First Person v Third Person view

[mcoy]

I never liked 3rd person view back in the day, and that persists to my p99 playing. I'm in first-person mode unless I need to peek around a corner to pacify something, use the FP banker from the hallway, or some other thing that's only possible from 3rd.

It took me forever to get out of the habit of staring at the ground to keep a decent framerate when lots of things were going on now that I'm playing on something better than the potato I had in '99.

-Mcoy

[Psyborg]

Originally Posted by Quinas [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ah, the old 'hiding outside someone's window watching them play EQ' view.

Well played.

I actually see this as more of a "book not up" sort of PoV.

(for those unaware: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/326188748)

[Halfcell]

Third person whenever the camera isn't pushed in too closely by wall or hills. I also go into First person if I need specific placement, like right on the edge of a wall, or to avoid a trap. Mouse wheel makes it easy. Scroll out to max, and then in if for some reason I need to see better.

[Jlpstrtkng]

I scroll out with my mouse. Let’s me see like I’m in third person but doesn’t screw me up and disorient me when I go to move

[ldgo86]

If I’m just medding up or something I go into cinema view and toggle UI off for maximum immersion

[NegaStoat]

Correct answer is 1st person because classic, but enjoy the mouse wheel scroll to appreciate your hard work on fashion quest while resting.

[Danth]

First person is correct and is how the game was designed to be played. Third person via mouse scroll shouldn't even exist during this game era.

Danth

[Jimjam]

I like to use 1st person most the time for immersion and title window view for situational awareness. For raids I just turn off the screen. The sea of severed body parts flying around and only being able to view a small fraction of the encounter is very awkward.

[norova]

Bind Q to first person
Bind W to chase cam
Bind E to User defined 1

I change between them frequently while in combat. Bounce between chase and user defined 1 (alt+arrow keys/pg up/pg dn, insert, delete to move it) for situational awareness. Typically travel in chase or first person.

[Ravager]

Originally Posted by Quinas [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ah, the old 'hiding outside someone's window watching them play EQ' view.

Well played.

Or watching them on Twitch.