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Spiders, Frogs, Rats, Snakes - Priority Targets?
Aletheion
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Why after all this time are these creepy crawlies priority targets? I'm wailing away on a boss, then go for the meteor drop only to have it hit the tiny spider 10 feet behind him.
I mean.. sure, there is tab targeting, but why on earth would the auto targeting switch from target you are constantly attacking to a frog or spider or rat (or whatever)?
Anyway, it's pointless to bring it up... been a problem since the beginning. Just venting after wasting an ultimate for the millionth time..
-Aletheion
I mean.. sure, there is tab targeting, but why on earth would the auto targeting switch from target you are constantly attacking to a frog or spider or rat (or whatever)?
Anyway, it's pointless to bring it up... been a problem since the beginning. Just venting after wasting an ultimate for the millionth time..
-Aletheion
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SirAndy✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Timely post, just happened to me an hour ago at the last boss in a dungeon.
Buff up, throw down AOE, jump in to start pummeling the boss, drop ultimate and boom goes the rat in the corner ...
PS: At least the rat didn't suffer, it was a quick death.Edited by SirAndy on December 19, 2016 12:05AM13 -
Ackwalan✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Unless you specifically target a mob, you will auto target the closest mob with the highest % of health. That means, if you are fighting a monster with a starting health of 100K and have it down to 50K it is at 50%, then a rat with 10 health runs by it is at 100%, you will auto target that rat.
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Aletheion✭✭✭Timely post, just happened to me an hour ago at the last boss in a dungeon.
Buff up, throw down AOE, jump in to start pummeling the boss, drop ultimate and boom goes the rat in the corner ...
PS: At least the rat didn't suffer, it was a quick death.
You probably have enough DPS to one shot the rat in the corner.
The frog I hit took the meteor then I had to weave on him for a while. My execute was just about to kill him when someone went over and stepped on it. Then I got kicked out of the PUG for not DPS'ing the boss. I said I thought the frog was an add. And I thought it was a poison arrow frog that had enough venom in it to kill 1000 men, so it surely was the priority target.
-Aletheion - 561 DPS LFG (can kill a frog in under 20 seconds, send me invite)
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SirAndy✭✭✭✭✭
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Reminds me of the (bugged) level 50 rabbits on Bleakrock Isle during one of the early beta sessions.You probably have enough DPS to one shot the rat in the corner.
The frog I hit took the meteor then I had to weave on him for a while. My execute was just about to kill him when someone went over and stepped on it. Then I got kicked out of the PUG for not DPS'ing the boss. I said I thought the frog was an add. And I thought it was a poison arrow frog that had enough venom in it to kill 1000 men, so it surely was the priority target.
-Aletheion - 561 DPS LFG (can kill a frog in under 20 seconds, send me invite)
Those were some tough killing for a level 3, took me forever to beat one of them to a pulp.
Edited by SirAndy on December 19, 2016 12:28AM2 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Unless you specifically target a mob, you will auto target the closest mob with the highest % of health. That means, if you are fighting a monster with a starting health of 100K and have it down to 50K it is at 50%, then a rat with 10 health runs by it is at 100%, you will auto target that rat.
Who designed this? The only viable use for this would be for the tank trying to keep everything away from the rest of the party; the rest of the time if something only has 15% health left you want to keep hitting it so it can't keep hitting you. Because generally having two mobs with 100% health hitting you is better than having three mobs with less than 100% health hitting you.#proud2BAStarObsessedLoony
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Soleya✭✭✭✭✭
✭What's even more strange is some attacks (like steel tornado) won't even target ambient creatures. But ultimates and things like that do.
Bad targeting in action...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCY5h4hmk4I
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Will this ever be corrected without creating an issue where having the lesser life from near the target icon will mean the skill does not fire?
I add that because there was a time heals did not fire due to this. I think it happened when Zos made a different correction.0 -
Korah_Eaglecry✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭Why after all this time are these creepy crawlies priority targets? I'm wailing away on a boss, then go for the meteor drop only to have it hit the tiny spider 10 feet behind him.
I mean.. sure, there is tab targeting, but why on earth would the auto targeting switch from target you are constantly attacking to a frog or spider or rat (or whatever)?
Anyway, it's pointless to bring it up... been a problem since the beginning. Just venting after wasting an ultimate for the millionth time..
-Aletheion
I always somehow kill the rat behind me while Im fighting the boss.Penniless Sellsword CompanyCaptain Paramount - Jorrhaq VhentKorith Eaglecry * Enrerion Aedihle * Laerinel Rhaev * Caius Berilius * Seylina Ithvala * H'Vak the GrimjawlTenarei Rhaev * Dazsh Ro Khar * Yynril Rothvani * Bathes-In-Coin * Anaelle Faerniil * Azjani Ma'LesAban Shahid Bakr * Kheshna gra-Gharbuk * Gallisten Bondurant * Etain Maquier * Atsu Kalame * Faulpia SeverinusWhat is better, to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort? - Paarthurnax1 -
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✭It's definitely worth getting into the habit of tab targeting. Repeatedly running vma will do this for you. But yeah I agree that small cretures being targetable in combat is very silly, so many times I'm thinking "why is my curse stuck to the ground", and then a snake explodes.PC | EU1 -
LordGavus✭✭✭✭✭
✭Yeah I get this too, so many times I've wasted a frags proc on a rat or something. Poor little guy cops a 27K hit, I'm surprised there is a body left after that.0 -
Valethar✭✭✭✭The spider deserved it. He was trying to ninja the chest while you were fighting.Resistance is not futile! Say no to the Greed Collective™. Boycott Crown Crates.4 -
Yinmaigao✭✭✭✭✭
✭Here is a suggestion: don't f**king put rats and crap in group dungeons!
They aren't going to fix the targeting, and if you think lack of bugs/rats/frogs will break your immersion, you probably aren't the target audience for dungeons anyways...3 -
Memnock✭✭✭This has been the subject of many loughs for me and guildies while running dungeons , we have no problem farming every dungeon in the game , so stuff like this is a bit of relief valve from the routine
preparing to go all out on a boss or a giant thrash pack only to have your meteor atomize a rodent that hides in the corner of the room or having a dawnbreacker go off after you killed all the mobs because you want to loot fast, stopped being annoying for us and is a source of fun 
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Memnock✭✭✭This has been the subject of many loughs for me and guildies while running dungeons , we have no problem farming every dungeon in the game , so stuff like this is a bit of relief valve from the routine preparing to go all out on a boss or a giant thrash pack only to have your meteor atomize a rodent that hides in the corner of the room or having a dawnbreacker go off after you killed all the mobs because you want to loot fast, stopped being annoying for us and is a source of fun 0
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VampiricByNature✭✭✭✭As someone with a need to kill all of the mentioned creepy-crawlies in a dungeon, I thank all dps for their meteors.
Targeting priority should always be the thing that scares your healer the most.
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