Googling "CoH target furthest mob" (I don't mention this to be snarky, but rather to say I don't have personal experience with the following) gives me this link to paragonwiki ; making a bind or macro with the target_enemy_far command might be what you're looking for (or maybe target_enemy_prev).
Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for!
You actually don't even need that, just go to options in the game and select a button to "target farthest enemy"
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As Windenergy21 says just set a key. I use the numeric keypad and chord keys to run all bars (well bars 1, 2 and 3). For targeting, the numeric 'enter' is nearest enemy, the numeric '+' is next enemy, and the '-' is previous. I just hit enter or +, and then multi strike + to cycle to the best anchor target for the cone or AoE I am activating. With a little practice it is extremely fast.
If you prefer a farthest mob you could use the '-' key or '*' or '/' for that. Whatever works for you. I have tried 'farthest mob' and find that it will often grab a spawn PAST the one you are really wanting to target, or the back of the desired spawn will be just out of range of the shorter range powers, hence I use the nearest and next sequence.
Jak
I'm trying to get maximum effectiveness out of my cones, but having to find and click on the furthest person in a high-speed fight can end up with me not getting off my full attack chain before everything dies. Just hoping there's a simpler way to handle it.