Am I using the targeting system wrong or what?

[Jasiwel]

Just to sate your curiosity, hitting left or right on the directional pad is basically the same as Tabbing. It's actually not so bad, considering the issue brought up in the OP. I'm not sure if there is a hot-key on PC (console player since 2.0) for moving backwards using Tab, but it's nice if you actually target past the mob you want with Right on the D-pad you can just hit left to get right back to the one you wanted.

That would amazing in so many ways. Welp, I'm off to look through keybindings to see if there is ANY KEY I can use for this purpose. Nothing is more annoying then tabbing over something and having to go through the same cycle just to get it again.

[Malzian]

...not sure if there is a hot-key on PC (console player since 2.0) for moving backwards using Tab...
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That would amazing in so many ways. Welp, I'm off to look through keybindings to see if there is ANY KEY I can use for this purpose. Nothing is more annoying then tabbing over something and having to go through the same cycle just to get it again.

Tab cycles in one direction, Shift+Tab cycles in the other.