Cone targeting should be character relative.

[SamSmoot]

Trying to find a way to target only the closest enemy in front of me.
Keybind: "Target Closest Enemy" works nicely. but it will target the closest enemy even if it's directly behind you.

I thought the Cone target option in Character Configuration, Target would help, but Target Closest still selects things behind me.
It turns out the cone isn't some sweep angle in front of your character, but your camera view. If you can see it on screen, and it's the closest thing, it gets targeted.

The targeting cone needs to be relative to your character, perhaps 30 degrees (or adjustable in the config)

[Jeeqbit]

I prefer it to be able to target behind me on a tank because enemies surround me a lot.

[EnigmaticDodo]

I feel this is how you get everything becoming circular aoes

[NekoMataMata]

Targeting should be a lot of things that it clearly isn't. Why are there so many objects/npcs that can be targeted with no point to targeting them?

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

Or even better? Does not require a target. I don't mind the nuances of targeting however and very much miss them on WAR's old Overpower.

But I’d keep my wish to myself. Because if we know anything about the dev, they’d almost definitely replace it with circles. Gameplay nuances are an abomination in their dictionary, for better or worse.

[GrizzlyTank]

Rarely have issues targeting what i want with controller :|

[Arzalis]

Targeting in this game is pretty bad in general. I'm not sure exactly how FFXIV manages to do it, but it almost always targets exactly the thing I do not want to target. This is one area where it's a solved problem and they should just copy the logic from other tab target MMOs so it's more consistent.

Also, "Target Closest Enemy" doesn't do what it says. You can notice it really easy in Wolves' Den and the training dummies. Put multiple training dummies on your screen at once. If you do not move at all, but rotate your camera, somehow the "closest enemy" will change. It makes no sense because no distances are changing.

[Jeeqbit]

Rarely have issues targeting what i want with controller :|

Controller targeting is much better. The target filters don't apply to tab targeting. The controller targeting can be bound to tab and you can check "change target circle to target select", but SE should just make target filters apply to tab targeting.

[Garten]

I'm not sure exactly how FFXIV manages to do it, but it almost always targets exactly the thing I do not want to target.

This Is me so much

[TheMightyMollusk]

I'm curious why targeting an enemy behind you is a problem when there's no reason you should be standing with enemies behind you with a cone AoE anyway.