No elegible target / not a friend bug

[Brynhild]

<p>Is this ever going to be fixed?</p><p>Person you have targets forces you clear your target, you retarget them and can't attack them at all (no eligible target)</p><p>Trying to cast a beneficial spell on an enemy when that enemy has another enemy targeted (which should default to self cast since it's an enemy target)  says 'not a friend'</p>

[Shankapotomus]

<p>Revise your post.</p><p>You mean trying to cast a beneficial spell on yourself because your target has been forced onto a enemy who isn't targeting you anymore and should default back to yourself, but doesn't because your not targeting yourself.</p><p>And it's not a bug.</p><p>It's when someone taunts you, forcing target, there for you can't heal yourself unless they keep you targeted. Try a group heal or reposition yourself, always something else you can do.</p><p>But is it fair? I don't think so, I believe the fact you can't single target heal other group members or buff them is punishment enough.</p>

[StaticLex]

<p>This is some sort of bug.  When I am force targeted I am stuck targeting a character and I get a yellow text saying I cannot change my target.  If the no eligible target/not a friend thing happens I can target various people but can't cast anything on anyone.  And it seems to last an extremely long time.</p>

[Shankapotomus]

<p>I also have no idea what your talking about, has never happened to me.</p><p>When a tank taunts you but doesn't have you targeted is when you have the not a friend message. If you can change targets but not cast anything, check your hot bars. If they are all dimmed down like they are down, they you are stunned or stifled.</p><p>I've never been able to change targets and not cast something unless they are out of range.</p>

[StaticLex]

<p>It's not a UI bug, I use the default UI and never have problems with it.  Like I said, the force targets from tanks give me a yellow emote in my chat box when I try to target other people.  The no eligible target/not a friend message appears where my cast bar is.  I have never had this effect go away unless I died.</p>

[Kota]

i dunno but that whole taunt and FD needs to go

[Trawe]

<p>it is definately a bug because i can target myself but i cant cast anything on myself when that happens.if the enemy has you on target lock and is fighting someone else it should cast the beneficial spellon his target but it doesn´t.</p><p>when a scout hits evasive manouvers it sometimes bugs the opponent aswell i have heard.</p>

[babygirl56]

<p>Well, I just spent another fun time in Gears constantly "target locked"-->"You are currently restricted from casting on another target"....WEEE!</p><p>I felt so bad that I just sent my team a copy of my log files showing why I could not heal ANYBODY...come on SOE!</p><p>I understand tanks taunt...that's their job...but it's sure not fun listening to your team cry for heals and your trying to explain you CAN'T heal them because the 2 SK's on the opposing team have you "perma-locked"!</p><p>Put some type of immunity in there...or give us a chance to resist based upon wisdom...anything!</p>

[Kota]

it's a bug afaik. i get it too sometimes. i target an enemy and it gives me the wrong target message. i usually clear it by targetting myself or someone else and trying again.

[Seiffil]

<p>Some of the scout abilities that clear them from their opponents target don't properly drop target when used against you.   I You still have them targeted but until you clear target and retarget them, you can't attack or do any damage whatsoever.</p>

[Yimway]

<p><cite>Seiffil@Permafrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Some of the scout abilities that clear them from their opponents target don't properly drop target when used against you.   I You still have them targeted but until you clear target and retarget them, you can't attack or do any damage whatsoever.</p></blockquote><p>Yes, and it is quite annoying!</p>

[Scythien]

I only ever notice this when fighting a Swashbuckler. Sleight of Hand + Tease anyone?

[Shorcon]

<p><cite>Scythienne@Splitpaw wrote:</cite></p><blockquote>I only ever notice this when fighting a Swashbuckler. Sleight of Hand + Tease anyone?</blockquote><p>It's through all scouts and there detaunts. I have seen it on every scout. I see it on more nag/vox players as they know the bug exists and can utilize it to their advantage. I use it my self with my swashy though I have not mastered it. The more who master it the more it will be spotlit and taken out of the game. Same with the brawler tauntlock fd. They can tauntlock fd your tank for 8 seconds. Long time to stand around watching your team die while you are rendered totaly usless.</p>

[Corydonn]

<p><cite>Shorcon wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Scythienne@Splitpaw wrote:</cite></p><p> Same with the brawler tauntlock fd. They can tauntlock fd your tank for 8 seconds. Long time to stand around watching your team die while you are rendered totaly usless.</p></blockquote><p>Only useless if you don't know how to use a clicky cure item/potion!</p>

[Kota]

mine are always on cool down

[Ralpmet]

<p><cite>StaticLex wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>It's not a UI bug, I use the default UI and never have problems with it.  Like I said, the force targets from tanks give me a yellow emote in my chat box when I try to target other people.  The no eligible target/not a friend message appears where my cast bar is.  I have never had this effect go away unless I died.</p></blockquote><p>The best way to deal with this, as it is a bug (Started happening about a month or so before SF, before then in the PVP zergs no matter who taunted me and wasn't targetting my group the heal would cast on myself, then suddenly one day it just said "no available target") is to simply make some heal macros that target yourself.</p><p>Oh, wait, you can't, because taunting so messed up that even heals set to target yourself through macros don't work. All you can really do is aoe heal and hope for the best.</p>

[Killque]

<p>I know for a fact that this same "No elegible target" has something to do with swash buffs and evasive manuvers. After some extensive testing before raid, we narrowed it down to happening after the swash uses evasive manuvers while fully buffed. We had to start raid before we narrowed down exactly which buff. When the swash was not self buffed and used evasive manuvers, this targeting issue did not occour. This may be happening with other classes other than the swash but I know for a fact there is something about that class and evasive manuvers that causes it. Feel free to test with /duel.</p><p>Killque</p>

[avow]

<p>Have been in so many BG raids to see when i and others are beating on one person and we can't get a target or fix on them, nor can or pets, and we can't take any points off of them and they are wearing crappy gear and not getting heals.  Then hearing others talk about the spells that stop targetting but it's not supposed to be permanent! Nor is it supposed to affect my Area of Effect spells that keep refusing to work with the works can't find target even though he is right in front of me.  On top of this i am told of aoe immunity spells and gear but they are  not supposed to work for the entire game! </p><p>So i am a conj faced with gear and spells that give permenant and complete protection from my pets, aoe's, and taking damage from spells.  What am i supposed to do in BG then?  Just keep showing up to die in one shots by lessor geared and lessor powerful alt who should in no way do the huge instant damage they are doing?</p><p>Also, we had 10 players hitting on an SK and the sk took no damage for the 5 minutes or longer we pounded on it.  We pour in all our power and heals to stay alive yet this guy ( and many ohters like him in other games) took no damage then one shotted us and killed us all.  What is the point?  I thought playing till i got full BG gear would help but it does nothing. it is as worthless as your oversight of the game.</p>