Tab Targeting Needs to be Looked At and Fixed

[McStagger]

Never had an issue since day one.

Go into the game and tab through targets that are on screen. It does not tab through nearest to farthest. It is blatantly obvious. Also, there is no reason something like this would work one way for one user and different for another since it has to do with how it is coded in game.

[Zfz]

My observations (since beta, it might have changed):

• Once target nametag becomes clickable (visible), it is appended into a list of targets for you
• TAB will only target nearest if you have no target
• If you have a target, TAB will target the "next in the list" according to the said list above

I was going to test it's relationship to the letter-designations but thought they'd "fix" this so never really tested it.

[Kat_Manx]

Targeting in FFXI was perfect. There is also no way I can make it work like it did there. TAB just targeted everything. Players, monsters, doors, whatever. Yet always flawlessly picked the target I wanted. I don't even know how... You can't even assign one key to target everything in this game. I have like one key for monsters, one key for NPC's, I use a mouse to target players... uuuugh. It was so so flawless in FFXI. ; ; Some things would be worth to move over from that game. Heh. ^_^

[Tazytiggy]

Best example to see how messed up is use target forward/backward to mark the enemy's in an instance, it works flawlessly sometimes and others you get the closest and one way on the other side of the room.

[KyteStones]

i agree with this post. Too many times running AK and I'm fighting gargoyles in the room right before the Demon Wall Tab Targeting goes full retard and starts targeting the mobs behind the gargoyles even the Dullahan in the very back before it gets to the targets right in front of me. Very frustrating. For people that use the Numb-lock keys please explain what MMO has ever used those keys for a target system where tab targeting was so horrendous?

[Velev]

Totally right OP.

Targeting is messed up, infact it targets a mob in the back of the room before it targeted one which was right infront of me....

Needs fixing and should have been done by now, it's been over 3 months and still nothing.

I don't get it. Why does SE love to complicate things?

The targeting system in FFXI was crisp and perfect after all the work they put into it.

Why didn't they use that same system here?

SE please have someone check your targeting system and he will let you know that it's clearly not working properly.

Thanks

[Stoprunning]

Is this going to be fixed? Setting up tab to target closest doesn't always work. It targets mobs far away, practically every time.

I've set up filters, when my weapon is drawn, it targets enemies, and manually setup filters for Party, Enemies, Agro, etc.
It doesn't matter if I default it, it will target mobs far away.

This is really frustrating, and game breaking to me.

[Sub-Xero]

Damn right, second and thirded! Makes tanking that much easier in all the chaos of add management as well. It was perfect in FFXI I don't understand why it's so damn bad in this game.

Of all the things they've copied and continue to copy from FFXI it amazes me that they haven't managed to copy any of the stuff that actually worked in FFXI. I realize that's a bit hyperbolic but for the most part it's true.

[Roris]

It's been that way since 1.0, you'd think they would have done something about it after all this time, it was reported back then and even reported again during ARR's beta but nope, still same old bad targeting system.

[Noshpan]

Yeah... the tab-targeting... Most times I find it more convenient to just click on the target I want to attack. *facepalm*