Tab targeting is remarkably bad

[drogon1]

I have my tab button bound to "Cycle through Enemies (Nearest to Farthest)" - and I think they messed up the wording cause it should read "Cycle through Enemies (Randomly all over the map)." I have found tab targeting to be utterly frustrating when there are multitudes of mobs around you.

I tab to attack the guy at the end of my spear...and start attacking....to discover 3 minutes later that I'm standing there looking stupid cause my target is 30 meters away across a field. So then I tab again to get on target, to discover that now my target is still 30 meters away but on the other side of the field. And to make things worse, this new target is from an unaggro'd group that is no threat to us and sitting around enjoying its coffee.

How do you guys deal with this? Has this been the way it's always been in this game? Why would tab cycle through mobs not even involved in the current encounter, when I'm standing in the midst of half dozen that are? I'm surprised that this chunk of code exists in game. I've played almost all the tab target MMOs and never seen anything like this.

[Nabian]

Iirc the game on cycles visible targets. As a tank I usually have more of a top-down camera angle to see aoe indicaters easier, which usually helps me.

[gumas]

sometimes i just click them with my mouse because its pretty much what you said just now.

the target just keep cycling all enemy except the one i want to be targeted lol

[iain_b78]

sometimes i just click them with my mouse because its pretty much what you said just now.

the target just keep cycling all enemy except the one i want to be targeted lol

It would be fine if the click targeting wasn't almost as bad to the point of also being unusable. I can't tell you how many times I've clicked on my chocobo instead of an NPC...

[Nora_of_Mira]

I have my tab button bound to "Cycle through Enemies (Nearest to Farthest)" - and I think they messed up the wording cause it should read "Cycle through Enemies (Randomly all over the map)." I have found tab targeting to be utterly frustrating when there are multitudes of mobs around you.

I tab to attack the guy at the end of my spear...and start attacking....to discover 3 minutes later that I'm standing there looking stupid cause my target is 30 meters away across a field. So then I tab again to get on target, to discover that now my target is still 30 meters away but on the other side of the field. And to make things worse, this new target is from an unaggro'd group that is no threat to us and sitting around enjoying its coffee.

How do you guys deal with this? Has this been the way it's always been in this game? Why would tab cycle through mobs not even involved in the current encounter, when I'm standing in the midst of half dozen that are? I'm surprised that this chunk of code exists in game. I've played almost all the tab target MMOs and never seen anything like this.

bc thats not really how tab targeting works.

by default, tab targets the enemy closest to the left side of your screen regardless of distance from you. I personally deal with this by micromanaging my camera constantly. If i want to tab target something, I adjust my camera so that the enemy i want to target is the only thing on the left side of my screen.

There is the other option for tab targeting but I havent use it that much and cant explain how it works.

[White_Wolf_X]

Is always fun when you wanna target the enemy right next to you but nope, it targets the one no where near you.

[RowanLauron]

I don't remember where it is, but there is an option in the character settings where you can customize how targeting works. You can have 4 presets and either have keybind shortcuts or macros to toggle between them.

[Darkstride]

bc thats not really how tab targeting works.

by default, tab targets the enemy closest to the left side of your screen regardless of distance from you. I personally deal with this by micromanaging my camera constantly. If i want to tab target something, I adjust my camera so that the enemy i want to target is the only thing on the left side of my screen.

There is the other option for tab targeting but I havent use it that much and cant explain how it works.

There's an option for "cone" targeting in the settings that changes the behavior. I believe the basic setting does as you described, left to right, where the cone setting starts with your character and moves outward.

[Ardeth]

I use cone targeting and it works for me.

[yexie]

I use cone targeting and it works for me.

Hm... I use cone targeting as well, but what is said in the first post is SOOO FAMILIAR.