New targeting system causing issues

[Lomelindi]

Before the update, hitting "down" on the D-Pad of my controller would cycle through my party in order of the names listed, making my job much easier in terms of curing. Now, with the new targeting system "down" on the D-pad locks the types of things I can target.

I understand that there is now a "party" specific targeting system, but now I need to use the left and right D-pad buttons to cycle through my party members, and this does so in a random fashion, making it difficult to quickly select a party member who is injured without putting down my controller, grabbing the mouse and clicking on that character.

What I would like is for the Target-locking function to be mapped to a different button, have it accessed via menu or something of that sort. If this is not an option, then cycling through my party members using the left and right buttons should do so in order of how they are listed in my party, and not jump around at random until someone dies before I can even select them for a cure.

In the meantime, if someone has found a way to make this system work for them using a controller, please share -_-. I don't want to be in a party lately because of this change.

[Roll]

I'm having trouble adapting to this as well. Normally I press down on the control pad first to target myself and press left/right to target enemies and up/down to target party members. Now when I press down I change the target selection lol. I'm hoping we can be able to map it to some other button on the control pad besides up/down later on. :/

[Shadowedge]

I completely agree. I'm having a very hard time getting used to this while healing. Would be cool to have it in the FFXIV config, so we could map it to any button we wanted. Even if it was like the camera distance setting, where you hold another button. Like maybe holding the auto-run button or one of the macro buttons, and pressing up or down will change the target mode, leaving up/down to cycle through the party list normally.

[Aratharn]

+1 to having hard time adjusting to this.

[SleepyTaru]

I strongly agree with the op. As a mage/support I find this very annoying and needs to be changed. Up and down on the D-pad should be for cycling up and down your party members list. The new targeting option should be set to a separate button.

[Visch]

Yeah... I dislike it but what we had before was horrible too. I don't understand how targeting something in 11 was so easy while it's so hard here.

[Lilith]

Similiar to the "target nearest npc" I'd like a "target nearest engaged enemy" button, when pressed again targetting next engaged enemy, to be able to cycle through engaged mobs. When not engaged just selecting nearest enemy.
This, together with an easy way to cycle through party members, would make battle (and behest) more enjoyable.

[Colino]

What part of "General Discussion" made you think this section was for technical/in-game difficulties?

[Smashington]

Up and down on the D-pad should be for cycling up and down your party members list. The new targeting option should be set to a separate button.

UP/DOWN = party member list

LEFT/RIGHT = mob, npc

Remove the group targeting completely.

[Viridiana]

I've found a slight work-around for tanks trying to use Accomplice, but I don't heal, so I can't be much help there. What I have noticed, though, is that it'll only target people within view of your camera (I've yet to test characters blocked by walls, though). Again, not horribly useful for healers, unless you can swing your camera around so that only the tank is on-screen. . .