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Gauntlgrym Golems Targeting Issue
darthtzarr
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So there are golems that spawn in the Gauntlgrym pvp map at 2 specific nodes. These golems have hit/aim boxes the size of the entire arena (slight exaggeration). Using single target skills with these golems even remotely nearby will cause your character to turn around and attack them instead of what you are pointing at. I have actually had my character turn around backwards to attack Golems that are standing behind me. It would be great if the hitbox on these golems could be decreased in size, or even reduce the golems themselves in size.
Although I understand they are meant to disrupt you, having an enemy at 10% HP get completely saved by the golems spawning doesn't feel like a fun mechanic. If I target the enemy player, I should attack the enemy player, not the golems.
This is from my experience playing a DC, so the powers involved were:
Prophecy of Doom
Forgemaster's Flame
Break the Spirit
In case the issue actually is in the power's targetting system. They were used in several different modes, and it didn't seem to matter.
Although I understand they are meant to disrupt you, having an enemy at 10% HP get completely saved by the golems spawning doesn't feel like a fun mechanic. If I target the enemy player, I should attack the enemy player, not the golems.
This is from my experience playing a DC, so the powers involved were:
Prophecy of Doom
Forgemaster's Flame
Break the Spirit
In case the issue actually is in the power's targetting system. They were used in several different modes, and it didn't seem to matter.
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also target/toggle and lock on players aiming vertically down on them from above instead of horizontal sweeping/ missing
there is no hiding behind golems/ other players once hard locked on target : D unless target turns invisible.../ goes out of range
Once you are locked on, sure, but that means you cannot attack a point with golems already summoned.
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CTRL is bound to soft target lock meaning it will change if another target goes in front
you need to bind a "hard target lock toggle " to the key .,.,. . hint hint : D
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once you try it you see you move differently hard locked on and will want to be able to toggle it on or off depending on situation and power it takes a lot of practice to master in the heat of combat and used improperly will get you killed
(Golem)__(Me) --aiming--> (Enemy Player)
I press the key and my character turns completely around and uses forgemaster's flame on the golem behind me with no other input other than firing the key. I am not locked on to anything, I simply cannot target players while the golems are anywhere on my screen.
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a visial aim is not aim with lag and delay just cause the enemy looks like he is in the middle of the aim cursor he may not be .. you need to lock on in such huge mobs with lots of target movement ya aoe can misfire or change your target for a perceived higher threat(possible bug ) .. no soft target lock on control just like you have it will target the closets enemy so working aS INTENDED ..IF YOU DID NOT REBIND YOUR KEY YOUR EXAMPLE IS NOW MOOT BY DEFAULT THE LEFT CONTROL KEY YOU ARE USING IS SOFT TARGET LOCK AND WILL PERFORM EXACLY AS YOU DESCRIBED
if you dont want the accepted solution/ work around dont take it ... asside from the fact that hard target is beneficial in many other situation and not just the one you are describing
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ya but see now you knowing this you can suprise and kill someone that thinks he is safe hiding in the golems : D
there are many other cases of pve type mobs and fights having huge hitboxes too...
also 2 v 1 or 3 v 1 in pvp when everyone is the same hitbox size .. there can be misfiring
even if the golem were smaller hit box then the player can go behind him and you would still miss and sill need the hard target lock
could also argue it the other way golems are easier to target and clear faster first that way too also to get you kill 1000 golems in pvp achievement lol
same example if you are fighting two players and want to target one over the other and they are overlapping eaco other (strategically or not ) missing can occur regardless of the size of the hitbox too so the hard lock toggle mechanic is still needed regardless of hitbox size
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> umm one word ... hard target lock ..... nuff said ...
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> also target and lock players aiming vertically down on them from above instead of horizontal sweeping
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> there is no hiding behind golems once hard locked on target
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> That's the thing, if you hold CTRL (hard lock) on your target it targets the nearest golem, since it just hard locks onto your current target, and their hitbox is so big that they are always the selected target. There is no way to target players while they are standing nearby.
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> Once you are locked on, sure, but that means you cannot attack a point with golems already summoned.
I wrote a configuration for easy target lock.. want me to upload it for you?
/bind ctrl+g hlock
is what i'm currently using. I like it telling me if it's on or off because I'm bad at life.
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