Targeting enemies is weird and seems buggy

[Dehogyis]

As title says. Many times its difficult to target enemies. I clearly click on them and the fireball doesnt hit the enemy.
Is there a known issue with hitboxes?

Another bug is even though i kill an enemy the lifebar of the enemy still shows on screen.

[SystemID]

Ive been playing Bow using flurry and some monsters i just cant hit Its crazy this hasnt been addressed.

[Ayk-]

Hitboxes have been an annoyance for ranged builds over the years, and it somehow manages to get worse every patch.
I hope 1.0 finally fixes it, or melee will be the way to play.

[Plutheros]

I experience both issues. It's driving me insane because I like the game. Imagine unloading a dozen arrows into a stationary barrel and missing on all of them?!?!? Devs....please fix the targeting issues.

[RodHull]

Game has had wonky targetting for as long as I've played/owned it (many years) It has never improved, in fact its barely ever mentioned let alone improved.

It's a combination of bad underlying physics (any ranged shot on uneven ground or ramps is just so off its not even funny) lazy/poor coding and then layering multiple systems on top of that without ever fixing it. It's also one of the reasons despite many efforts that combat feels so floaty cause the hit detection and physics is garbo.

The fact your hit rate for range shots goes down when people are close to you is an indication they kind of jury rigged the underlying physics early on and its never going to be up to snuff.