in true Bioware tradition, new patch means new bugs. While running Hard Mode Eternity Vault with my guild last night, we discovered a new bug in the Soa fight.

 

When the platforms drop and you need to destroy the energy sources on the way down, we found that one in each phase was bugged, floating in mid-air and targetable but whenever you tried to attack it youw ould get a line of sight error. This led to Soa doing his AoE at the beginning of Phase 2 and Phase 3 which would wipe us.

 

The workaround is, when you get to the bottom, have some ranged DPS go out and destroy an energy source or two to ensure that you destroyed the requisite amount to keep him from doing his AoE.

 

Hope this helps.

You don't have to worry much about taking out all of them on the way down. If you click Soa, you'll see a buff with a counter on it. Once you break 5 (unless 1.2 changed the number on that buff), you don't need to break any more of them.

You aren't supposed to target the floating ancient power sources on the way down, and they have been there for months. All you need to do is make sure you kill all the mind trap looking things and you'll be fine.

We encountered another bug w/ him where he floats 2 levels above the platform during phase 2 and still zaps ppl w/ lightning and throws ppl into mind traps. Unfortunately we couldn't dps him b/c he was out of our ranges. This happened to us twice today. Never encountered this particular bug before though.