Please, please make "smart" autotargeters optional
Posted: Tuesday, 12th July 2016, 05:05Affected spells: Lee's Rapid Deconstruction, Lightning Bolt, Shock, others in the presence of green crystal
The nice thing about the default targeter is that it's very easy for humans to predict. It picks the closest monster. This means that most of the time, you can move the cursor to the actual target without needing to look at the screen (since you already know where the starting position of the cursor is), which saves a lot of time in the long run.
The LRD and lightning bolt targeters are good for bots, but for someone used to the default targeter, they make using the spells far slower. These targeters are difficult for humans to consistently predict, due to how much they depend on terrain. Even when LRD targeted the player by default I was faster than with the current targeter. I would much, much rather use the default targeter (the new lightning bolt targeter has honestly made me reluctant to learn lightning bolt at all), and I have found at least one person who prefers the new targeters, so adding an rcfile option makes sense.
The nice thing about the default targeter is that it's very easy for humans to predict. It picks the closest monster. This means that most of the time, you can move the cursor to the actual target without needing to look at the screen (since you already know where the starting position of the cursor is), which saves a lot of time in the long run.
The LRD and lightning bolt targeters are good for bots, but for someone used to the default targeter, they make using the spells far slower. These targeters are difficult for humans to consistently predict, due to how much they depend on terrain. Even when LRD targeted the player by default I was faster than with the current targeter. I would much, much rather use the default targeter (the new lightning bolt targeter has honestly made me reluctant to learn lightning bolt at all), and I have found at least one person who prefers the new targeters, so adding an rcfile option makes sense.