Two Questions: Targeting w/ Controller and Macros for MRD

[Estellios]

There is an auto targeting filter enabled by default that makes it so that you will only target enemies and NPCs when your weapon is drawn, and you will target anything while your weapon is sheathed (which is what I'm assuming your problem is). Hitting the X button by itself will target the nearest enemy or NPC directly in front of you so face what you want to attack and hit X will usually get the job done. Otherwise, just pull out your weapon with L1 + R1 and it will automatically change the target filter to Enemies/NPCs only.

Also, if you want to only use the manual filters as the person above me mentioned, you can also disable the auto-filter in the character config. Just uncheck the "Change filter while weapon is drawn/sheathed" boxes (not the exact wording but it should be similar to that).

You may also want to consider disabling the weapon auto-sheathe but you should be fine leaving it the way it is in most cases.