How is guild wars 2 combat?

[Fencers]

You are bound to the execute animation for certain abilities in Tera similar to Aion. I love it, but it doesn't seem similar to GW2 combat. At least based on what I seen and have played so far.

Tera is kinda super awesome though ^_^

[Kadeth]

Tera was pretty cool, but I think outside of the combat system it is the same kind of MMO dressed up different. Fun for the novelty, but I don't think I'd play it long term, especially not with a sub fee (GW2's philosophy is sinking in!). You could dodge and do some things on the move though, sort of, yes. But none of it was target-based I think, I know I saw some heals that were placed on the ground.

So GW2 does have a sort of targeting system? I wonder what for? You don't just lob things in your enemy's direction? I do remember seeing mobs get an outline (?) in some demo videos when they were targeted, but it makes me wonder what the purpose is if combat is free, spray-and-pray kind of combat.

[Primal Zed]

It does have targetting. In addition to showing on your UI the target's health and buffs/debuffs, it does help aim at least some projectile skills (as seen early in this video. I don't know how effective that is for moving targets. I'm not sure if it helps aim all projectile skills or if it does anything for melee skills.

[Deyadissa]

Play the demo of Dungeon Siege 3, the combat is pretty much identical.