Hi FreeLanceWizard,
I'm taking your advice as far as I can, at both skills of my character (Lvl 20 Glad., and Lvl 12 Archer) and sticking to the Level 12 Archer for now.
Instead of remapping targeting keys to E, F, etc, I mapped them to the M1 thru M5 keys on the left of the Razer keyboard for convenience,.
It appears that the best way to prepare for future "tanking," is to fight as much as possible in Fates, and so I'm concentrating on fates. Even so, not all the targeting seems to work when needed.
Target Next Enemy.. Partial success
Target Enemy attacking me ... Works about half the time
Face the target ... Usually works
Tab key ... works when Target Nearest enemy fails to work.
Target focus ... Not tested so far, well, I hit the keys during a Fate and nothing happened, probably because I'm not "tanking."
Hotbar 1 for weapons choices ... OK after targeting success
I really wish that Square Enix would provide a "non-retribution," practice scenario for "tanking," where players could go in, learn how to do it, practice, make mistakes, and get proficient, before going into a scoring situation.
Well, that's not going to happen, so I'll concentrate on Fates and any other advice that turns up.
I'll be searching around for a FFXIV "Novice" web forum site, if you know of one, I'd appreciate.
Thanks much!
The Mongoose
I'm taking your advice as far as I can, at both skills of my character (Lvl 20 Glad., and Lvl 12 Archer) and sticking to the Level 12 Archer for now.
Instead of remapping targeting keys to E, F, etc, I mapped them to the M1 thru M5 keys on the left of the Razer keyboard for convenience,.
It appears that the best way to prepare for future "tanking," is to fight as much as possible in Fates, and so I'm concentrating on fates. Even so, not all the targeting seems to work when needed.
Target Next Enemy.. Partial success
Target Enemy attacking me ... Works about half the time
Face the target ... Usually works
Tab key ... works when Target Nearest enemy fails to work.
Target focus ... Not tested so far, well, I hit the keys during a Fate and nothing happened, probably because I'm not "tanking."
Hotbar 1 for weapons choices ... OK after targeting success
I really wish that Square Enix would provide a "non-retribution," practice scenario for "tanking," where players could go in, learn how to do it, practice, make mistakes, and get proficient, before going into a scoring situation.
Well, that's not going to happen, so I'll concentrate on Fates and any other advice that turns up.
I'll be searching around for a FFXIV "Novice" web forum site, if you know of one, I'd appreciate.
Thanks much!
The Mongoose
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