Skyrim

Ok it's Skyrim story time...

Once upon a time, before I'd tried this game I read this post: (cut down somewhat to be relevant)

lobo said:
5: um...they are not hostile. stay away if you can't kill them. range attacks own them hard. their slam may knock you back, but it doesn't hurt unless you are CLOSE. they are considered friendly NPCs as far as i'm concerned. next time a dragon attacks you, try running to them. THEN tell me that they aren't awesome...or kill them easily w/ magic or arrows and enjoy the bullshit 500 worth of shit you get. they are invaluable allies. why are you attacking them?
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So I get around to playing it, I'm going across the open areas with less snow near Whiterun and lo and behold a dragon decides it wants a piece of me. Nearby I spot a giant, with his two mammoths, and remembering this I decide the fight might be more in my favour over there...

So... I run over to the giant with the dragon blasting my horses backside, curious about how awesome this giant was going to be (my previous encounter with giants had left me wondering about this as the first had knocked me literally into orbit and the second had forced me to use the current of a nearby river to make a getaway, not wanting a repeat experience). I was sure this giant wouldn't attack me unless I attacked him or the mammoths first so I was quite confident he would live up to these claims.

So what happened, was the giant awesome, you ask? Well it was pretty awesome the sight of the giant turning tail and RUNNING AWAY, leaving his mammoths and my horse to do the fighting... Well, dragons can be pretty scary...
 
Jrasta111 said:
Ok it's Skyrim story time...

So I get around to playing it, I'm going across the open areas with less snow near Whiterun and lo and behold a dragon decides it wants a piece of me. Nearby I spot a giant, with his two mammoths, and remembering this I decide the fight might be more in my favour over there...

So... I run over to the giant with the dragon blasting my horses backside, curious about how awesome this giant was going to be (my previous encounter with giants had left me wondering about this as the first had knocked me literally into orbit and the second had forced me to use the current of a nearby river to make a getaway, not wanting a repeat experience). I was sure this giant wouldn't attack me unless I attacked him or the mammoths first so I was quite confident he would live up to these claims.

So what happened, was the giant awesome, you ask? Well it was pretty awesome the sight of the giant turning tail and RUNNING AWAY, leaving his mammoths and my horse to do the fighting... Well, dragons can be pretty scary...
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That's just the way the A.I. system works with giants. When the target is unreachable to the A.I. the option it chooses is to get out of range of the attacker and find something big enough to hide behind. You said that you where near Whiterun correct? If I remember correctly the area around Whiterun is open field and has nothing big enough for a giant or mammoth to hide behind. Giants are okay when it comes to helping out, but during dragon fights the giants become a little unpredictable.
 
The main trick is to get the dragon to land near the giants, then the giants will help tear it up. (up to a certain point anyways, an Ancient Dragon will make mincemeat out of them) Just make sure you don't get too close to the giants yourself since they are range sensitive and will turn hostile if you get within a certain range.
 
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