Interrupt issues.

[Gardes]

I have this issue where sometimes auto face target doesnt always work. Like...

Titan double gaols.
I stand behind him and dps down the first gaol as blm.
I get pushed back by upheaval but I'm already targetting the second gaol.
I dont get targetted by landslide so I just start casting.
Cast bar starts and then gets interrupted soon after because I'm not facing the gaol.

So apparently titan's upheaval locks my facing direction from auto facing even after upheaval has already finished?

[chocomaid]

I found out on my black mage and occasionally on my other healers/smn that there are two scenarios of moving your camera to lock on the target however one will fail:

Scenario one: Mob is moving at a range from you, you follow with your camera while casting with the right mouse button(or whichever button you use on different platforms). The spell will land.

Scenario two: Mob is moving near you, you follow with your camera while casting. The mob goes through you while you are casting (mob briefly being out of line of sight), you follow with your camera and finish the cast while facing the mob. The spell will be interrupted.

Scenario two should be fixed really. I'd get that the cast be interrupted the moment the mob goes through you being out of sight, but it has to finish the cast THEN be interrupted. Sucks really when my bard and summoner can insta-skill while facing away

[BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY]

Problem solved.

not for gamepad users.

and even on PC i would imagine while holding down mouse2 your character will strafe. but on PC you can just release mouse2. on PS3 or gamepads you need to change your control scheme in a menu.


and using lock-on target does not work. i have tried this on SMN in Copperbell Mines. it does not help. and assigning Face Target to something like R3 and spamming it does not work either.

only option left is to change the control scheme. which makes it more difficult to dodge some enemies AoE attacks.



either way... i am sure SE will come up with something. some kind of button combination we can use to quickly change our control scheme.

hopefully they will take an interest in this issue.

[ispano]

and even on PC i would imagine while holding down mouse2 your character will strafe.

Nope. Right Click + Move causes your character to turn, not strafe. Left Click is the same except camera only.

[StouterTaru]

PC gamepad user here, I've found no real solution to a mob moving out of line of sight while casting. Even going into first person view and spinning with the mob causes interruption, on top of the difficulty in seeing mob AoE indicators.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

I have this issue where sometimes auto face target doesnt always work. Like...

Titan double gaols.
I stand behind him and dps down the first gaol as blm.
I get pushed back by upheaval but I'm already targetting the second gaol.
I dont get targetted by landslide so I just start casting.
Cast bar starts and then gets interrupted soon after because I'm not facing the gaol.

So apparently titan's upheaval locks my facing direction from auto facing even after upheaval has already finished?

huh? weird i also got up heal as a ACN, but because i turn on my face target etc thinggie, it always work.

[BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY]

still... there needs to be an easy way to track the enemy in your FoV. changing your control scheme should not have to be the only option.

some kind of auto-track would be good. and i can understand this and PvP. so of course make it so it don't auto-track enemy players. friendly players is no problems. they can leave your FoV and spells cast just fine. is only when they go out of LoS and spell range when the spell cancels.


and again... using Lock-on Target or Face Target does not help any.

heck. this issue is the only reason i am staying away form caster damage. got a THM to Lv26 for Swiftcast. and a SMN to lv50 for fun. and while an enemy leaving your FoV doesn't happen very often at all. it's still an issue when there is no way to counter-act this. except for changing your control scheme that is.

which again... makes it more difficult to avoid some AoE attacks. and then there is the fact some people don't like using the other control scheme. hence why there is an option.