Forgive me if this is in the wrong spot, it's literally my 1st post.
I have a continued glitch with "Clinical Trials" but can find nothing in other threads about a similar issue. I see many people having issues finding Grizzly bears, and perhaps this is why. I have progressed in the mission far enough to have to collect Grizzly skins but I can not harvest any. No matter where I go, I am only getting Black Bear skins placed in my inventory. To be perfectly clear, YES, I am going to the multiple specifically marked Grizzly locations and have killed BOTH the LIGHT BROWN and BLACK bears within each when bait is thrown. I am absolutely killing the Grizzly's but am getting a black bear skin.
I have used bait, not used bait, used companions, not used companions, weapons, hands... etc etc etc. I've done other things and completed other tasks and come back....nothing. Killing the distinct light brown colored Grizzly awards a Black Bear skin and the mission counter never advances. Inventory hits 10 skins and I am forced to hunt for bait and sell again. I do NOT even show a counter for skunk skins, which is the second parameter for the quest. Something isn't right.
I have quit out, restarted, and downloaded to the latest patch, but this mission can not be "quit" or put to an earlier checkpoint and I am unable to complete it due to this bear glitch. Also, due to the fact that I have progressed past a certain point in the story, animals no longer morph into others. There is literally nothing I can do and I have been at it for hours. Due to progression, I'm also having an issue finding the drug trucks and boats for the other mission (flying around a ton), but that would be a different post. At this point, it's clearly a game issue and I'd just like to make this post and request some help since it was not addressed in this patch. I'm at the very end obviously, but can't complete these missions.
Surely there are others...? Suggestions appreciated.
Thanks guys, the replies are overlapping. I certainly appreciate the help. I can't believe that something so simple could not have been prevented/coded when parsing out a hunted skin specific to missions. This stopped me dead and I only have a few things left. I've enjoyed the game but there have been some absolutely glaring frustrations.(Ive yet to check my fast travel guns)....I just ended up "buying" ones that wouldn't disappear. Hope I can find those trucks/boats now...
Actually, I believe that they made this change AFTER the event started. When the event first started, a friend of mine was killing Grizzly bears, but not getting the "Mission Item" (Black bear skins) The next day I saw players posting about not Getting Black skins from Grizzly. It was a lazy piss poor workaround for the screwing up the event to begin with. I think their "solution" created a far bigger problem than their first mistake. All they had to do was include Grizzly skins into the event along with the black skins, but they chose this workaround instead. Since they don't plan to fix it, the only solution is to wait until the event is over to do the missions that require Grizzly skins. If you haven't opted in to the event and need Grizzly skins, DON'T. If you don't opt into the event, you will still be able to get Grizzly skins from them.Originally Posted by TBDBITLSD Go to original post