Guild Wars 2

I would suggest a fix to the annoying auto-hit thing. Me and my wife’s character keep hitting targets I have not commanded to hit. Please fix this. It is annoying as hell.

Press F11 – check that you have auto-target selected (or not) check right click targetting is de-selected (this is the most common cause of dropped targets/wrong targets – they only added the toggle a couple days ago, after 10,000+ complaints).

stale.9785:

Press F11 – check that you have auto-target selected (or not) check right click targetting is de-selected (this is the most common cause of dropped targets/wrong targets – they only added the toggle a couple days ago, after 10,000+ complaints).

Our problem is that we can target by mistake but never actually command anything but the character start hitting anyways. Been this way since launch and I wish for a fix now.

I know about the right-click target thing, and that is not the problem for us. Just that the characters of ours have own free wills.

That’s the auto-target/promote skill target, then. Turn them off, and you have to manually select all targets, but you will never attack something without selecting it first. (barring the right click issue, which you imply you have turned off.)

If you could upload a FRAPS of gameplay where you’re drawing wrong targets, people will be able to pinpoint what it is for you.

Say I am running with my thief towards a heart to complete with my wife. There is prolly a distance of 5000ft. I use shadowshot and by mistake I target a yellow mob by right-click targeting, further away. As I have target on it, but intend to just run pass it, my character start hitting it tough I did not say he should. THAT is the problem.

So, you selected a target with right click target (which automatically starts attacking, as opposed to normal/sane left click target, which just selects) and then you discover you’re attacking (because that’s the whole function of right click target – to allow PvPers to avoid the onerous task of having to double click like in every single other game ever developed.)

To put it without snark – if you have right click enabled, then whatever you right click becomes your active target, and you will attack it, regardless of whether it remains selected, or your intent. Right click = attack when in range; always. This is why there was a 10000+ view complaint thread about it.

Even de-selecting after a right click will still result in attacking the right click target, because, hey, somehow that’s optimal. From your description above, the entire problem comes from right click being enabled. If you actively use the right click for attacking, then you’ll have to live with the “feature” of it randomly selecting anything you press or release the right button over.

stale.9785:

So, you selected a target with right click target (which automatically starts attacking, as opposed to normal/sane left click target, which just selects) and then you discover you’re attacking (because that’s the whole function of right click target – to allow PvPers to avoid the onerous task of having to double click like in every single other game ever developed.)

To put it without snark – if you have right click enabled, then whatever you right click becomes your active target, and you will attack it, regardless of whether it remains selected, or your intent. Right click = attack when in range; always. This is why there was a 10000+ view complaint thread about it.

Even de-selecting after a right click will still result in attacking the right click target, because, hey, somehow that’s optimal. From your description above, the entire problem comes from right click being enabled. If you actively use the right click for attacking, then you’ll have to live with the “feature” of it randomly selecting anything you press or release the right button over.

Thank you! You salved our probs.

I did? Cool. Guessing it was the right click target then, or the promote skill target. (both are very strange behaviours to have in a game in the first place.)

Glad to have been helpful. Happy gaming! Specially since I too play with my wife, and seeing couples play together is just cool.

My ranged attacks tend to autotarget enemies farther away then the closest ones I’ve never seen this happen in any other mmo the algorithms usually choose the closest targets even if they are behind me. So I can understand the frustration.

I’m wondering since I play an engineer and use bombs and mines mostly if the attacks will just continue to function normally without the autotarget. hmmm