Lock on is stupid

[TheLastLion]

Literally locks on anything but the enemy infront of me I'm aiming at! Is there even a button to toggle it between enemies?

[Ezekiel]

That's Platinum Games for ya. A lot of automation for the sake of making the combat fast and cool looking.

[lPaladinl]

The lock-on doesn't help much, and it's even removed in higher difficulties.

I suppose it's nice on a fast moving enemy if you're still catching up with your manual aiming to at least get some bullets in the right direction?

[Metal Upa 123]

I think shifting the camera in any way will lock it on to the nearest enemy in that direction.

Really though it's completely pointless. Just set up a pad in a way that you can keep control of the camera at all times.

Evade and Shoot on L2 and L1
Pod Program and light attack on R2 and R1
Heavy attack on Triangle
Jump on Cross

This control scheme was perfect for me on everything but the sidescrolling segments. Setting jump to a shoulder button and setting the pod program to a paddle would be much better if that's possible.

[TheLastLion]

It's not pointless when you play 9S and try to hack stuff. It's just makes his playstyle even worse than it already is with his 1 weapon combo.

[Super newbie]

you should play hard or very hard. you are no allow use lock on

[HitBalls]

The way to toggle enemies are the same in FF15. Hold down the Lock-on button and move the camera joysticks left or right to toggle your target.

[ngnht]

For me it's lock-on button + arrow keys by default.
I kinda ditched my mouse for this game too, using just the keyboard.
Also, there should be some settings in the menu for camera and lock-ons, but I'm not sure.