Well in WvW, that's really not strange honestly, especially if you played one of those huge and largest norn male, you can probably fit 10 asura in it, volume wise
No but honestly there is nothign much they can do, and having all the race with the same size would be stupid imo. If you plan to play Norn in WvW moslty, go for the smallest a,d probably take a proferssion that will make them loose target all the time like the theif since they can blink, stealth and dodge so often with good builds. And making the "targeting box" fitting the "hit box" would be horrid, because you would have people click on their target and have nothing happen. Just deal with it honestly.
This debate comes up in every MMO with small races and some form of PvP. I always used to target Gnomes first in WoW, because I knew how easy it was to lose track of them if you didn't target them quick and focus them down. Same for Aion. I know how to find the nine foot tall guy, but the two foot tall guy needs to be neutralized while your able to target them without losing them in the heat of battle.
The tallest Humans and Sylvari are as tall as the shortest Norn and Charr. The tallest Asura are maybe a third shorter than the shortest Humans/Sylvari. If you are worried about size making you a PvP target, just adjust as close to the five race combined average height as possible for your race of choice.
Confirmed: This has not at all been my experience at all, I've never seen everyone just start focusing the largest target first - it just doesn't happen. It all sounds a bit sensationalist to claim that the larger race was targetted first every time. Also, I just don't believe that many people have such difficulty targetting the appropriate target (or assisting) that they can only manage to target the largest character. 'Oh, screw it, targetting is SO hard! There, a big one, phew, finally something I can successfully target!'. I doubt you were tucked back into a crowd of players that the enemy just ignored as they charged through just to get to you, most likely you were closer - being the real reason you'd be targetted in that situation.
Sorry but I just didn't see character size playing ANY role in our target prioritization or the enemies - ever.
Open up any random sPvP video and tell me that everyone just focuses the larger character models. In fact I just tested this and out of a human and a charr, they targetted the human (who's smaller). You can try WvW vids as well but that's a lot more chaotic.
If this were true, it'd be great news for sPvP teams as it would mean they could take free will away from people and have complete control over who their enemies target.
I personally prioritise based on role, and have only come up against those that do the same. If others aren't doing that, they'll soon learn to - in my experience.
Also, I doubt the majority of decent players are clickers anyway (or that someones going to stop mouse moving/turning to actually click their target).
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Well in WvW, that's really not strange honestly, especially if you played one of those huge and largest norn male, you can probably fit 10 asura in it, volume wise
No but honestly there is nothign much they can do, and having all the race with the same size would be stupid imo. If you plan to play Norn in WvW moslty, go for the smallest a,d probably take a proferssion that will make them loose target all the time like the theif since they can blink, stealth and dodge so often with good builds. And making the "targeting box" fitting the "hit box" would be horrid, because you would have people click on their target and have nothing happen. Just deal with it honestly.
This debate comes up in every MMO with small races and some form of PvP. I always used to target Gnomes first in WoW, because I knew how easy it was to lose track of them if you didn't target them quick and focus them down. Same for Aion. I know how to find the nine foot tall guy, but the two foot tall guy needs to be neutralized while your able to target them without losing them in the heat of battle.
The tallest Humans and Sylvari are as tall as the shortest Norn and Charr. The tallest Asura are maybe a third shorter than the shortest Humans/Sylvari. If you are worried about size making you a PvP target, just adjust as close to the five race combined average height as possible for your race of choice.
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Confirmed: This has not at all been my experience at all, I've never seen everyone just start focusing the largest target first - it just doesn't happen. It all sounds a bit sensationalist to claim that the larger race was targetted first every time. Also, I just don't believe that many people have such difficulty targetting the appropriate target (or assisting) that they can only manage to target the largest character. 'Oh, screw it, targetting is SO hard! There, a big one, phew, finally something I can successfully target!'. I doubt you were tucked back into a crowd of players that the enemy just ignored as they charged through just to get to you, most likely you were closer - being the real reason you'd be targetted in that situation.
Sorry but I just didn't see character size playing ANY role in our target prioritization or the enemies - ever.
Open up any random sPvP video and tell me that everyone just focuses the larger character models. In fact I just tested this and out of a human and a charr, they targetted the human (who's smaller). You can try WvW vids as well but that's a lot more chaotic.
If this were true, it'd be great news for sPvP teams as it would mean they could take free will away from people and have complete control over who their enemies target.
I personally prioritise based on role, and have only come up against those that do the same. If others aren't doing that, they'll soon learn to - in my experience.
Also, I doubt the majority of decent players are clickers anyway (or that someones going to stop mouse moving/turning to actually click their target).
Larger races are not targetted first every time.