

I love this idea! Put it in SE nao!



I am all for improved targeting, but please be realistic with these lines.
They would be going all over the place.
Unit Frames in other games (not just WoW) have special frames called "Player's Target," "Enemy Target," "Target of Target."
Theses show up in small resizeable boxes that show who your party members are attacking, what that mob has targeted, or in general the "target of your mob."
Furthermore, highlighting a name in the unit frames to a special color (maybe red) is a better way to indicate this person has aggro rather than having this awful target line going everywhere.
Not only would these target lines create unnecessary lag, but they would be pretty distracting for something that could be implemented far easier via unit frames.
If these lines do get implemented, please allow turning them off.
A big no to this target-line idea. It works for single player games, not MMOs.



Reinheart's translated LIVE letter #2 indicates they're going to have target of target frames in the new UI, so I guess this has already been addressed.![]()



BTW according to the translated pics shown on Thursday from the Live letter 2, you can see what player the enemy is targeting.
It's definately a step in the right direction and with any luck players will be able to make addon that function in this way if SE allow us to use overlay graphics as part of addons.
I would only want to see lines from me to what im targeting and lines from the enemy to what its targeting.
Agree that AoE range display would also be a nice feature which could be turned on and off and think there was a previous thread about that.
Edit:- Yoshi mentioned that it could be possible with addons to make different characters flash different colours depending on whos being targeted or who has the most hate etc, which is kind of similar to what is being asked for here.
Last edited by Jinko; 11-05-2011 at 11:06 PM.
I don't see how adding a graphical line would add performance lag or server lag. The data's already there anyway, and it's a simple line. If you recall back to XII, the lines would only appear when a change occurred to the unit's target, and then quickly melt away. It didn't ruin immersion or anything. And if the PS2 can do it, XIV can do it. Visually, I like it better than what WoW had to offer.
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