Disable L3 lockon

I did make this suggestion ages ago and know a few others did.

could we please have an option to disable L3 from locking on to targets with game pads.

it's ultra annoying when you're trying to move away from a boss and stuck locked onto him... or in a couple of instances recently found accidently locking onto ozma while running meteors suddenly changes the direction of movement and weee ive gone off the edge....

I don't know anyone who uses lock on anyway outside of lazy mode autorun lockon to a friend and follow them through a dungeon while you grab a drink from the fridge...

You can already do this in the gamepad button configuration.

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Originally Posted by Zetsumei_Tsunarashi

You can already do this in the gamepad button configuration.

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Really. I know you can disable the automatically lock on to target when exectuting an action or something to that effect. but I haven't seem an option to completely disable lock on

Yes you can already do this

L3 has several things you can set it to. Lockon is the default. I have mine set to draw/sheathe weapon. Setting it to do nothing is also an option.

System Configuration -> Gamepad -> Button Configuration

Its a good slot to place assist or sprint using the macro 98/99 options.


/ac sprint

/assist

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Originally Posted by Dzian

I don't know anyone who uses lock on anyway outside of lazy mode autorun lockon to a friend and follow them through a dungeon while you grab a drink from the fridge...

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If you use legacy control mode, not using lock-on is a pretty enormous detriment to your DPS output.

But sure, I don't see why this shouldn't be an option regardless.

There is a very limited number of things you can assign to those two buttons, or you can calibrate the gamepad and choose skip when you get to that button to get rid of it completely.

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Originally Posted by Niwashi

L3 has several things you can set it to. Lockon is the default. I have mine set to draw/sheathe weapon. Setting it to do nothing is also an option.

System Configuration -> Gamepad -> Button Configuration

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found it. thanks,

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Originally Posted by seekified

If you use legacy control mode, not using lock-on is a pretty enormous detriment to your DPS output.

But sure, I don't see why this shouldn't be an option regardless.

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Really? every skill you use automatically makes you face the target anyway. and I generaly find it takes that much longer to get to the flank of a boss when you're locked on and strafing. I tend to find the freedom of movement improves my damage as I can get positionals that much faster

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Originally Posted by Dzian

I don't know anyone who uses lock on anyway outside of lazy mode autorun lockon to a friend and follow them through a dungeon while you grab a drink from the fridge...

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It is used to properly strafe without missing auto attacks, which is a considerable portion of your DPS for melee-range jobs.

EDIT: To reply to your most recent post, while your executed skills make it to the target, your auto attacks do not.

Also the only time it would be faster to get to the flank from the back and vice versa when not locked on is on huge bosses and that is also only if you are someone that goes all the way to the flank/back rather than the edge. The back starts where the circle under the enemy ends and the flank starts where the circle begins near the back. If you stick near that edge positionals will generally be decently faster

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Originally Posted by Zari

Also the only time it would be faster to get to the flank from the back and vice versa when not locked on is on huge bosses and that is also only if you are someone that goes all the way to the flank/back rather than the edge. The back starts where the circle under the enemy ends and the flank starts where the circle begins near the back. If you stick near that edge positionals will generally be decently faster

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This ^

Don't make travel time longer that it needs to be.

I'd say the L3 lockon is mostly used to quickly orient the camera when it's facing away from the current target. It's much faster and simpler to simply tap the L3 button on then off again than it is to rotate the camera with the analog stick. Plus it can be helpful learning positionals, though not every job has positionals. If you don't like L3 lock-on it you may disable it. But I encourage you to try it before disabling it.

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Originally Posted by Dzian

I don't know anyone who uses lock on anyway outside of lazy mode autorun lockon to a friend and follow them through a dungeon while you grab a drink from the fridge...

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I use it on melee
On ranged I use it during LB3 so I can't accidentally miss (since it can completely miss if you aren't careful).

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Originally Posted by Dzian

Really? every skill you use automatically makes you face the target anyway. and I generaly find it takes that much longer to get to the flank of a boss when you're locked on and strafing. I tend to find the freedom of movement improves my damage as I can get positionals that much faster

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Sure, but while you're moving you aren't facing your target and thus your auto-attacks aren't going off at all. The small window you get when using skills isn't enough for all auto-attacks to land, and so for melee and pre-52 BRD/MCH lock-on is very helpful. For other classes (who don't rely on auto-attacks) it's not really important.

But I've used it heavily for years now, so I'm very comfortable with simply clicking it off instantly if I do need to move out of something very quickly, or move through my target. It's easy when you get used to it, and I do notice a DPS difference (became very obvious in FCoB).