LOS Healing <For Instant Spells/Actions>

[Matrioshki]

[EDIT: For those who don't like this the fix is in the post below, Thanks Goom]

I'm an experienced healer, having played through all of FFXI and WoW, and all Hard Modes between. (Just so credibility isn't an issue, haha)

I'm enjoying healing and the increasing difficulty and pressure on the mana pools we have. We need to be efficient and use the right actions at the right time to go the distance. The only thing I'm not enjoying is the requirement to be facing the target when activating an instant action. Namely Regen.

Example:

-Boss targets me with a directional attack or AoE
-As I'm running out of the AoE/Attack I cast Regen
-Target is on the other side of the field
-I am now faced a different direction than I was running and now run right back into the effect

The only way I have found to avoid this is to hold down my mouse which doesn't prevent me from turning, but will put me on the same path afterwards. One thing that I enjoyed from WoW is I could be running anywhere and in any direction and cast an instant spell, without having to face the target. It allows me to focus on the raid mechanic vs where my char is looking.

I'm hoping to hear a similar frustration from other healers, and ask if this is a change we may see coming? or if this has been brought up before?


Thank for your input,

[Goom]

There is an option, under the Character Options somewhere, that turns off auto-face when casting a spell (including instants). I believe this will solve your problem.

[Matrioshki]

Wellllllll if it's that simple I'm a happy man haha. I appreciate the aesthetics of of facing the person I'm curing.... but functionally not so much.

Thanks for a quick answer

[Fabb]

There is an option, under the Character Options somewhere, that turns off auto-face when casting a spell (including instants). I believe this will solve your problem.

Will this allow you to still heal someone when not facing them? Or is that still a requirement to get the heal off?

[v_jones]

Will this allow you to still heal someone when not facing them?

Yes. I'm not actually sure how anyone can heal with autoface on to begin with.

[Fom]

Yeah can someone verify that you still dont need to face them to get the heal off? I'm at work and can't test it lol. Would love for it to just be unchecking a box in the options

[Rin_Kuroi]

Yep, just tested it. If you turn off "Automatically face target when using action" in the Character Configuration dialogue / Target tab you don't have to face the target when using regen.

[Mythrella]

Thank you all!! I will check this out tonight, assuming I have a chance to get on before maintenance. I don't care if I have to face a player while using a spell with a cast time, but the instant cast facing target was bothering me too. Can't wait to test it!

[Rin_Kuroi]

Doesn't seem any of our heals require facing the target.

[Matrioshki]

This is definitely tested and confirmed

The option in the menu is very broad and applies to any "Target of Action"

This option should be unchecked for any player. It's purely aesthetic and will only make it difficult to navigate encounters while using instant actions.