Guild Wars 2

The turret’s inability to fire at the target you are currently targeting is a weird issue to me especially when all other classes with pets always have their pets aggro the target that is either attacking them or being attacked. The engineer on the other hand have their Turrets attacking the target that’s closest to them.

I know how to deal with this issue but the fact is, it takes quite a bit of effort sometimes to pull this off. It’s actually quite frustrating when fighting characters with multiple pets or even just one pet, one single misplacement of your turret and it aggros the pet instead of the player you are targeting.

I know that turret’s generally in reality function by targeting whatever is closest to them first or whatever comes into their sight first but the truth is, that doesn’t really work in this game where multiple targets will fly by your screen. Think about it, I’m placing down the turret for a SPECIFIC purpose, I want it to immob that guy over there not this guy over here. Why can’t they be built in such a way that they attack whoever you attack first AND THEN move on to the closest target? It might not be as instant as I’d like, but it sure beats having it immobilizing a jagged horror that suddenly spawned from my teammate’s dead corpse.

Yeah, I’ve encountered a lot of this problem before. If you look at my 1v1 dueling build (search: Dueling with turrets 101) you’ll find that the hardest class to fight if you go all- out turrets is a mesmer or a ranger. Necros don’t offer much of a problem imo, because their pets don’t really do much damage to your turrets and they basically have low hp (besides Flesh Golem). Mesmers clones are pretty weak, but the main problem is they have infinite amounts of the clones, and they can stealth if necessary. Also, rangers pets usually aggro the turrets and not the shooter, since the ranger themselves can stand out of range and pew- pew you if you’re not careful with where and how you place them. (Also, ranger pets have pretty good damage and hp)