Tab targeting is remarkably bad

[Lissyl]

I've found clicking on the enemies to be easier so long as you have nameplates. Even if you have them stacked, the clicking on the first or last letter of the nameplate will always grab the right one (in my experience). About the only way to hit the summoning bell in Ul'dah Sapphire Road, too lol.

[Gula]

Controller player and the D pad targeting is great imo.

[MaraD_]

its cycle from left to right, or right to left.
if you see 3 mobs on screen, pressing left to right, will target the right mob, and the opposite targets the left mob 1st. pressing again will cycle back around to the opposite, and then the middle one.
i forget which button, i think the accept button, lets u pick the nearest enemy you're facing. so i pick between those 3 options.

if too many mobs are on screen, i point the camera down, to limit the number i cycle between.

[CatStarPrime]

"Target nearest enemy" has worked for me since October of ARR. I don't understand needing to "cycle" in any way. GRAAH! I kill the thing! <TAB> GRAAH! I kill the next nearest thing!" <TAB>

If I need a particular enemy, I click-a them with the mouse.

[Barraind]

There's an option for "cone" targeting in the settings that changes the behavior. I believe the basic setting does as you described, left to right, where the cone setting starts with your character and moves outward.

They all like to ignore things standing right in front of you, based on height.

Its the worst thing about playing Lalafel. you're so short, you cant tab target things other races can, because of where your camera likes to position itself.

[yexie]

I use cone targeting and it works for me.

Hm... I use cone targeting as well, but what is said in the first post is SOOO FAMILIAR.

[Darkstride]

Controller player and the D pad targeting is great imo.

Yeah, I don't really struggle with it on a controller. It's up and down to cycle through the party and left/right to cycle through everything else.

[Makeda]

Yeah tab through nearest seems to be a total mess. But... I think it might actually be working except it has too far if range.
It should have a range configuration for your choice of “melee”, 15, 30, and 45.
Or: melee, your longest range ability, twice your longest range ability.

But instead it seems to be “anything your camera settings can render, including that other fate over there by the edge of the zone with 30 mobs in it...

[Makeda]

They all like to ignore things standing right in front of you, based on height.

Its the worst thing about playing Lalafel. you're so short, you cant tab target things other races can, because of where your camera likes to position itself.

I see this height issue even on a Viera. The targeting hitbox should start 2 yalms below the floor... but instead seems to be “the eyeballs”.

[iain_b78]

sometimes i just click them with my mouse because its pretty much what you said just now.

the target just keep cycling all enemy except the one i want to be targeted lol

It would be fine if the click targeting wasn't almost as bad to the point of also being unusable. I can't tell you how many times I've clicked on my chocobo instead of an NPC...