Vertex selection hell

[Steve Davy]

It used to be very easy to drag select around vertices in Maya with one of the manipulation tools (usually transform) active, and get the vertex you wanted.

At some point they seem to have instituted some sort of selection tolerance, which now results in the wrong vertice being moved every time I try to drag select.

Can someone tell me which ridiculous deep dive preference I have to toggle to turn this annoying feature off, assuming it's possible?

[joiec...@gmail.com]

You have it in the preferences -> selection tab.
But there are tons of options. I don't know what might have changed, and I've never touched that in 25 years LOL
Only thing I changed was the "shole face" selection instead of the center, which is a nightmare by default.