Why do ults just switch target?

Goshua · January 2018

L2P here, just curious how I can attack some one/thing with 3 other attacks but as soon as I hit my ult it decides to hit the something 10ft away instead?

Thanks in advance.

SHADOW2KK · January 2018

Hit Tab to target

Goshua · January 2018

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

Hit Tab to target

I'm on target, little glowy edge around them and everything, like i said 3 other attacks but ult just pleases itself. shrug

Izaki · January 2018

In your title you might want to delete that "," because it makes your sentence kinda hard to understand lol

PlagueSD · January 2018

Goshua wrote: »

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

Hit Tab to target

I'm on target, little glowy edge around them and everything, like i said 3 other attacks but ult just pleases itself. shrug

cross-hair target and tab target are 2 completely different targeting methods. If your target is highlighted with a red halo, you're targeting via the crosshairs. If another mob gets in between you and the mob, you'll start attacking that mob. Tab cycles between all mobs in front of you and places a "marker" around the target. All attacks will hit that target regardless of what get in between you (as long as you still maintain LOS).

Jade1986 · January 2018

PlagueSD wrote: »

Goshua wrote: »

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

Hit Tab to target

I'm on target, little glowy edge around them and everything, like i said 3 other attacks but ult just pleases itself. shrug

cross-hair target and tab target are 2 completely different targeting methods. If your target is highlighted with a red halo, you're targeting via the crosshairs. If another mob gets in between you and the mob, you'll start attacking that mob. Tab cycles between all mobs in front of you and places a "marker" around the target. All attacks will hit that target regardless of what get in between you (as long as you still maintain LOS).

Holy crap, i never knew that. xD

PlagueSD · January 2018

Jade1986 wrote: »

PlagueSD wrote: »

Goshua wrote: »

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

Hit Tab to target

I'm on target, little glowy edge around them and everything, like i said 3 other attacks but ult just pleases itself. shrug

cross-hair target and tab target are 2 completely different targeting methods. If your target is highlighted with a red halo, you're targeting via the crosshairs. If another mob gets in between you and the mob, you'll start attacking that mob. Tab cycles between all mobs in front of you and places a "marker" around the target. All attacks will hit that target regardless of what get in between you (as long as you still maintain LOS).

Holy crap, i never knew that. xD

Actually, I think that's a bug with ultimates. I just tested it on a group of mobs. Set tab target to the elite. Hit ambush and immediately hit my ultimate (used shooting star as I can see what mob is targeted) and to my surprise, it wasn't the mob I was focused on. May have to submit a bug report on this.

Ackwalan · January 2018

If you don't use tab target, the game will auto target the mob (in range) closest to 100% health. So if you are fighting a mob with starting 100K health and get it down to 25K health it is at 25% health, and your ult will go off target to bomb that rat with 125 health, just because it is at 100%.

Goshua · January 2018

PlagueSD wrote: »

Goshua wrote: »

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

Hit Tab to target

I'm on target, little glowy edge around them and everything, like i said 3 other attacks but ult just pleases itself. shrug

cross-hair target and tab target are 2 completely different targeting methods. If your target is highlighted with a red halo, you're targeting via the crosshairs. If another mob gets in between you and the mob, you'll start attacking that mob. Tab cycles between all mobs in front of you and places a "marker" around the target. All attacks will hit that target regardless of what get in between you (as long as you still maintain LOS).

I have never seen a red halo. My unintended target was more along side by some, not any closer that's for sure. Has happened more than a couple of times. It may well be just me.

Goshua · January 2018

PlagueSD wrote: »

Jade1986 wrote: »

PlagueSD wrote: »

Goshua wrote: »

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

Hit Tab to target

I'm on target, little glowy edge around them and everything, like i said 3 other attacks but ult just pleases itself. shrug

cross-hair target and tab target are 2 completely different targeting methods. If your target is highlighted with a red halo, you're targeting via the crosshairs. If another mob gets in between you and the mob, you'll start attacking that mob. Tab cycles between all mobs in front of you and places a "marker" around the target. All attacks will hit that target regardless of what get in between you (as long as you still maintain LOS).

Holy crap, i never knew that. xD

Actually, I think that's a bug with ultimates. I just tested it on a group of mobs. Set tab target to the elite. Hit ambush and immediately hit my ultimate (used shooting star as I can see what mob is targeted) and to my surprise, it wasn't the mob I was focused on. May have to submit a bug report on this.

Meteor, Soul Assault are the ultimates I have experienced this with.

Runefang · January 2018

Meteor is definitely hardest to target.

aaisoaho · January 2018

Because everyone knows you must use your Dawnbreaker on those spider critters so they don't grow up and devour everyone in their vicinity while being giant spider.

But honestly, it was PITA to use skills etc when I did not know about tab-targeting.