A few First Ward mission NPC hiccups (plus an extra)

[ZorkNemesis]

Been playing through First Ward and I've come across a few missions where certain NPCs aren't behaving correctly.  None of these prevent mission completion, but they are a little annoying and peculiar.

 

Katie Douglas, Investigate D-SEC:  Colonel Duray does not properly despawn when defeated.  He is supposed to teleport out upon dying or reaching a certain HP if I recall, however instead he is reviving himself with 25% HP upon death and entering a 'You cannot attack this target' state while still flagging hostile.  The mission completes as soon as he dies the first time, however having an invincible Boss-tier enemy following you around makes it very difficult to clean up the rest of the IDF or Awakened spawns in the map if you wanted to.

 

Cerulean, Meet with Diabolique's Shadow:  When Diabolique's shadow becomes hostile, Cerulean does not assist in fighting her or the Apparitions she spawns (he just stands there like a doofus holding the summoning scroll).  I distinctly remember him helping you back during the days of live.  Additionally when Diabolique's Shadow dies, she revives with 25% HP like Colonel Duray, however she can be attacked allowing you to kill her a second time for another helping of Elite Boss experience.  She does not revive again and the mission completes after she finishes talking after her first defeat.

 

Sir Bedwyr, Confront Lorn:  This mission has a lengthy cutscene where Pendragon confronts Lorn and The Black Queen.  When that cutscene finishes the cutscene versions of Pendragon, Lorn, and The Black Queen do not despawn while the correct versions of the three spawn, with Pendragon spawning as an ally, Lorn as hostile, and Black Queen as untargetable.  The hostile Lorn will attack the cutscene NPCs before you reach their location, resulting in a rather silly scenario where the cutscene Lorn was being killed by the hostile Lorn.  The cutscene NPCs do not fight back.  After hostile Lorn is defeated, the rest of the mission plays out as normal, however the cutscene NPCs remain in place, resulting in The Black Queen assuming control of the Black Knights in front of both a dead Lorn and an alive Lorn if you were able to save him, as well as two Pendragons and herself.

 

As a bonus, this one isn't part of First Ward or Night Ward, but still silly,

 

Roy Cooling, End the Medi-Port Conspiracy:  During the fight at the top of the Sky Raider platformer with Captain Castillo, he will interrupt the fight around 50% HP in an effort to make the fight more exciting.  He sets the platform on fire, then teleports out to make a dramatic reentrance.  Upon teleporting out, the original Castillo remains in place, but is now completely invisible and untargetable and, even better, flagged as an ally helper.  The invisible Castillo assists in fighting himself as well as the Zeus Class Titan that spawns after Castillo's defeat.  His flamethrower remains visible and he can potentially summon a Force Field Generator to help.

[EmmySky]

5 hours ago, ZorkNemesis said:

Roy Cooling, End the Medi-Port Conspiracy:  During the fight at the top of the Sky Raider platformer with Captain Castillo, he will interrupt the fight around 50% HP in an effort to make the fight more exciting.  He sets the platform on fire, then teleports out to make a dramatic reentrance.  Upon teleporting out, the original Castillo remains in place, but is now completely invisible and untargetable and, even better, flagged as an ally helper.  The invisible Castillo assists in fighting himself as well as the Zeus Class Titan that spawns after Castillo's defeat.  His flamethrower remains visible and he can potentially summon a Force Field Generator to help.

I had this happen the other day and I was so confused as to why an invisible weapon wielding buddy was helping me.  Then, of course as Sky Raiders and Malta are wont to do, we had a lovely tour of the entire outdoor map until I finally pinned down the Zeus Titan.  Maybe they were running from the invisible man?