1st or 3rd Person View?

[Nytewind TP]

I was just curious how everyone plays.

Back in EQ or even now I've always played in 1st person view except for when playing a Bard and kiting, other games like *cough* WoW I played in 3rd.

What view does everyone play in?

[Arrisard]

All of them, depends on what I'm doing.

[Messianic]

I switch constantly depending on the situation.

Quad kiting: almost exclusively 3rd

[Tewaz]

Need both option.

[Atmas]

2nd person.

[Extunarian]

Almost exclusively 3rd unless trying to swim, or stay in melee range of something running away.

[Kassel]

in 1999 i was 1st person, in 2011 i am 3rd person, i blame wow

[PurelyElf]

3rd person, being a healer and all.

[Extunarian]

in 1999 i was 1st person, in 2011 i am 3rd person, i blame wow

I used to play 1st person a lot more. I blame no safe spots in Burning Woods.

[Tewaz]

1st person plural.

[Bruman]

Depends. I switch a good bit.

[Cheech]

3rd person you can see 10x more with whats going on. Add's etc

[Tewaz]

I just hate trying to loot and select in 3rd person. I always click myself.

[Kika Maslyaka]

EQ just doesn't have quite right camera angle and control like WoW and EQ2 does.
In those newer games its highly beneficial to be in 3rd person view to be aware of your surroundings, plus you can actually see how your char fights.

in EQ1 the 3rd view is so cumbersome, that I am eventually forced to go back into 1st person view (specially in dungeons and tight places)

[Rasah]

I can't play in 3rd person. I especially don't know how anyone could quad using it. Whenever I run through trees, the view zooms in and out so much that I'd have no idea where I am.

[Messianic]

I just hate trying to loot and select in 3rd person. I always click myself.

You can turn off self-inspect btw ;)

[Tewaz]

Messianic is my savior!

[Estu]

First person, mainly for the immersion. Now and then I'll switch to third person when worried about random adds.

[SirAlvarex]

Back in the day I only did 1st person view. The immersion was awesome.

Now I'm poisoned by the 3rd person games. I always find myself switching to third person view so I can gather adds better.

Plus, the character models look bad ass.

[Omnimorph]

First person all the way. I think it improved the immersaion as well as made you think twice about your surroundings.

[Haul]

3rd person. George likes spicey chicken.

[superapan]

I always played 1st person, and I did when I first started here two months-something back. And when my RL friends wanted to me to log onto Ventrilo so we could voice chat, I told them to "f off that isn't 1999!".

Truth to be told, I now play 3rd person (being a bard) and I use Ventrilo :(. Damn you evolution!

[jarshale]

1st. 3rd just doesn't work right.

[Nytewind TP]

1st person makes Norrath feel like a bigger world.

[Taryth]

You can turn off self-inspect btw ;)



1st person is severely crippling to anyone who has to be aware of the situation (ideally the whole group), and I get worried when I see a tank spinning around to see if anything is behind him/her. There aren't any advantages to 1st person over 3rd- except in tight corridors, but in that case, zooming in with a quick turn of the scroll-wheel solves the problem.

I view this the same way as I view clicking hotkeys vs keybinding them. Both will work, but you're undeniably better off at least using a few keybinds and saving that mouse hand for character movement (not so much an issue with EQ.)

[Kimmie]

I get too distracted by Kimmie's bod if I use third person, tbh.

[Kassel]

I can't play in 3rd person. I especially don't know how anyone could quad using it. Whenever I run through trees, the view zooms in and out so much that I'd have no idea where I am.

I only quad in 3rd person. Try to avoid trees :D

[Tewaz]

I get too distracted by Kimmie's bod if I use third person, tbh.

LOL

[Fourthmeal]

1st person all the way son

[Phallax]

Depends on the class. 1st as a melee, 3rd as a caster.

[Malrubius]

3rd if I'm playing a chick.

[Sweet]

Need both option.

This

[kalzin]

this really depends on the situation... i usually play in 1st person, however when im running or moving through dangerous territory i will scroll the mouse wheel out to see if anything is following me...

[Nyrod]

all you posers using 1st person would never last on a PVP server lol

but seriously how the fuck do you ever do anything well in 1st person? i use 3rd person even in dungeons that a small as fuck and i have always played an iksar so im tall race to begin with.

fuck i even climb ladders in 3rd person, i know how to push my scroll up button...

swimming is a diff story.

[Felwithemagi]

Stupid question, but also one of the failings of EQ. That is, the ability to zoom from first person to third and pan/rotate the camera without moving your hand from the mouse. This F9 stuff is garbage, but it's classic so sigh...

[mwatt]

90% of the time, first person, for the immersion mainly, but also because it is easier to loot and melee in first person - for me, anyway.

When I do go to third person, it is almost always to get 360 degree view of what is around me. I do this to be aware of potential adds in open zones primarily. However, for some reason, I always go third person while traveling on a boat, until it is time to debark. There is one more case in which I use 3rd person. Occasionally, in a dungeon, if you use the camera right, you can see around a corner.

[Galanteer]

only 1st person. Can't stand to play any other way (maybe because I played fps games before everquest). I never found that I needed any other view to be aware of my surroundings. -and as an enchanter you need to be very aware.

only times I would use third person would be if I was using bind sight to explore deep, or trying to solo/pacify my way deep into a dungeon full of unmezzabes (ie getting to the mephit tunnel in tower of sol ro).

[Galanteer]

all you posers using 1st person would never last on a PVP server lol

played the first 18 months on SZ using 1st person.

[Juugox2]

back in the day i used the arrows keys first person lol i cant no more i use wasd and scroll in and out mostly im scrolling out of first person for fights lol and i use mouse to look back in the day i would uuse page up and down and 5 on num pad lol to center

[tarilen]

Stupid question, but also one of the failings of EQ. That is, the ability to zoom from first person to third and pan/rotate the camera without moving your hand from the mouse. This F9 stuff is garbage, but it's classic so sigh...

It's not just me right? Unable to scroll mouse wheel back and pan/rotate the view. I find that a little annoying and the F9 presets are pretty terrible at making up for this.

[ElanoraBryght]

Set key binds to first person POV (=) and favorite third (Ctrl/=) and swap back and forth. I only use F9 when I need to get an overhead view, eg trying to click on the portals in sky, or drop rods on the ground instead of clicking on Jobarer.

[Silentone]

I used to play first but 3rd person gives you a very big advantage and once it was an option i switched. The only time i swtich into first is when im trying to target something and there is a bunch of stuff around me =)

[Saidi]

Always 1st person. I tried playing in 3rd person, at one point.... it just didn't work for me. :)