Targeting to heal in fates / large groups

[HEC]

In the groups up to 8 members the best way of targeting is to use F1 - F8 keys. In larger groups - most likely mouse would be the only wise choice. I doubt they'll implement what you're asking for as it's only a step from "/autoheal" command which you can just put on the look and practically do nothing else ...

[Velo_Vandore]

In the groups up to 8 members the best way of targeting is to use F1 - F8 keys. In larger groups - most likely mouse would be the only wise choice. I doubt they'll implement what you're asking for as it's only a step from "/autoheal" command which you can just put on the look and practically do nothing else ...

Thanks for the advice HEC.

Yes, I'm concerned for gamepad users in this respect as they have no mouse. While I play primarily with gamepad, I do have the option to use my PC mouse and keyboard if required, but some PS3 players don't have that option. Targeting with up and down (cycles through only party members) on the d-pad is also very convenient when in a party, so as you say it's over 8 players that gets tricky.

I do understand the /autoheal situation being considered too easy or nearly cheating, and it's a concern I share. I suppose as I said to Jerthil it would depend on play testing to determine if there was enough else to focus on. Hopefully targeting is not the only challenging aspects for healers to have to consider.

[Thaliss]

As a PS3 user :

In a fate with one large boss you can use a macro : /Cure <tt>
That way you target the boss and whoever the boss is targeting you land a heal on her/him.
As side note the following macro is better for all situations (you can add mouse over if you play mouse+keyboard) :
/Cure <t>
/Cure <tt>
/Cure <me>

For fates with a lot of small mobs you can set your targeting to only players so switch between players and heal the ones with low health.

[Velo_Vandore]

As a PS3 user :

In a fate with one large boss you can use a macro : /Cure <tt>
That way you target the boss and whoever the boss is targeting you land a heal on her/him.
As side note the following macro is better for all situations (you can add mouse over if you play mouse+keyboard) :
/Cure <t>
/Cure <tt>
/Cure <me>

For fates with a lot of small mobs you can set your targeting to only players so switch between players and heal the ones with low health.

Thanks Thaliss.

So /Cure <tt> is like assist > cure > back to boss? I like that especially if the boss is switching between multiple targets!

I also use target filters for PC / enemy etc and highly recommend for pad users. I find it works well until you get around 10 or more players to cycle through.

[Velo_Vandore]

What if there was a target filter option to only target players with less than 100% HP? This would not be an /autocure but would help in huge fates where you would otherwise have to cycle through up to 20 or more players.