New targeting system causing issues

[Lomelindi]

Before the update, hitting "down" on the D-Pad of my controller would cycle through my party in order of the names listed, making my job much easier in terms of curing. Now, with the new targeting system "down" on the D-pad locks the types of things I can target.

I understand that there is now a "party" specific targeting system, but now I need to use the left and right D-pad buttons to cycle through my party members, and this does so in a random fashion, making it difficult to quickly select a party member who is injured without putting down my controller, grabbing the mouse and clicking on that character.

What I would like is for the Target-locking function to be mapped to a different button, have it accessed via menu or something of that sort. If this is not an option, then cycling through my party members using the left and right buttons should do so in order of how they are listed in my party, and not jump around at random until someone dies before I can even select them for a cure.

In the meantime, if someone has found a way to make this system work for them using a controller, please share -_-. I don't want to be in a party lately because of this change.

[Roll]

I'm having trouble adapting to this as well. Normally I press down on the control pad first to target myself and press left/right to target enemies and up/down to target party members. Now when I press down I change the target selection lol. I'm hoping we can be able to map it to some other button on the control pad besides up/down later on. :/

[Shadowedge]

I completely agree. I'm having a very hard time getting used to this while healing. Would be cool to have it in the FFXIV config, so we could map it to any button we wanted. Even if it was like the camera distance setting, where you hold another button. Like maybe holding the auto-run button or one of the macro buttons, and pressing up or down will change the target mode, leaving up/down to cycle through the party list normally.

[Aratharn]

+1 to having hard time adjusting to this.

[SleepyTaru]

I strongly agree with the op. As a mage/support I find this very annoying and needs to be changed. Up and down on the D-pad should be for cycling up and down your party members list. The new targeting option should be set to a separate button.

[Smashington]

Up and down on the D-pad should be for cycling up and down your party members list. The new targeting option should be set to a separate button.

UP/DOWN = party member list

LEFT/RIGHT = mob, npc

Remove the group targeting completely.

[Krisan]

UP/DOWN = party member list

LEFT/RIGHT = mob, npc

Remove the group targeting completely.

I think a good compromise would be to add a command that toggles what LEFT/RIGHT does. That way you could just create a Macro where you could only target party members, or where you could only target mobs, or.. Yeah.

But regardless, I DO really miss my UP/DOWN party selection.. We really need that back in some form or another. >_<

[LittleStar]

UP/DOWN = party member list

LEFT/RIGHT = mob, npc

Remove the group targeting completely.

This! Final Fantasy XI targeting was worlds better than this. How we ended up with what we have now.. I will never know.

Edit: Also, if I'm casting a Fire/Water/Etc why in the world does it let me target a party member? If I can't cast it on them I see no need to be able to target them in the first place.

[sandwich]

I strongly agree with the op. As a mage/support I find this very annoying and needs to be changed. Up and down on the D-pad should be for cycling up and down your party members list. The new targeting option should be set to a separate button.

Should be AUTORUN + UP/DOWN; makes enough sense, sounds easy enough to use, doesn't eliminate other functionalities, and we already have AUTORUN + CAMERA for zoom controls now, don't we?

[Umisame]

I hate this new system too, i would like to press left and target left mobs/npcs/pcs, right and target right mobs/npcs/pcs, down target my self/party and up move on pt(like down). Select or other button should be used for change target system.