Targeting Issues (Auto-face)

[NefGP]

So there are a few issues with targeting and movement that I'm surprised haven't been addressed yet.


The first is auto-facing people. This is actually incredibly annoying in fights like Titan as orientation determines your movement, and I've found myself getting hit my plumes when I wouldn't otherwise because my stupid character turns to face whom I'm healing and suddenly my movement is all messed up.


The second problem arises from turning off the 1st though - I was just doing a run on my WAR in roulette and if turn off auto-face, suddenly everything's out of range. I can be looking right at a target 2 feet or less in front of me, and the game will keep saying target out of range for all my WS unless I hit the F key to align myself.

What the hell?

[Aethaeryn]

Try out legacy camera. Standard is just absolutely awful for this game.

[DoctorPepper]

On controller at least, you can change your movement type so that whatever direction you press on the joystick your character will turn and run that direction instead of strafing/backpedaling. Not sure if you have that set or not but if you do and you are using a controller it shouldn't make any difference what direction your character is facing when you start to run.

[Aethaeryn]

On controller at least, you can change your movement type so that whatever direction you press on the joystick your character will turn and run that direction instead of strafing/backpedaling. Not sure if you have that set or not but if you do and you are using a controller it shouldn't make any difference what direction your character is facing when you start to run.

It's the same for keyboard play. If you're on standard controls, your character will backpedal instead of turn and run backwards. Switching to legacy will fix that problem, but it takes some getting used to after you've played with standard for a long time.

[Sagittarian]

What they said - use legacy.
Legacy won't turn the camera at all, no matter which way you are facing. You have to rotate the camera. All of your movement is based on the camera not on the character. I think if you lock onto a target, then it will apply standard controls for that target (so you can circle).
I'm still trying to get used to it - I keep running into walls.

Alternately, turn your WAR abilities into macros with a /facetarget before the action.

[Versiroth]

Legacy + autoface = the best setup for controller users. It allows you to run in the direction you press and you will autoface your target when using abilities.

[Thorauku]

Turn off auto-face when using another class? Turn it on when using a Tank? Not that much of an issue, no?

[NefGP]

Ah ok, I'll have to try getting used to legacy then. I remember not caring much for the old layout in 1.23, but I hate tank controls even more.