Guild Wars 2

So, this seems like a bug, however, I’m afraid it’s not. If you have nothing targeted, and use any ability, your cooldown will be wasted, even with a friendly targeted. Also, if a target dies after you’ve hit your hotkey, your cooldown will be wasted.

Surely this cannot be intentional? Are you guys going to clean this up? It’s very detrimental to experience and counter intuitive.

You are right, it is not a bug. It is the way the game is supposed to work. You can hit enemies without even targeting them. If you hit a spell, even without a target, the spell will go off, and it will damage an enemy if he’s on the way.

Likewise, you can block attacks aimed at someone by simply standing in the way of the attack. So this is perfectly intentional, and does add another level to the skill usage. I actually like it this way, you just have to be a bit careful with what you press, and don’t just go bashing keys like an arcade game.