Target of Target showing boss castings now?

Still using Focus Target to watch the boss's skill abilities when I'm healing.

Does Target of Target do this now?
i.e, I'm focused on the tank (who's attacking the boss).
Selecting T of T rightly brings up the boss health bar - but does it show the boss's casting abilities?

I'm still selecting the boss before the fight starts and using Focus Target.

The enemy list shows cast bars

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Originally Posted by Mholito

The enemy list shows cast bars

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Yes, quite right. As a healer it pays to see exactly what ability the boss is using at any given time.
Focus Target gives this information, but setting up Target of Target doesn't seem to give the same level of information on boss's specific skills being cast.

Or does it now, and I'm just doing something wrong?

I haven't been paying attention to whether the "target of target" bar now has a cast bar or not. (But I'm under the impression that recent patches didn't add anything to it). Because whenever I get to boss room, I Focus Target on boss and watch that bar instead (as I set my HUD to have Focus Target float close to my hotbars). So I always solely rely on the Focus Target.

Just to clarify the topic, by Target of Target information, do you mean this thing?
http://i.imgur.com/7CpP4WW.jpg

Yes, that is the Target of Target bar. IDK why it'd need to show a cast bar? You have Focus Target and enmity bars. We don't need it a third time on screen....

Thanks for the replies.
I'll carry on using focus target.

Incidentally I do use Target of Target as I have TofT dps macros, (for when I'm healing in a group).
Focus on the tank for main healing, and carry out some dps without switching target.

I have a couple of simple macros:
/focustarget <t> - (cast on boss) which brings up a separate window and does tell you the actual abilities the target is casting.
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/focustarget <tt> - (cast on tank) also brings up the window, but doesn't seem to show the cast details of the tt.

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Originally Posted by Teraluna

/focustarget <tt> - (cast on tank) also brings up the window, but doesn't seem to show the cast details of the tt.

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It should register whatever your tank is at that moment targeting as your focustarget

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Originally Posted by Teraluna

Thanks for the replies.
I'll carry on using focus target.

Incidentally I do use Target of Target as I have TofT dps macros, (for when I'm healing in a group).
Focus on the tank for main healing, and carry out some dps without switching target.

I have a couple of simple macros:
/focustarget <t> - (cast on boss) which brings up a separate window and does tell you the actual abilities the target is casting.
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/focustarget <tt> - (cast on tank) also brings up the window, but doesn't seem to show the cast details of the tt.

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There, that's where my confusion was. I never knew about /focustarget <tt>, I will have to test it and see what it does.

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Originally Posted by Aleczan

There, that's where my confusion was. I never knew about /focustarget <tt>, I will have to test it and see what it does.

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Welcome any feedback, it may just be me doing something wrong.

I tried this yesterday. However, I didn't remember to make macro, and I suddenly remembered that I wanted to try it when I was already in the dungeon. So I used chat command /focustarget <tt> manually while in a boss room instead. Not sure if this may alter the outcome or not, but I assume it should execute the same way as macro.


http://i.imgur.com/DJrAuI9.jpg
This one is my normal way. Manually target on the boss, and use Shift+F to command the Focus Target. (pic above)

Then, I select my tank and Shift+F on him, just to change my Focus Target and prepare for testing /focustarget <tt>

I targeted my tank, and typed /focustarget <tt>

The Focus Target bar changed to the boss instead, and it functioned perfectly fine. (pic below)
http://i.imgur.com/dp9B8Av.jpg


To me, it is the exact same bar, same interface, same function. The only difference is that it is another "method" to assign your Focus Target. Once the Focus Target is correctly selected, it should work the same. So I don't know what's wrong with yours. Maybe if you can take a screenshot of when it's not working as intended, we might be able to see what went wrong. From what I read here, your macro looks fine.

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Originally Posted by Aleczan

To me, it is the exact same bar, same interface, same function. The only difference is that it is another "method" to assign your Focus Target. Once the Focus Target is correctly selected, it should work the same. So I don't know what's wrong with yours. Maybe if you can take a screenshot of when it's not working as intended, we might be able to see what went wrong. From what I read here, your macro looks fine.

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Thanks for the feedback.
I used my tt macro and it did show the tt skills being used.
Now I haven't changed anything (and it's a simple one line macro), but I did stop using it awhile back as it wasn't showing the cast abilities.
But hey, if it's decided to work again then I'm good with that :-)

Perhaps there was some specific glitch or error. Or it did stop working but they fixed it. IDK. Good to see it's working now, though. Hope yours keep working too!

Are you sure there just weren't any casts happening when you last used it?

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Originally Posted by Mholito

Are you sure there just weren't any casts happening when you last used it?

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Ha! Yes this was it!
No lol, I did have it on screen for seversl dungeons :-)

But I do like the idea of:
"Hey it's not working"
"Which mob have you got it focused on?"
"The Boss"
"But the boss is dead!"
"Oh......."