Guild Wars 2

I have been having problems in combat (and out of combat) for some time. I have been engaged in combat, had a target selected, been involved in attacking the target (and hitting it) and the interface will change the target without me having entered any command other than an attack keystroke (a number key or Function key). The target does NOT only change to other enemies (red tagged). It will change to Friendlies and neutrals. I thought I may have been mistakenly entering improper keystrokes but a more careful key entry during combat resulted in the same result.

I came to the conclusion that an ‘F’ keystroke was being generated without my actually typing it when I encountered instances where as I ran by an interactive element (something to pick up, someone to Revive, etc) my character would stop and perform the F [Interact] action.

Has anyone seen this kind of behavior? Is there a configuration/option set up that is causing this? I use the default bind for keystrokes.

I have the same problem with the changing of targets while in combat. It’s most noticeable (and irritating) while downed. I’ll just hammer the 1-key, nothing else, and suddenly I’m targeting another enemy, which most of the time results in death. I didn’t come across your second problem with the F-key-actions though, so maybe they are unrelated.

I also have this happen occasionally, but it could be for a couple of reasons.

1. Right-clicking with the mouse is identical to the F-key. So if you are rotating the camera and accidentally right-click something your target will change; and if you are within range your character will try to attack it or interact with it. There is currently no option to disable this. This is probably what is happening for you.

2. You may also want to check your “Combat/Movement” settings under the Options->General Options tab.

I have seen this. More often than not it is during a group event.

I can be happily fighting away then suddenly, for reasons known only to the game, I am away with some poor guy’s banner.

Takes several attempts to grab something I actually want though.

me too, but i put it down to the fact that I play like a rimrod at times