What is 'Target Aquired. Locking on Now.' in xmas boss fight

[vquangchung]

Today when i was fighting in warehouse, I got a popup say "Target Aquired. Locking on Now.". Then I found each time it popped up I lose some HP. It wouldn't have been problem if I hadn't got it 5 times in a row and 7 times in less than 15 seconds. After that I was on very low HP, just about 150-200
p/s: screenshot is took after I finished the quest

[wushin]

Yerp, danger zones appear in the timed battle. If you stay in them you take damage. They should be broadcast.

[vquangchung]

I'm not afk-er. I didn't stay at any spot longer than 5s. I kept moving but it still happened

[wushin]

It's not a matter of afk or not but whether or not you are in the kill zones. Certain areas take damage during certain rounds and they move about randomly.

[Haldric]

I was doing christmas boss fight, and found that this message pops up above the head 'Target Aquired. Locking on Now.'. What is it? Also it drains hp too.

[vquangchung]

Archers have to keep running while fighting. This feature will make quest is harder for them

[Cassy]

Archers have to keep running while fighting. This feature will make quest is harder for them

Did you misunderstand maybe?

You only get continuously hurt when staying at the same spot.
So when you keep on moving, like archers usually do, everything will be fine

This "feature" is to prevent that AFK-players make it through the battle without participating.

[Crush]

Merged the thread "what is this" with the much more clearly named thread "What is 'Target Aquired. Locking on Now.' in xmas boss fight". Please try to formulate a subject line for your threads which makes it obvious what the thread is about to avoid duplicate topics.

[Altus Institute]

its not really the case,

i have change my stats from warrior speed ( i tried rager =/) to maximum def, so i CANT help in the fight just running around doing nothing else.
Coz all my agi and my dex are in def to stay alive.
Im lv80 and i cant do nothing in the fight room because of this feature.
Even with a mage its just a nightmare, while you take damage from nutcracker and iced skull, trying to heal yourself, a ghost damage kill you.
So with a mage you can just run and heal...wow...no exp possible.
(for me 1295exp by monster is not taking exp with an #ingrav, coz you have to run and to heal other and yourself)

So i cant fight, i just run.
after 5 target aquired, that become hard to stay alive in the fight.

what was the purpose of this feature?

This "feature" is to prevent that AFK-players make it through the battle without participating.

Now they just have to put all in def and doing nothing else, coz they cant, ah yes they have to run.

and imo, running to find a safe place (without "target on" or others monsters), doing nothing else its not participating to the fight.

[vquangchung]

Did you misunderstand maybe?

You only get continuously hurt when staying at the same spot.
So when you keep on moving, like archers usually do, everything will be fine

If you are archer, there are two problems with this feature:
1) Almost archers (except banshee users) have low VIT, it means you have low HP and low HP regen, then damage from this feature make their work like hell.
2) Archers keep moving while fighting, so the chance that they across it is greater.

I agree that we need something to prevent AFK-er but the solution shouldn't make the quest too much imbalance between classes.

[wushin]

It's meant as an Added challenge. If you pay attention it also tells you which Sectors are active on the map. Thus you can completely avoid being targeted at all.

[pclouds]

Maybe nice to have a (visual) bomb effect or something when the target is acquired..