Fundamental Game Play Issues

[Byrth]

I think Autotarget targets the lowest HP red mob in sight, or in the event that there is only one red mob in sight, it targets that. I don't know how they could really make that better, except to remove the sight requirement.

[Arcon]

I think Autotarget targets the lowest HP red mob in sight, or in the event that there is only one red mob in sight, it targets that. I don't know how they could really make that better, except to remove the sight requirement.

Behave like the normal default-target system, I guess. Like, if you hit the Tab key while not targeting anything.

To be fair, I didn't know there was any system to it, I never noticed anything before, other than it's never the one you wanted.

[Rubicant82]

@ The people who think that gear swapping is uncouth or outdated let me just say from a BLM with capped EVERYTHING point of view that even though I have full AF3+2 I still gear swap A LOT why? because not only do my STAFFS help out DIFFERENT spells but also because I like to squeeze out ever extra dmg I can. I do the same on my Melee jobs also. Gear swapping is knowing what piece of gear to use with what ja/ws/ma. I know that with the now cookie cutter gear and zerg everything mentality that abyssea has brought upon the game, that only veteran players that were around before understand these types of concepts so I wont say that you're 100% wrong. Everyone has their own play style. I am old school and therefore spend hours formulating and testing different gear to see what works best, because I like to see big numbers. Prior to abyssea it took gear swapping and knowing your job to make those numbers push the limits.

[Arcon]

@ The people who think that gear swapping is uncouth or outdated let me just say from a BLM with capped EVERYTHING point of view that even though I have full AF3+2 I still gear swap A LOT why? because not only do my STAFFS help out DIFFERENT spells but also because I like to squeeze out ever extra dmg I can. I do the same on my Melee jobs also. Gear swapping is knowing what piece of gear to use with what ja/ws/ma. I know that with the now cookie cutter gear and zerg everything mentality that abyssea has brought upon the game, that only veteran players that were around before understand these types of concepts so I wont say that you're 100% wrong. Everyone has their own play style. I am old school and therefore spend hours formulating and testing different gear to see what works best, because I like to see big numbers. Prior to abyssea it took gear swapping and knowing your job to make those numbers push the limits.

Wrong thread? I don't see anyone here complaining about gear swapping.

[Vortex]

Wrong thread? I don't see anyone here complaining about gear swapping.

He may have been refering to the OPs sight on gear swaps which was quickly shot down seeing as none-retarded people have no issues with gear swaping and have fully understood it is NEEDED in this game to be anywhere near good.

[Arcon]

He may have been refering to the OPs sight on gear swaps which was quickly shot down seeing as none-retarded people have no issues with gear swaping and have fully understood it is NEEDED in this game to be anywhere near good.

You may be referring to a different OP then, because this one neither complained about gearswaps, nor was he shot down, on the contrary, rated up about 62 times.

[Byrth]

Naw, he's referring to this. I never said anything against gear swaps.

[SpankWustler]

* Blinking/losing target after target gear swaps - The person you're targeting and their position are independent of the clothes they're wearing, so why is it programmed to break focus when someone gear swaps? This is annoying.
** Blinking on your own and losing "locked on" status - If you blink while locked on to a monster, you lose the locked on status and have to re-lock it before you can do things like strafe around the monster. Seems like an outgrowth of the above problem. Why was this designed this way?

Since a half-dozen people have strove to misunderstand this bit, I'll try to expound on it:

Changing equipment is vital to not being horrible at FFXI, the purpose of macros, something I and many others enjoy, etc. so why do we get punished for changing trousers by losing our lock on whatever monster we're hitting?

It's as if someone installed a hole to let the heat and steam out of a coffee cup...on the very bottom of the cup. We have plenty of ways to get around this "feature" (<stal> and <stpt> work in some cases, third party programs work in all cases), but that doesn't mean the "feature" is intelligently made.

If the development team can change this without two weeks of work and sending a virginal intern into the server room as a sacrifice, maybe they should.

[Soranika]

I understand the need for gear swapping but it kills me being on WHM trying to cure some one who's changing equipment every time they WS with HP in yellow/red. It's the worst when I'm locked on or even just targeting to the main tank with usually two other DD on a NM.
More unfortunate being some one who plays on a console and not PC so I'm without things such as a windower for aid.

[Vortex]

I understand the need for gear swapping but it kills me being on WHM trying to cure some one who's changing equipment every time they WS with HP in yellow/red. It's the worst when I'm locked on or even just targeting to the main tank with usually two other DD on a NM.
More unfortunate being some one who plays on a console and not PC so I'm without things such as a windower for aid.

You serious? that is what <stal> is for -_- it does not lose the target, no matter what they do.