Strongboxes = No Scarabs (and) Niko + Boxes = Toxic

Even if a strongbox explicitly states it will drop scarabs it will not. This has happened multiple times and seems to be consistent to not drop them.

Also you will see the struggles of attempting to open said box while Niko has decided to spawn it under his feet. I assure you I am trying to use both joysticks (our only targeting tool) in any direction to attempt to target the box. It seems to require pretty precise location of my character and possibly also direction facing to interact with a box. An action that should be quite simple.

I beg you to disable us being able to talk to Niko in a map, there is never a time I can think of where I'm glad I started a conversation with him. I need to click near him, for the juice always, then again sometimes for a box or maybe it's the shrine. Never is it to talk to him.

Video below of both issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKQ0FnpWzLQ

I've decided to give up on Niko for now. I appreciate any efforts you can put forward into solving this. Thank you and please let me know if there is anything else I can provide to assist.