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#1 Jul 05 2009 at 7:44 AM Rating: Good
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Just a reminder to all the healers who have trouble targeting non-party members in crowded situations...

Tab - Rotates through targets somewhat clockwise

We all know this one... but to my surprise, not everyone knows that:

Shift+Tab - Rotates through targets in the exact opposite order.

Saved my (friend's) life many times. Hope it's helpful to those who didn't know.
#2 Jul 05 2009 at 9:19 AM Rating: Excellent
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Computers 101: Shift+Tab has the opposite effect as Tab everywhere outside of text editing.
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#3 Jul 05 2009 at 2:01 PM Rating: Good
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targetting is so much quicker with a gamepad :p
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#4 Jul 06 2009 at 8:06 AM Rating: Decent
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i actually find it quicker to target peopel using the F keys its easy
just use F1-F6 depending on who u need to heal if u need to DoT the mob just press F8 to target the nearest monster for me i find it easier
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#5 Jul 06 2009 at 11:16 AM Rating: Decent
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Just a reminder to all the healers who have trouble targeting non-party members in crowded situations...

Tab - Rotates through targets somewhat clockwise

We all know this one... but to my surprise, not everyone knows that:

Shift+Tab - Rotates through targets in the exact opposite order.

Saved my (friend's) life many times. Hope it's helpful to those who didn't know.


And one poorly timed ALT+Tab is a great reason to use a windower (or play in windowed mode) if you aren't already.
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#6 Jul 06 2009 at 2:50 PM Rating: Default
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That's been changed, Alt+Tab will do nothing while in full screen mode.
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#7 Jul 07 2009 at 11:51 AM Rating: Good
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I've always just targeted with the F keys, unless I have a specific person targeting macro. such as cureV as an emergency for the pld when we fight Faust or any other hard/fast hitting mobs.
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#8 Jul 07 2009 at 4:36 PM Rating: Decent
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That's been changed, Alt+Tab will do nothing while in full screen mode.


Woosh?

Alt+Tab is still in effect... which is silly, considering SE has now sanctioned their own windowed mode *shrug*

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I've always just targeted with the F keys, unless I have a specific person targeting macro. such as cureV as an emergency for the pld when we fight Faust or any other hard/fast hitting mobs.


This. Outside of blinking, the F keys won't steer you wrong in the case of targeting. For PLing, however, the tab/shift+tab method is still best.
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#9 Jul 09 2009 at 5:40 PM Rating: Good
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Yes, using the F-keys is fine and all, but if you read the original post, I was referring to 'healers targeting non-party members' such as in power-level/emergency situations.
#10 Jul 11 2009 at 3:27 PM Rating: Decent
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yeah i missed the part about outside healing lol
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