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Since the game’s release I have been using the Auto-targeting feature.

Often times the game will target enemies/objects almost randomly or as they enter the field of view. If a boss or an object spawns a creature, the newly spawned creature is usually auto-targeted.

While fighting enemies, often times I will randomly target a nearby ally, for no apparent reason.

While using leap/gap finisher skills, sometimes I will target a different foe than the one I intended to engage.
(Best example I can give is the Ranger Sword #2, which rolls you backwards, then follows up with a leap toward a target. While fighting multiple enemies, there is a pretty good chance, that you will end up leaping to a different enemy than the one you started on if you rotate your camera, or the enemy moves from its original position.)

After getting fed up with the way the game chooses targets for me, I decided to try out the game with auto-targeting off.

I found that having auto-targeting off was just as bad if not worse than using auto-targeting, since it was so difficult to select/target enemies.

Just now, in an spvp match, I was being downed by a foe, and was unable to target him with the “target nearest enemy” key, click him… or even target him in any way.

In that same match, with auto-target off, I had an enemy targeted, was battling him, he walked around the backside of me, and the game dropped the target. I rotated the camera around to face him, and was unable to target him at all (again with target nearest foe button or clicking). He got away, because I was auto-attacking air.

Why is the targeting system based on your field of view anyway? There could be an enemy right next to you, but since you don’t have the camera rotated in the proper direction you cannot target it half the time?

I’m really getting frustrated with this.

What’s the deal?

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The Targeting System

The Targeting System

The Targeting System