EventTriggers with multiple overlapping Collider2D objects

I'm having some difficulty getting this to work, and an extensive google search on the topic hasn't revealed a potential solution that doesn't involve a heavy refactor of the current system. Basically my problem here(simplified) is that i have two (or more) separate 2D objects with BoxCollider2D and EventTrigger components attached, but only ONE of these objects responds to player input(both mouse and touch). Changing the hierarchy order or z-position of the objects doesn't make seem to make any difference. I know for a fact that both Colliders are working correctly because as soon as disable one of them, the other one works immediately. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong here?

Note: I'm using Unity 2017.3.1f1 (updating to latest patches is not possible as they introduced some game-breaking bugs)

 

zzz nvm i switched everything to the 3D Collider/raycaster and it works now...

Kinda dumb that Unity doesn't let the 2D Colliders be sorted the same way as everything else does, via Sorting Layers/Hierarchy/z-order.