Hello all!

I've been playing XIV for a little over a week now and have been loving every minute of it, and would like to pass along what I've learned about targeting to other new folks like myself who suffer from what I'm calling "control panic":

You'll notice that displayed just above your hp bar is one of several words - if you're just standing around in town, most likely it's "All," if you're in a fight, probably "Enemies." That is what target filter you're currently using.

If you're a hack-and-slash(and punch and poke!) DD, odds are you've had absolutely zero problem targeting what you want with either the tab key or the R2/L2 + R1/L1 controller cycling(more on that in a minute); however, if you're a healer, you'll most likely have only been able to quickly target party members with the D-pad and have had no luck at all in targeting PCs outside a party (in a Fate, for example).

Here's where we go about changing that.