Am I Doing it Wrong? No Tab Targeting...

lpw

I've played ESO on and off since beta and one of the first guilds I was in suggested I bind tab to switch weapon and a few other keys to other actions. I've played like this since 2014 without really thinking about it until now. I just manually face the enemy until they glow and try to keep them targeted.

Question is, am I doing it wrong?

I mainly play PVP and I do OK and I use this setup in dungeons etc also, but could it do better if I used tab targeting? Is tab targeting actually a thing in ESO?

Would I see an improvement in my play? Also, curious if anyone else uses a setup like this?

PouletRico

Targeting a mob in ESO doesn't do anything, except making it easier to see. I use it during trash in vMoL (as tank, make sure not to get hit by the 2h maul). Otherwise, I barely use it, and so are my guildmates.

MaleAmazon

Tab targeting is really useful in PvP, less useful but not useless in PvE.

After my gaming mouse fried, I´ve stopped using weapon switch (no keys for it and had to give some buttons up since I use a normal mouse atm), instead I have set 1 and set 2 bound to specific keys. Helps when I am frantically mashing keys since I don´t switch back and forth. I don´t miss weapon switch at all.

I have targeting on tab, and it will stay there. See people behind walls? Yes please. So use it on any key you are comfortable with IMO.

zaria

Earlier ESO had aim assist, then I think tab made tabbed the preferred target.
Now it does nothing as I know.

lpw

Puts my mind a rest a little! Wasn't sure if it was still really a thing or not.

I seem to do OK at the moment so I'll keep it the way it is!

MaleAmazon

I seem to do OK at the moment so I'll keep it the way it is!

No offense, but how are you going to improve then, if you don´t try new things?

Tab target last time I checked lets you track people in a crowd so you can focus on them. It also lets you see people behind walls so you can see what they are up to. Unless they changed that. It really does help.

Bevik

Didn't know tab targeting exist until my 1st year in ESO. Still not using it.

daemonios

Tab doesn't "target" at all, rather it just draws a line around the selected enemy to make it easier to see and follow.

As a rule, you target with your crosshair. Unless you use a staff and are using light/heavy attacks, in which case the game will target every critter between you and your intended target (and sometimes critters behind you or to the side). Because reasons.

Sparr0w

Tab targeting is essential imo for boss fights with a mobile boss or trash. Especially if you're mag and use ele weapon.

PvP again is great since mobile targets, it lets you keep hitting the enemy while they're running around without needing pin point accuracy.

Xarc

I use it in pvp to help me to focus on healers in a ennemy group.

wolf486

Bevik wrote: »

Didn't know tab targeting exist until my 1st year in ESO. Still not using it.

Was just about to say the same thing. I am exactly a year into this game and didn't know about it

Bam_Bam

Xarcus wrote: »

I use it in pvp to help me to focus on healers in a ennemy group.

This.

lpw

Thought I'd bring it up as some people not even be aware of it and might help them.

Thanks guys I'll have a play around with it and see if it's right for me.

IrishRonD

daemonios wrote: »

Tab doesn't "target" at all, rather it just draws a line around the selected enemy to make it easier to see and follow.

As a rule, you target with your crosshair. Unless you use a staff and are using light/heavy attacks, in which case the game will target every critter between you and your intended target (and sometimes critters behind you or to the side). Because reasons.

And I thought this only happened to me, because reasons.

yttoks

Tab targeting is definitely useful in many situations. In some situations, it's critical. It does have a function.

Without it, in situations where two enemies are lined up, you will always attack the one closest to you. Often, that's OK. Sometimes, not OK. For example, final boss on non-HM vAA. Typically dps is stacked on the boss. If a mini-mage drops behind the boss, and none of the dps is using tab targeting to focus it, chances of a wipe just went way up.

Knootewoot

Just to make someone more visible. It's not really your target. I used it a lot until i saw my fireball just went in the opposite direction.Also my mutagen (smart) targetting targets people with full health instead of people almost dying.

Azurya

lpw wrote: »

I've played ESO on and off since beta and one of the first guilds I was in suggested I bind tab to switch weapon and a few other keys to other actions. I've played like this since 2014 without really thinking about it until now. I just manually face the enemy until they glow and try to keep them targeted.

Question is, am I doing it wrong?

I mainly play PVP and I do OK and I use this setup in dungeons etc also, but could it do better if I used tab targeting? Is tab targeting actually a thing in ESO?

Would I see an improvement in my play? Also, curious if anyone else uses a setup like this?

if you are doing fine, let it be that way
your muscle memory is trained now that way
if you change, you start all over

evoniee

it only increase visibility

Crafts_Many_Boxes

I've found that my light attack weaves don't connect half the time unless I've tabbed the target. Tabbing seems to indicate to the game that you have an intended target, even when your cursor isn't perfectly on it.

And before anyone comes back with my post history and says that I'm anti anicancel and weaving, I am, but it doesn't mean I don't do it. Your dps drops so low without it that you don't really have a choice if you want to play a lot of endgame content, so I begrudgingly do it.

magictucktuck

yttoks wrote: »

Tab targeting is definitely useful in many situations. In some situations, it's critical. It does have a function.

Without it, in situations where two enemies are lined up, you will always attack the one closest to you. Often, that's OK. Sometimes, not OK. For example, final boss on non-HM vAA. Typically dps is stacked on the boss. If a mini-mage drops behind the boss, and none of the dps is using tab targeting to focus it, chances of a wipe just went way up.

It doesn't work like that. unless something changed in the last two years (which I'm 99% sure nothing has changed), it literally does nothing. there is no target preference, you can go get two mobs and test right now, it hits who your cross hairs are closest to if two mobs are standing close. does not hit you're "targeted" mob if your aiming at the other one even if they are on top of each other the aiming stays the same as if there is no "targeted" mob

yttoks

It definitely works like that. I play a stamplar. Application of power of light makes it unambiguous which target is attacked. Ditto ballista. No tab target, it's always the closest target. Tab target farthest target, it hits it instead. I admit that I am assuming all the other attacks behave the same. Can't imagine why they wouldn't.