Fighting Creatures

Fighting Creatures

Virtually anywhere you travel outside the safe confines of a town, you are likely to encounter hostile creatures that will happily eat you and/or your party for lunch. This kind of combat is referred to as PvE (for Player vs. Environment) or PvM (Player vs. Monster).
Targeting Enemies

To quickly target and attack the nearest creature, press Tab to highlight an enemy, and then press Space to attack. Tab targeting allows you to cycle through the enemies that you can see on your compass. To reset the cycle you can press the \ key to re-target the closest foe. This is useful when you are involved in an especially intense melee—enemies move around while you're fighting them, and if you only use the Tab key you might unintentionally target a distant foe, thus drawing more hostiles to your location before you and your team are ready to deal with them.
Targeting Allies

You can target allies by clicking on the ally's name in the Party menu or by selecting the actual ally. When you've targeted a friendly, you can perform various actions on them. You can heal allies, open a Trade window (by clicking the Trade button at the top of the screen), and follow the ally by hitting the Space Bar (note that once you catch up to the ally, you will need to hit the Space Bar again to keep following). The follow command is useful when a group leader is guiding others through an unfamiliar area. http://www.guildwars.com/gameplay/combat/