[Known]Ranged Targets still not locked

Browncoat Jayson · May 18, 2017

5/18/2017 10:42 PM
Title: Ranged Targets still not locked
Reproduction Rate: 100%
Blocker? No
Details: Using a single-target ranged spell (aimed shot, fire arrow, stone arrow, and charged archery attack tested so far) will still target the nearest valid creature rather than fail if your "locked" target is out of range or behind obstructions.
Steps to Reproduce:
User Specs:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8) System RAM: 16291
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 GPU RAM: 4063
SotA.EarlyAccess.Win.64.502.Date.05.18.17
Area: Novia_R9_Hills01_SerpentsSpineMinesEntrance
Area Display Name: Serpent's Spine Foothills
Loc: (131.4, 57.4, -88.2)

Per @Chris' blog...

The other major targeting "bug" is that if you have something targeted and cast a spell that can't hit them but does have a valid target, the spell will fire at that guy. So if you have someone targeted and they move behind a wall but you cast firebolt, instead of it not casting, it will cast but hit the best valid target.

This is kind of required for many skills/spells because they hit multiple targets. For instance, if I'm using a sword and fighting 5 guys and my selected target moves behind me and I use a thrust skill with my sword, players would still expect it to hit the targets in front of them rather than not trigger or hit a target behind them.

There are several basic categories of target-able skills/spells:

Friendly cast spells. If I cast a heal, I want it to ONLY hit the target I have selected. In R40 I moved heal spells to be 360 target. This helped quite a bit but there are still some confusing situations like using a healing touch with someone else selected thinking they will be healed only to find they are just out of range and you get the heal instead.

Multitarget enemy spell/skills. This is something like a fire fist or swinging your sword. It hits up to X targets in a space in front of you. I believe these are fine and players expect them to just hit stuff right in front of them. I think the only issue with these currently let you cast them even when you don't have a valid target.

Single target ranged spells. This is where I think players can get frustrated. This would be something like a lightning bolt or root. These will let you cast them when your selected target is not valid (behind wall, bad angle,etc) and they will just hit the best valid target. They also let you cast them with no valid target. Both of those things kind of suck. If I'm casting a single target root spell, I want it to hit the guy I have selected or don't cast it at all.

Ground targeted spells like fireball work as expected in my opinion.

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Lexie · May 19, 2017

Yes, but I'm not seeing where it was supposed to be fixed? I couldn't find any closed/resolved JIRA tickets on this specific issue...
Please let me know if I am missing something.

Browncoat Jayson · May 19, 2017

@Lexie I don't know if there are any tickets, but @Chris said he was working on it. I really hope its still going to be in R42.

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