Why does the “closest target” button no longer choose the closest target but instead the “preferred target”? It’s really annoying to not get the target you expect.
In my opinion, “closest target” should give you closest target while the “tab” key should cycle through targets “preferred targets”. That way you have both options available to you.
Its odd because it will auto go to champions if I’m on my bow using ranger while there are mobs in my face, but when Im on my thief using my daggers it acts like it used to. Perhaps it’s bugged/broken?
I don’t think ‘closest target’ worked right to begin with. Hitting tab would always target the mob in the middle of the screen, not the one physically closest to me…
Its odd because it will auto go to champions if I’m on my bow using ranger while there are mobs in my face, but when Im on my thief using my daggers it acts like it used to. Perhaps it’s bugged/broken?
New change to targeting Oct 15
Tab targeting now prioritizes players over NPCs (including minions; mesmer clones are an exception) and champions over everything else.
This is probably at least part of it. It might matter if you are ranged or melee. Possibly ranged, you get champions far away and melee, whatever is nearby if no champs near.
Use TAB for normal targeting, and another key for closest target like I do, problem solved. I very much prefer the new way TAB-targeting works.
I do use a different key for closest target, and it’s not giving me closest target — it’s giving me the highest priority target (champs first). So maybe this is a bug, not a feature?
Use TAB for normal targeting, and another key for closest target like I do, problem solved. I very much prefer the new way TAB-targeting works.
I do use a different key for closest target, and it’s not giving me closest target — it’s giving me the highest priority target (champs first). So maybe this is a bug, not a feature?
Hm, must try it out some more to see if I that’s how it works for me as well…
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I was very hopeful for this targeting change but it is still hopeless. I cannot fathom some of the targeting at all. You can seemingly have a melee weapon in your hands and auto-target a champion over 1500m away, which you could say is working as intended but is actually completely useless. You can also still have auto targeting pick up a mob off to the side of you at some distance instead of an enemy right in front of your nose (that you do hit as soon as you activate a frontal attack). The targeting of turret-like enemies still seems to go wrong as well. It seems incredible that this still goes wrong so often.
Yeah, “C” is now auto switching to preferred target. Switch it back to closest and keep the preferred for TAB targeting and all should be good.
A constructive note: IDK what the difference is behind the tech of this game and gw1, but gw1 was flawless in its ability to lock on to targets and not lose them and also to lock on to the closest target. Something is different in this game and its not as good in my humble opinion.
An option for “GW Classic” style targeting that mimics GW1 would be a welcome addition by many people. I think even the people that never played GW1 would find it preferable to what is happening in this game.
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Yeah, “C” is now auto switching to preferred target. Switch it back to closest and keep the preferred for TAB targeting and all should be good.
Yes. I just checked it against a champ with two regular mobs. The champ was behind the two mobs, but the “C” targeting locked on the champ. Looking at the update notes, this is either a bug or an undocumented change.
I mentioned this in the collaboration thread as my number one, it’s atrocious. The targeting is garbage, it’ll always target something far away as opposed to one of the group attacking you.
I have target nearest enemy as mouse 4 and when I pressed this on more than one occasion I target something out of range. It’s total fail to use auto target (based on the description) or choose closest and you see the words “Out of Range!” while the group near you beat your head in.
Auto Target should become closest enemy and closest enemy should bloody work.
