Guild Wars 2

I bind the key to C, where it was at GW 1. It seems to be extremely broken however: it usually targets completely random enemy or even cancels the targeting if I’ve already chosen a wrong target and hit C to choose the closest one.

I admit it sometimes works normally, but most of the time it chooses enemy far away when there’s much closer enemies available. I usually use it to AoE clump of enemies and it doesn’t matter which enemy I choose if I’m using a greatsword. Usually I hit C and immediately use an attack. Sometimes it chooses random enemy out of range and if I happen to use some charge attack I just fly trough the mobs and aggro even more. This is so much fun in Orr.

Attached is awesome picture made in paint to clear up the situation.

I too are having problems with the Target closest enemy option. I am usually in mid battle and press my set key bind and end up fighting with a Moa Bird that is out of range instead of the group that was originally attacking me. This can be very frustrating.

The best is hitting tab to cycle to the enemy you want, but never getting the enemy you want. I was downed last night and was getting hit from 2 in front (one left and one right) and 1 behind. Hitting tab would only pick the guy on the left and then the guy behind NEVER the guy to the right.

I agree,it’s messed up beyond recoginition.I always end up targeting Turrets,or Pets,or Minions,or Illusions First ( you can say then Click your target,No,i dont want to Click my target i want to Properly select my target wihile switching with a key between them )…Whats the freaking point of this besides annoying me a great deal and being unable to select a proper target most of the time because of this. Sometimes the cycle doesnt even pick a certain enemy,it just keeps skiping him and cycling through he others who are around.Also,Make it more clearWho the target is, simply by giving the chosen player a change of colour,purple maybe.

Yep, its broken. Target nearest enemy should do just that. i.e. target the NEAREST aggro mob, NOT neutrals.

The “nearest target” function is still horribly broken, even after several recent game updates. Fixing this should be a high priority, given the frustration it causes players. I have a habit of pressing the ‘C’ key (mapped to the closest target function) then immediately performing an action – that’s gotten me into more trouble than I’d like to admit. I find it especially annoying when I die as a result.

Sorry to bump an old topic, but for me, this issue still exists. Is there any way to fix this?

Rikkado.7321:

Sorry to bump an old topic, but for me, this issue still exists. Is there any way to fix this?

This is more of a bug than a technical support issue. You’ll get a better response in the bugs sub-forum.

There is no way to fix it for us. Anet has to fix it. Yeah, it’s great when I’m fighting a group on my elementalist and manage to pull another group with “target mob that’s NOWHERE near you.”

Did some targeting experimenting a while back, and what happens is this:

the game has a invisible crosshair of sorts at the center of the screen.

If this crosshair is resting on or near enough to a mob, this mob will be targeted first using Target Next, Target Nearest, or simply attacking with your weapon.

This mechanic do not take into account weapon range, it has a internal 1200 unit range.

It can be blocked by line of sight, in that any obstacle that would stop a arrow or bullet from hitting the mob will also stop the mechanic from targeting said mob.