Game Mechanics: /target requires line of sight?

[Orruar]

Still trying to figure out exactly what the problem here is. So let's say someone is able to aggro some juggs from crypt because they can /target them, and then chain cast lull or something else that doesn't require line of sight, but can cause aggro. If this is then causing a massive train that disrupts other players, that's a problem, but there are already rules against training. If pulling the fungi king to NG is a problem because someone else wants to camp fungi king, that's a problem, but there are already rules about doing multiple camps that solve this problem. The only unsolved "problem" I can think of is if people manage these pulls without training themselves or others, and the GMs don't want people to be able to pull long distances so easily. That's hardly a good reason to remove something as basic as being able to /target a player/mob that is out of LoS.

Is there something else I'm missing here?

[DoucLangur]

I think there are various problems, among others:
- pulling a named through all the zone, then FDing/CoHing/zoning out to clear aggro from train, then tagging the named single or with few adds
- involuntary trains, and the ensuing mayhem

[Szeth]

You rarely need to do all that crazy zoning out thing to get mobs single. You find out a path that the mob can take that doesn't have see invis. You dot it, FD, get coth'd, and then get invis. Upon standing said mob is going to walk back to you past all his buddys LIKE A BOSS solo.

[Orruar]

In another thread, Nilbog mentioned that this is actually just a bug, not intentional.

[Uthgaard]

He said it was likely, confusion happens when you all argue things in the wrong threads. But it wasn't introduced with Kanras' last update to targetting, it's existed since shortly after Kunark.

[Szeth]

Uthgaard can we get your brilliance to shine on the RotWF issue? <3

[Uthgaard]

I didn't do that epic.

[Szeth]

Are you insinuating it may be broken? All the ones you did, you defended adamantly saying that people were fucking them up on their own (likely true, average IQ around these parts is not 3 digits)

[Uthgaard]

I'm saying I didn't do that epic. They were all tested before launch, but you know the saying about inventing a better idiot.

[Szeth]

Haha, touche.