AOE Toggle Needs to GO

[Steggun]

I personally would be much happier with individual AOE spells. At the very least they should add an icon that shows if AoE is toggled on or off. When you use macros to toggle AoE on or off the only indicator that anything has changed is a small line of text in the text box. This can create problems, since I often use macros to cast my spells just to avoid the extra button press to confirm/toggle AoE.

I really hope they are adding an easier way to cancel spells as well, as the current way is absolute crap. Would it really be all that bad if spells were cancelled by moving?

[Venat]

No gamepad for the toggle. i want to play the game with a controler not with a keyboard.

They need to make it quick like pressing R1 to toggle the spell from Single to Aoe Right before you hit comfirm for spell.
Mouse it be right click.

I think the action menu at the bottom of the screen needs to be 3 rows of abilitys displayed instead of 1.

[Dargoth_Draconia]

@Razzle. The claiming system is what was broken, not the AoE Toggle.

No gamepad for the toggle. i want to play the game with a controler not with a keyboard.

They need to make it quick like pressing R1 to toggle the spell from Single to Aoe Right before you hit comfirm for spell.
Mouse it be right click.

I think the action menu at the bottom of the screen needs to be 3 rows of abilitys displayed instead of 1.

They do have a toggle for AoE on/off on the controller it is the same button you use to bring up the emote list, it is what I have mapped as my "Square button" on ps2 controller.

[Zangetsu]

@Razzle. The claiming system is what was broken, not the AoE Toggle.



They do have a toggle for AoE on/off on the controller it is the same button you use to bring up the emote list, it is what I have mapped as my "Square button" on ps2 controller.

Indeed. Y on 360 controller by default. Very easy and convenient to use. It seems a lot of these game pad toggle buttons are not common knowledge like the Regime stack and start buttons. =/

[Zangetsu]

This may all change with the UI fixes. Maybe we will have a different button on game pads for AOE toggle which would be nice to get spells off faster. I believe the devs said that keyboards will have more custom settings so cross your fingers for the option to set it to a single key.

[Shai]

That pause is not to ask you if you want Toggle on.

It's so you can sub-target your spell.


For the 1000th time.

It serves a specific purpose for people engaged with the monster and can sub-target others around them. Go ahead and say its a Toggle prompt for the 300th time. It did the same thing in XI, I recall, if you had the monster targeted. The sub-target popped on you and you moved it where you needed it. You guys are going on and on about the extra "enter" like Mosshorn and his friends are *** you over it. (They're not, I promise).

[Dreadnought]

That pause is not to ask you if you want Toggle on.

It's so you can sub-target your spell.


For the 1000th time.

It serves a specific purpose for people engaged with the monster and can sub-target others around them. Go ahead and say its a Toggle prompt for the 300th time. It did the same thing in XI, I recall, if you had the monster targeted. The sub-target popped on you and you moved it where you needed it. You guys are going on and on about the extra "enter" like Mosshorn and his friends are *** you over it. (They're not, I promise).

you really thought we didnt get that fact? all were saying is we dislike it because its monotonous, and other games have already proved that a singe hit button for spells is more efficient and less monotonous..... so says billions of gamers so cram your 1000th time.

and no actually, i served as a healer for years and never dealt with anything like what your talking about. once i hit my macro my spell started casting so your freaking crazy.

[Tiraelina]

That pause is not to ask you if you want Toggle on.

It's so you can sub-target your spell.


For the 1000th time.

It serves a specific purpose for people engaged with the monster and can sub-target others around them. Go ahead and say its a Toggle prompt for the 300th time. It did the same thing in XI, I recall, if you had the monster targeted. The sub-target popped on you and you moved it where you needed it. You guys are going on and on about the extra "enter" like Mosshorn and his friends are *** you over it. (They're not, I promise).

So why are we even targetting mobs in the first place? Did I just decide to lock on to that one for fun and don't actually want to cast anything on it?

Mindless trolls on this forum don't know what a quality of life change is if it slapped them across the face.

[Dreadnought]

So why are we even targetting mobs in the first place? Did I just decide to lock on to that one for fun and don't actually want to cast anything on it?

Mindless trolls on this forum don't know what a quality of life change is if it slapped them across the face.

THIS
switch your target before you cast your next spell if thats whats needed! this is all so your cursor automatically goes back to your main target? if so, how lazy!!! sacrifice that much unnecessary monotony for that?

[Rane]

Personally, I'd be happy if there were a Config option that allowed me to set the AOE toggle to "off" by default. I usually make mistakes when I forget that AOE is on or off; if AOE only happened when I hit the button, I wouldn't have to think about it. If this were a Config option, then it wouldn't mess things up for people who like the button the way it is.

Alternately, the AOE version of a spell could be triggered by hitting a button or key combination, such as a shoulder button + confirm.