Quote Originally Posted by Estellios View Post
It's very nice for melee dps because of the auto-attacks as mentioned, despite what people say they contribute to a heft amount of damage, especially on mnk. I also use it in fights where there is a lot of moving around and I lose track of people, like in Crystal Tower. If i target them and lock on i can figure out where the heck they are then unlock.

It's useful to use if you can get used to un-locking when you need to move backwards but if you aren't a melee DPS then you're fine just disabling it entirely. Also an extra tip - for a good amount of enemies you can stand slightly farther back/slightly forward and give yourself some extra distance to run out of their AOEs. It might help you out while practicing using lockon if you choose to keep it available.
So then is it only auto-attacks that require you to face the target? There's been times where I've gotten off a Rage of Halone while literally facing the opposite direction of my target, but for my self-esteem's sake I never pay attention to my auto attacks since they're so worthless and pathetic