Guild Wars 2

No matter what group I do at any level, if we pick up crystals for the final attack, some people are completely spared, while others get downed.

We can find no rhyme or reason to this.

Also, the animation for the laser sometimes doesn’t even show up, and for 2 guildies, the icon never appears when they are targetted (only others’ skull icons show up).

Clark Skinner.4902:

No matter what group I do at any level, if we pick up crystals for the final attack, some people are completely spared, while others get downed.

We can find no rhyme or reason to this.

It seems that you actually gotta get hit by the last blast of Maw to survive. Picking up a crystal is not enough, you gotta run forward so you get hit. At least that’s my theory and since I’ve started trying it out some weeks ago I haven’t died anymore.

Also, the animation for the laser sometimes doesn’t even show up, and for 2 guildies, the icon never appears when they are targetted (only others’ skull icons show up).

Laser animation doesn’t show up sometimes indeed, got the same thing here. Icons not appearing hasn’t happened to me, only the icon appears so high above my head that I only see it when I zoom out all the way. Might work for your guildies too, if they play zoomed in at least partly.

Best way to avoid death is to have a crystal in hand and move to the left side of the area (if facing toward maw) I believe the bug has to do with the animation of throwing the crystal. If you are standing to far to the right, the crystal is thrown way before the maw’s attack actually hits.