Tab targeting has been silently removed...

[kaizersoze]

Oh fucking please, you can still play an enchanter. You just need your pullers to not be retarded and pull like 30 mobs and actually keep tabs on your spawn timers. Throw out an AoE mez, break them one at a time, and lock the others down with single mez afterward.

[Gustoo]

Tab should cycle between self and nearest NPC.

Its funny how much changes with a little change. How a UI change ends up being a class balancing change. Good stuff.

[Jimjam]

*self and previous target.

Thats how my client is set up. Tidl was cycle through closest npc for me.

[LostCause]

it's not too bad just setup key for closet target better then click target lol

they need to remove scroll out camera too.. should be first person other then using f9

[slowpoke68]

But remember guys classic EQ wasn't harder at all, we were all just a bunch of idiots who didn't know how to play.

Tab targeting definitely not classic. Will be tough to adjust to, but c'est la vie. Not the end of the world. Not putting a damper at all on my excitement for green.

[Vexenu]

EQ is not suddenly unplayable because target cycling is no longer in game. You can still Tab target the nearest NPC, which is perfectly functional for most situations and classes. Removal of target cycling was mostly just an Enchanter nerf. Most other classes were not majorly impacted. The idea that a disabled person who was playing fine before, but now suddenly can't play at all is nonsense. At the very worst maybe they can't break difficult camps solo as an Enchanter anymore? But neither will many other fully-abled Enchanters for that matter. He can always play another class. Pretty sure a quadraplaegic who controls the mouse with his tongue could play a grouping Mage, for example. P1999 is probably the most handicapped accessible MMO out there due to the abundance of low APM classes.

[Vexenu]

You seem to be confused about the nature of the nerf. You can still target the nearest mob with a keyboard bind. You just can't cycle through nearby targets with a keystroke. You can still /assist with one button press. There is zero reason why your disabled friend cannot play a Mage on Green. He might not be able to do some more complicated solo splits using root nets or handle adds as well as before. But he can easily group or duo with a Mage and lose basically zero effectiveness from this nerf. I know that for a fact because I barely ever used cycle targeting on my Mage.

[cd288]

Didn't people post links earlier in this thread showing that cycle targeting was in the game at some point in 1999?

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Didn't people post links earlier in this thread showing that cycle targeting was in the game at some point in 1999?

No.

Lots of people confusing cycle targeting and true classic tab targeting though.

If you think you need to use a mouse to get most the targeting done in the absence of cycle closest npc then you are bad at eq, should feel bad and don't deserve cycle target.

Work on the rp elements of your toon.

Originally Posted by 3d_glasses [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That is a pretty ridiculous comparison. If i understand correctly: you are a person with no hands and you're trying to understand which is harder to do: cook spaghetti or compose a violin concerto. This is the reason why there is a clearly objective way the targeting system with mouse could be deemed as poor? Youre lambasting me because I am trying to take away your hands or take away your ability to achieve some kind of nuance hands provide? Again you prove an insufficient argument: what is it that is logically binding your strange double metaphor to skill against the lack of tab targeting? Can i not throw it back at you - the skill and use of a mouse requires the finesse of a violin player, without it we are playing the game like brutish pasta chefs.
This completely ignores the fact that musical composition can be done without an instrument or even hands....but please the obvious loss of musical virtuosity is the sad fate of a handless spaghetti maker

I like how he switched from compose (easy buy in) and moved them goalposts to play (better supports his argument).

[cd288]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No.

Lots of people confusing cycle targeting and true classic tab targeting though.

If you think you need to use a mouse to get most the targeting done in the absence of cycle closest npc then you are bad at eq, should feel bad and don't deserve cycle target.

Work on the rp elements of your toon.

Cool, so I ask a simple question for clarification and get insulted in response. Seems logical. Guess I ran into one of the pricks on the server [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]