New targeting system removed an old system feature!

Before the new targeting system came into play, I use to be able to use <st> with spells or abilities, then click the players name in the UI and it would automatically start casting. Now it makes me push enter. no good ; ;

Agree this needs to be fixed for the healers sake

It's only 2 seconds longer but that can be a long time to wait for a heal spell sometimes.

I would like this back very much.

Yes it would be really nice to have that feature be put back into the game.

Something to add to this, you cannot select a party member to heal while you're locked onto an enemy anymore as well which makes the absence of this feature even more frustrating.

Hey there everyone.

The thread was moved over from In-Game Bugs over to General Discussion. Thank you for your feedback!

- Xophious

Greetings, Reika!
Upon further review of your concerns about the new targetting system, it may be necessary for this matter to be investigated further, so I moved this thread from "General Discussion" back to "In-Game Bugs." It would be a great help if you provided examples of the spells and abilities you have tried this with, as well as any information you can pass along to us in the following form:

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will do!

Platform: Windows 7 Ultimate, 64bit
ISP: Cox Cable
Type of Internet Connection: Optic Fiber
Internet Connection Speed: 31Mbit/s
Date & Time: Every day
Frequency: Always
Character Name: Reika Shadowheart
Race: Miqo'te
World: karnak
Class/Skill Rank: Thaumaturge, Rank 40+
Physical Level: Physical level 50
Area and Coordinates: Southern Thanalan, Camp Broken Water, (43, 41)
Party or Solo: Party, 8 members
NPC Name: None
Monster Name: Blotched Mongrel, Felbite Pieste, And every other monster.
In-Game Time: 0200

Steps:
-During a Guildleve at Camp Broken water:
-I used my macro which includes the lines:

/ac "Cure II" <st>
/ac "Sacrifice II" <st>

After selecting the macro, the purple targeting reticule appeared. I then attempted to click on a party members name in the party member list of the UI, but it would not start casting. I clicked multiple times on multiple different names in the UI list, but it still refused to cast, until i finally hit enter.

-I received no error messages.

I missed being able to cycle through party using down on the d-pad(controller) now it only targets me and i have to find the guy i wanna cast on through the chaos.

Greetings again, Reika!
Thank you for taking the time to fill out another form regarding trouble that you have come across in the game. I know how important it is to be able to cast spells on targetted party members, so I will make sure that this information that you have provided us is received by the development team, and a thorough investigation of this matter will be conducted, based on this information. As mentioned in the other thread regarding your concerns about cancelling macros, any new information regarding this investigation may be posted on this thread, so I highly recommend consulting this thread for any further developments. Again, we greatly appreciate you taking the time to make sure the game is working properly, and we thank you for the heads-up!

Greetings once more, Reika!
Thank you for your patience with waiting for a response to your report. After thoroughly investigating your matter, the development team determined that no issue could be found with the command. According to their investigation, it looks like the problem is with the macro due to them having 2 commands which require a selection of a sub-target. Try removing one of the heals out of the command, like /ac "Cure II" <st>. I hope this helps you with your commands, and I wish you the best of luck!