Guild Wars 2

Hello,

Towards the middle of May I noticed issues with the targeting system; I would select a target, press auto attack, and my character would either attack the air or attack a different target, with my original target still selected

I play a necromancer with a scepter, dagger / staff weapon combo.

This issue is not contained with weapons. I’ve also noticed it with downed skills as well.

Back in May this only happened every so often, but since the latest patch, I’ve noticed it happens much more frequently.

Issues I’ve ruled out:

• Lag: my computer runs totally fine during these incidents, and I don’t have lag.
• Game lag: I’ve been in parties when this has happened, and no one else is reporting the same issue at the same time
• I am mis-clicking: This is kind of a have to take my word for it, I’ve closely monitored my target and will see my character’s entire body turn the opposite direction and auto attack a different target.

I’ve discussed this problem with players in game and have found some members experiencing the same issue.

Please take a look at the targeting system, because it’s becoming very frustrating to pull adds on myself and my party without my control.

Thank you

I’ve noticed the same thing for the longest time. I haven’t particularly noticed any difference since any patch, it’s just always been there and always been extremely annoying. I’ve played all classes, and it is universal across them all, and as the OP mentioned, happens on downed skills, and I’ll add environmental weapons to that list as well.

I’ve always attributed it to the poor performance/design of the targeting system in general. I could also guess it might be related to the skill queue system.

Watching an arrow fly to a target (or worse: a group of them) that I do not want to attack, that I have never engaged, after I have specifically targeted something else, is really infuriating.

This really needs to be addressed. If I had to choose any single bug for Anet to put resources into fixing, it would be this one by a large margin (and feel free to quote me on this).

I’ve had issues with targeting and I’ve even made a post. There are numerous posts about this issue. Since staff never seem to reply to these posts, it’s unclear whether or not they are working to correct targeting issues.

I have had countless occasions where my target drops with no action by me, causing me to have to reacquire my target. I’ve also had “Right Mouse Click” target issues. Why are left and right mouse clicks both targeting options? Not sure, but they are. Not all of us use keys to rotate our camera view.

Tab targeting option really needs adjustments. You would think that tab targeting would target the enemy “Nearest” you, but that is not the case. I can’t tell you how many times using tab targets the furthest enemy, and everything in between but NOT the enemy target nearest me.

You are not alone! Whether or not the development staff pay attention to what the community is saying…is at best unclear. This issue has been going on for months…as long as I’ve been playing GW2. It is frustrating in PvE, but it’s even more crucial that these targeting issues are fixed in respect to WvW and sPvP.

Check the Suggestion thread “An Option to Disable Right Click Targeting.” Apparently we get that option “next patch.” The issue has been that if you move your camera with the right button, it also shifts your target.

It’s a very long thread. But it worked, in the end (hopefully. Still awaiting the toggle).

Donari.5237:

Check the Suggestion thread “An Option to Disable Right Click Targeting.” Apparently we get that option “next patch.” The issue has been that if you move your camera with the right button, it also shifts your target.

It’s a very long thread. But it worked, in the end (hopefully. Still awaiting the toggle).

I did hear about that supposedly being patched. I really hope that is the case.