I play using a gamepad.

This recent update adding the various targeting 'modes' is a step in the right direction. I can see where these modes could be useful in various situations.

HOWEVER, the issue is that they used the up/down on the d-pad in order to cycle through the modes. This essentially replaced the functionality of what the up/down did. Mages can no longer cycle through the party member list using up/down. They should have this option.

Also, it is now difficult to target yourself believe it or not, using a game pad. Before using either up or down, would target yourself first, but now it changes modes so if you use that to target yourself, you then have to manually change the mode back. Using the action button will still target yourself if nothing else is on the screen but if another NPC/PC is in your field of view, it will target them first.

The SOLUTION to BOTH of these issues is to do what they did when they added the camera controls to the gamepad. Revert the controls on d-pad up/down how they were before this patch, but change the way we switch target modes. Use the auto-run button + up/down to switch modes. That way we will still have the functionality of the full d-pad for targeting AND will be able to enjoy the option of swapping targeting modes as well.