell if said NPC is still in fighting-shape or not.

There is also a bug(I again, assume because of latency) where the NPC or even, sometimes enemy humanoids will appear just standing upright with their weapons on their back/unsheathed. But they still "hurt" you as if they were in their proper combat stance.