Curse

UnknownGuest01 · Jun 20, 2007, 03:59 AM // 03:59

I never had any problems with the auto-targeting it become useful to me in open spaces when I'm attacking big number of mobs with my warrior, and the cancel button I didn't notice it.

Voltar · Jun 20, 2007, 04:02 AM // 04:02

honestly, i found the tab-spaecbar aspect of this game a little confusing. now i am free to focus solely on spacebar. well, maybe not but when i'm playing recklessly or the target gets spiked down quicker than i'd anticipated, i tend to burn my needling on the next target. i'd already rebound "target closest item" to "x" anyway so the item thing was covered...when i go to talk to an npc, i l-alt and click on their name to run across town long before i'm in range of them.

the net result was a few burned needling shots, mid-battle looting and frequent-end-combat-discussions with togo. alternately if you play like the auto-targetting doesn't exist, it pretty much plays the same. a "lazy mode" option to toggle it wouldn't hurt. if only they could find a way to auto-toggle it so you wouldn't have to click that option yourself...

Lodurr · Jun 20, 2007, 06:38 AM // 06:38

In GvG you can't "save the enemy flag" anymore. If you kill an enemy flag carrier, the autotarget gloms on to it and returns it for you. Way to remove strategy from the game Anet.

Oni Firestarter · Jun 20, 2007, 07:50 AM // 07:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lodurr

In GvG you can't "save the enemy flag" anymore. If you kill an enemy flag carrier, the autotarget gloms on to it and returns it for you. Way to remove strategy from the game Anet.

OMFG!

I got bitched at in a GvG today and I was so confused for a few seconds:

him: "leave flag please"
me: "okie dokie, killing this archer..errr... nm, he's allready dead"
him: "WTF!! I TOLD U NOT TO PICK UP THE FLAG"
me: "whoa.. huh? i didn't.... click..... wt.....f..."

Anyways. That makes sense to me now at least.

And I keep blowing my mighty blows on completely random targets. For the longest time today, I was completley baffled, because my char kept randomly running in different directions on spikes and it took me a while to figure out why.

We had a couple shames put on non monks after the auto target takes over, a lot of blown shatters, and after every spike I end up throwing any adrenaline into a completely random target and having to keep "re steering" my char.

Its absolutely retarded. Please take it out or give a toggle.

IMMORTAlMITCH · Jun 20, 2007, 10:41 AM // 10:41

Get rid of this shit in PvP, or at the very least add a toggle option..

Danax · Jun 20, 2007, 11:44 AM // 11:44

Broad Head Arrow on Afflicted Warrior FTW!

Arduin · Jun 20, 2007, 11:49 AM // 11:49

This feature gets extremely annoying in PvP. Because of the autotargeting, I've been trying to interrupt some Bone Minions numerous times after their MM died... Now my Concussion Shot is wasted, 25 energy is wasted, and I'm fed up because I can't interrupt that Meteor Shower from the enemy Elementalist because my skills are still recharging...

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Changes like this make me wonder what ANet is planning for GW's feature. So please enable us to switch this off.

Or... I could just adapt to these changes, like I've been doing for the past 2 years...

TheYellowKid · Jun 22, 2007, 06:46 PM // 18:46

meh at first i thought ah this is cool no delay between swings when my target dies.. after playing for a bit it becomes a prob, im one of those players that instantly switches target after mine dies now sometimes its one past where i want to be and ive not seen who ive cycled through. Purge signet wasted because the target dies, skills for specific foes wasted on the opposite char type obv these issues have all been mentioned. let us toggle instead of forcing a play-style on us

/signed toggle ftw

InfernalSuffering · Jun 22, 2007, 07:04 PM // 19:04

As a midline caster for gvg/pvp this really messes you up and the team up. Would like to see an example of how badly is messes up monks though. I bet its more.

Alas Poor Yorick · Jun 22, 2007, 10:03 PM // 22:03

Also lousy for assassins when you have a strike that must follow an off hand hit (moebius strike for example) You just made it through the 3 hits needed to activate moebius and then target dies while using moebius.

Auto targeting switches to next enemy in line of sight - which might be clear across the room. But because you don't have the lead attacks on that target, you get a miss and loss of energy - plus your toon runs right into a groups of mobs where you don't want him to be!

Please give us some way to turn this off!

Chipp Zanuff · Jun 22, 2007, 11:40 PM // 23:40

With the last update it seems they just did :-D

Alas Poor Yorick · Jun 22, 2007, 11:45 PM // 23:45

Yes!!!

Thank you, ANet - sometimes you do listen.

Ec]-[oMaN · Jun 22, 2007, 11:52 PM // 23:52

Thanks Andrew for commenting within the thread, and big thanks to the rest of the Anet employees who made this happen.

Zedd Kun · Jun 22, 2007, 11:52 PM // 23:52

Turn it on/off with F11 button