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Since patch 4, I've been noticing that I very (too) often "auto-target" another mob just as I kill one.

I thought it was just me, but I came across another thread on Allakhazam, and it seems that others are also finding this.

It's sort of along the lines of: if you have a spell to cast and your mob dies before the spell is through casting, instead of getting an error message about a dead mob, it will auto-target the next nearest living mob (if there is one), then drop the spell you were casting and begin to auto-attack THAT mob.

This is very frustrating as a Hunter, since your auto-attack is a good solid ranged attack! Meaning, the mob can be QUITE far.

I'm so glad you posted this. I have been trying to find other info about this and I missed the thread you mentioned on allakazam. I have looked all over the Interface menu in game to see if there is a way to turn this off. I did uncheck 'auto-target' but it does not seem to have helped. Is there anything else I can try? I don't want to be on a run or raid and have this auto-target thing happen. I've slowed down my shots just to be sure that I don't do exactly what you describe. So, I'm not hitting as much and not stacking, either.

Kim

Yeah, that bug has returned. We were struggling with it in early Wrath (I always hovered my finger over escape at the end of trash pulls just in case, but man! The number of accidental pulls the hunters in my raid were "responsible" for was crazy!) and I'm very, very sad that it's back. Only consolation is that we now overpower pretty much anything in the game (for now) so it rarely results in a wipe. >.>

Hmm, there is an option (interface > combat, I think) that turns off autoshot when you change target. I don't know if that has any bearing on the bug, which sounds alarming, but it's what popped into my head. Or you might have that clicked already and it's not helping, of course.

The Insect Man wrote:Hmm, there is an option (interface > combat, I think) that turns off autoshot when you change target. I don't know if that has any bearing on the bug, which sounds alarming, but it's what popped into my head. Or you might have that clicked already and it's not helping, of course.

That was enabled on some of my toons after the patch, but my first step after a patch is to go through the interface menu and make sure everything is as I want it. I'm still experiencing this bug.

Very glad to see this bug back. It made Hunters very popular last time around, and now that it's coupled with Hunter players learning to play their class again and thus being prone to sub-optimal performance, this can only be good news for us! Better yet, it seems this bug is attached to Auto Shot? Last time I think it was pretty much tied to Steady Shot if I recall properly. So I guess in order to intervene we need to be sure to move the second our target dies?

I've got it too (of course) and there also seems to be something funny going on with name plates...

A mob will be in front of me and not show a name plate but something 12 yards away and off to the side will have one. This is extremely frustrating! I've used game name plates for all my dungeon and pvp encounters because I seem to glaze over the little red names that are normally up.

Is there something in options that I'm missing that can cause it? I've looked and looked and still haven't found anything. I'd really hate to need a mod to fix it; especially something so simple as this UI element

I had the name plate issue. Downloaded a nameplate addon just to get the functionality I was used to from the Blizzard interface - that came with its own problems so I had to get rid of it. From yesterday, though nameplates seem to have been fixed. Now I have to track down the 60 honour that appears to have gone missing....


Ah patch day....

"Are you suffering from irregularity? Well take the Activia Fourteen Day challenge and find that your irregularity just disappears!"

*queue side effect and no promises banter.*

"Activiaaaaaaah!"

Sorry. I read irregularity and this was the FIRST thing in my mind. Seriously.

That reference is REALLY good.

*snerk*

*Bows*

(my counter-reference, not so good >_>)

Do you hear that? Yeah.

Whoosh.

Totally the sound of your reference going right over my head. xD Don't feel bad, I miss a lot of references.

It's the same ad. xD (Maybe different ones air here...)

/console bloattest 1

Should fix the nameplate problem.

And yeah, I've been getting this a bit; I tend to try and strafe around as a mob dies just to avoid it : /

Acherontia wrote:/console bloattest 1

Should fix the nameplate problem.

Ah, thank you!!! That had been giving me such a headache, espeically in dungeons.

Lol np, my guildmate Tahlian found it on an EU post linked from a US post so I can't quite take credit--but enjoy

Yep, the "shoot another target" bug is ANNOYING. If I've touched a steady shot and my target dies, I auto-target something else and attack. Drives me INSANE!

Heyyyy thanks for the nameplate fix!!