targeting system ruined my matches
December 12, 2015 4:11AM
edited December 2015
seriously...you guys gotta get your act together with the targeting system AUTO selecting who gets attacked on its own whim.
it ruined the 11th gw battle and cheated me out of 400 additional war tokens when it randomly decided to change the target to a full health barriss when old ben was going to die on the next hit. i was playing manually and NOT on auto mode. barriss subsequently healed old ben and my team couldn't outdmg their regen from barriss' leader skill (i lost 3 of my own units during the battle) and old ben's special.
[edit]: i played attrition with my own attackers against that team's attackers and made careful decisions as to who i would lose and planned 2 moves ahead. the losses were calculated so that i could guarantee a win
the change in targeting also caused a loss in arena when it does the same as described above. please take a look at why the game decides to do this without any precedent or player input. if this is intended, then, well, that's absolutely gimmicky.
if we are to babysit our attacks, especially if we are being timed, i really have no other words to express the disappointment i feel in the development of this game.
it ruined the 11th gw battle and cheated me out of 400 additional war tokens when it randomly decided to change the target to a full health barriss when old ben was going to die on the next hit. i was playing manually and NOT on auto mode. barriss subsequently healed old ben and my team couldn't outdmg their regen from barriss' leader skill (i lost 3 of my own units during the battle) and old ben's special.
[edit]: i played attrition with my own attackers against that team's attackers and made careful decisions as to who i would lose and planned 2 moves ahead. the losses were calculated so that i could guarantee a win
the change in targeting also caused a loss in arena when it does the same as described above. please take a look at why the game decides to do this without any precedent or player input. if this is intended, then, well, that's absolutely gimmicky.
if we are to babysit our attacks, especially if we are being timed, i really have no other words to express the disappointment i feel in the development of this game.
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I had it happen to me a number of times in both Arena and Galactic war.. most of the time it happens if there is a taunter... now let me finish...
Often a taunter will cause you to only be able to target them til their taunt buff disappears, in which you normally switch back to what you were attacking beforehand... however usually a turn or two after the taunt wears off, you will automatically switch to a third target rather than your original target or the taunter.
I've not seen it happen often without a taunter around...
It is very frustrating more so in the Arena because it can allow the opponents team to recover because you weren't able to finish off whatever you were trying to kill/defeat and thus waste a lot of your precious arena time allocation.
Game used to be fun when it wasn't a grind... if I wanted a grind I would have went and played old school Everquest or some Korean MMO!
The random target switching is ****, and has screwed me on some pivotal kills as well, usually leading to my loss. I understand the taunt effect, as I use it. However, when it just randomly decides to switch the target of two of my attackers, to a full health tank, rather than the half health healer, this becomes an issue.
Ultimately, I recognize that I could pay better attention; but when random target switching isn't common, it's to easy to assume the game will continue working the same as it did the previous 5 turns.
it's not an issue with the taunter in my case. old ben and barriss do not have a taunt skill. the problem as experienced by others here including myself, is the game's decision to choose a random target at crucial times without player input.
If the player selects the target, regardless of auto mode, please leave that target selected until told otherwise.
thanks for rereading
I'm not sayiing it doesn't happen without a taunter around but I do notice it more often with the taunter, like some sort of client server lag issue is causing it to float your target around... Not saying that is the case, just say it's possible
Game used to be fun when it wasn't a grind... if I wanted a grind I would have went and played old school Everquest or some Korean MMO!