1st person mode

[mskinkle]

Is there a 1st peron mode or is the game only 3rd person? I am very interested in the game but not if I have to play in 3rd person. Hated that about the Witcher.

[eram]

There is a tacked on 1st person mode but it's not very good, i dont think anyone would play for extended amounts of time in 1st person mode.

[mskinkle]

Well I will pick up the game and try it. Been watching videos on youtube and looks fun.

[eram]

Yeah it's a lot of fun. Best played with friends or a nice community. (imo)

[LittleBallOfPurr]

I bounce between first and third person, even have it bound to a mouse key. It has a few issues with camera position but I really enjoy it for general exploration or resourse harvesting, something about seeing those spectacular views for the first time in first person that makes it feel even more immersive to me.

Though when it comes to combat, it's something best done in third person I feel (There is a setting to permit first person combat.) The game also auto switches you when you're climbing which is useful.

[Darth Revan]

If you want to fight in first person too (i dont recommend it) dont forget to go into the games options and set it so that equiping a weapon dont force 3rd person mode anymore.

[Red River]

Originally posted by eram:

i dont think anyone would play for extended amounts of time in 1st person mode.

think again...

[Saramis]

they call it first person mode but its more of a camera far out front mode, generally you cant even see your weapons. Not sure why the first person from early access is now gone and the camera is all sorts of screwed up now

[Big Chimpin]

During Early Access I always played in first person, but after they changed the combat system I just started playing in third person exclusively. You can change combat to stay in first person in options settings, but since it's no longer Skyrim style combat I think you're at a disadvantage. Climbing and swimming always switches you to third person and there's no way to change it. The view swapping is just odd so I'd rather play in third person view full time. You also can see more of your surroundings which is helpful on a PvP server.

Sometimes I switch to first person when placing objects though because there's no snapping system to line up things like crafting stations etc so I need to get my dumb body out of the way if I want them aligned properly against a wall or something.

[RAHZEN]

I'm still hoping Funcom will revert to the the EA first person camera with combat. That's the only thing that is really broken about the first person camera. Tools still work. And there are a few mods kicking that give you back combat, emotes, swimming, and wall climbing in first person. Even sitting in chairs. With the new animations they don't translate well into first person. And some 1st person models for weapons where not even created. Funcom should have never changed the combat IMO. But a modder who knows alot about animations and modeling could potentially fix Funcoms floppy whirly twirly first person combat. Either than that the game is great. Get it.

[2ugly]

Originally posted by eram:

There is a tacked on 1st person mode but it's not very good, i dont think anyone would play for extended amounts of time in 1st person mode.

I'm just the opposite thought process. Back in the early days of watching bits from a top down perspective I couldn't wait for the day when the tech would allow us to see the game from the characters eyes. When that day arrived long ago.....I never looked back. Any game that has 3rd person in an open world as the only option in my opinion isn't worth playing. If the devs are dumb enough to force a switch in perspective they have done the gamer no favors for immersion. In fact the devs haven't a clue as to what immersion is. Nothing more annoying than playing a game that forces you out of one perspective and into another....... I hate climbing in this game.......

You not thinking......is obvious. 1st person is all I play.

[JackPhoenix]

While I prefer 3rd person mode for combat, there's one exception: archery. It's weak enough as it is, but dealing with my character blocking the view makes it even worse.

[Norse Blood]

@Jack Phoenix Yeah I have no idea how anyone could use archery in this game when your character is blocking your view.

[Solomon Hawk]

First Person mode needs a serious rework to get the camera where it belongs.
I hate the view coming out of somewhere in the chest.

[IntrepidH]

Traveling in first person is still pretty nice
Back when the game was basically Conan: Skyrim you could fight in first person in early access but it kinda sucked with only a light and heavy attack

[SteahmChip]

Thanks for this thread, I was wondering the same...
Yes there are weapons used / things that need doing and my character's 3rd person big fat ascii blocks view!!!