Guild Wars 2

First off I want to apologize in case this has been brought up before. Far to many topics to look back through to check.

I have had many problems targeting hostile mobs and even staying locked on hostile mobs. I have noticed that there are times that, for no apparent reason, the targeting seems to switch to a PC or NPC. Even more frustrating there are times it will target a “yellow” mob. So here are my suggestions:

Target Lock option: Through use of a button you can lock onto that mob without worry of accidentally targeting another through a wrong button press. Of course mobs/PC’s going stealth and so on should break the lock. Or you can just make it so it would take something more intentional to deselect a mob.

More selective tab targeting: Have a priority in targeting.
1) Mob currently engaging you.
2) Mobs engaged by party members.
3) Hostile mobs not currently engaged.
4) (If you must have “yellow” mobs selected in tab targeting) All non-hostile mobs.

It just gets old when, you are engaged against a couple of mobs, you go to switch targets and you accidentally bring another creature into the combat. Non-hostile mobs or hostile.

Thanks for the great game!

Seconded…

Targeting needs to be smarter. Prioritizing would help.

Also, when fighting someone who moves behind me, I lose my auto-attack and have to turn around and manually attack again to continue fighting the same guy. But when I “Attack Closest Target” the computer often selects an enemy (“yellow” as often as not) who is off my screen to the side where I can’t see him. “Closest” should also be prioritized to mean “closest target I am facing”. If the computer recognizes when I can’t “see” someone, and stops me from attacking him until I turn to face them, then it shouldn’t target someone I can’t see off to my side even though he may be closer than someone in front of me.