Apparently, no one has even noticed that instant casting is beyond broken for weeks, now. About 25% of the time in wvw (the open world PvP mode that anet forgot about) my instant cast lightning flash casts on my directly on my body, when my cursor is clearly 900 range away. It also sends me in random directions when I use instant cast on FGS 3…so many times I plainly look at my cursor with no target selected, only to send me in a random direction.
I’m guessing i’m the only one who uses instant casting, since no one has complained. But please, for the love of god, fix instant casting for the few players who use it. All 10 of us. I dont know if its ele specific, but maybe allow skill retargeting has something to do with it. It started happening in one of those patches with targeting changes.
Neither of those can be attributed to instant ground targeting.
Casting on top of yourself is a symptom of having the cursor on top of any part of the UI. That will occur regardless of ground targeting setting.
As for the GS3 going backwards that isn’t exclusive to instant ground targeting either. This can happen if you try to use it as you are trying to run through a door/archway. What is happening is easily seen with ground targeting set to normal. On the left of the picture everything looks fine. As I move forward without changing anything else the direction will end up pointing backwards. The cursor’s relative position to your character that will trigger this will depend on the height of the arch.
I have watched both of these bugs happen in open ground wvw, while I CLEARLY have the cursor 900 range in front of me. Happens so many times, even when im running in open ground with no laggy zerg near me. I dont think ive had my cursor near the UI in all these years ive been playing this game, dont know about you.
Trust me, I have watched these bugs enough over 2 months to confirm that instant casting is clearly bugged. I have used nothing but instant casting all these years, and only recently has this happened.
I’ll try repairing for sure. It’s just a very inconsistent thing for me in wvw. But i’ve just watched it happen ever since some patch changed some targeting…had to make a forum post after so long o.o But something definitely changed.. lightning flash always casts on myself, whereas whirling rush? casts backward with no target on. it doesn’t seem to happen on staff ele skills though? (also use instant cast on staff) not that I have noticed in 2 months, at least.
The behavior sounds consistent with the default targeting, in that sometimes the cursor seems to me to be pointed some distance away, but the reticule is close. Upon closer inspection, there is something nearby over which the cursor was hovering. That’s why I never use insta-cast and instead rely on double-taps — for that small delay that allows me to move the target.
I don’t mean to suggest I like the way it’s set up. I only mean that it appears to be how things were designed, rather than a bug. It’s as inconvenient as any of the other pathing issues in the game and, I imagine, as difficult to adjust.
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I’d suggest you check in the options if the flag for “lock target reticle at max range” is on, or off. It’s definitely in the “is it plugged in” category of questions, but maybe it got toggled somehow?
