Switched to Cockpit View. Enjoy the Game WAY More.

[Marlz888]

I was OK with the 3rd person view. But after awhile kinda felt meh about the flying. Then switched to cockpit and OMG, feels really cool to maneuver all around asteroid and stuff while fighting.

[Kage Goomba]

I really need to do this.

[Marlz888]

Wish there was a hotkey for it because things like triggering all the detonators within the time limit is way harder in cockpit view.

[Kage Goomba]

Originally posted by Marlz888:

Wish there was a hotkey for it because things like triggering all the detonators within the time limit is way harder in cockpit view.

^THIS

[Hirudo™]

There is a hotkey, its V... never checked controls?

[Kage Goomba]

Originally posted by Hirudo™:

There is a hotkey, its V... never checked controls?

Guess I'll go check it out...thought it was just a toggle in graphics settings.

[LarvaLounge]

I play exclusively in cockpit view. Really helps immersion, which is important to me.

[Dee]

i don't like the gunship's cockpit. the scout however, that's a different story. pure awesome.

[Laserfrog]

Originally posted by 76561197996484023:

Originally posted by Hirudo™:

There is a hotkey, its V... never checked controls?

Guess I'll go check it out...thought it was just a toggle in graphics settings.

Yeah, if you hit V, it will cycle between Wide FOV 3rd Person, Narrow FOV 3rd, Cockpit view, and a first-person mode with no cockpit.

In most space games, I like to switch between 1st person for zeroing in on dogfights and 3rd when I have to pull tight or evasive maneuvers, though TBH I found the extra modes in this one to be a bit extraneous. Narrow 3rd kinda defeats the purpose of 3rd, and the no-cockpit mode seems like it's just a glorified photo mode. More importantly, having to cycle through 4 modes instead of 2 makes it feel just a little bit clunkier than it needs to be.

[Tom Lee]

Flying with glowing orbs in ftont of you is not ideal either, i still prefer cockpit though.

[Kage Goomba]

I did...gorgeous....but I love having a wide angle view....less likely to slide into asteroids XD

[Bluddy]

I agree there's something very immersion-breaking about 3rd person ship modes. I do wish the gameplay was a better fit for 1st person.

[Martoq]

I'll be the odd man out, I prefer and feel more immersed in third person mode. I never feel like my character if I can't see them. I'll play a FPP game if it is good,but I always wish for a TPP for it.

Granted some devs don't implement good TPP (looking at you Bethesada).

[LazyAmerican]

It's the exact opposite for me....had Elite Dangerous from one of Epic's freebies a while back but realized it's only first person. Immediately turned off from it...this game however piques my interest...very likely pulling the trigger on it.

[Kage Goomba]

Originally posted by LazyAmerican:

It's the exact opposite for me....had Elite Dangerous from one of Epic's freebies a while back but realized it's only first person. Immediately turned off from it...this game however piques my interest...very likely pulling the trigger on it.

Elite Dangerous gives full 360 Radar/awareness and allows you to look around in your cockpit...kind of an unfair comparison.

That said..its a bit hard to navigate in this game in 1st person perspective.

[Alien Gurgey]

cockpit view only view