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[Mindwiper]

In our long-time Mechwarrior League (+10 years) 3rd person was condemned and not alowed. 3rd person is kidsplay. So first person only is really great!

[Liberty or Ruin]

i have have not played since mechwarrior 2 and 3 but when i did .... i played in first person only.

[DFDelta]

First person only is a good idea.
A hovering 3rd person sucks and gives to much information that you would not have if you sat in the tight confinements of a cockpit.

[rollermint]

While I like the "realism" (this is arguably subjective) of a forced perspective across the board, I do like snapping to 3rd person just to admire my Mech from time to time.

Either way, I'm not terribly bothered regardless of which way they decide to go.

[diznoid]

First person is the way Mechwarrior should be.

[xXGLORYXx]

1st person as it exists in MW4 did not simulate peripheral vision at all, and similarly to other people I also go some motion sickness from FFP.

I'd also like to point out that mech assault failed for many reasons and 3rd person was not one of them. The people who have been continuously playing MW4 to this day are somewhat divided on the issue as the 2 remaining "leagues," if you can still call them that, are 3P and 1P. The 3P league in my opinion is probably the larger of the 2. The open servers that still exist, 60 or so people on during peak times, are almost always all 3P, occasionally a purtech FFP server will pop up.

If you wanna play some mech in the mean time, www.mektek.net has a free version of the game (its legal), and the 3P league is www.mechwarriorleagues.com

The free version does not resemble the original MW4 mercs much because Mektek has modded the game heavily with more mechs, maps and weapons.

Sorry for the off topic but I thought you could go see for yourselves that MW4 is heavy on 3P players and always has been.

[lichbane]

Personally I think it should be first person view only. I'm playing a pilot. I am not playing a mech.

[velorok]

I'm okay with it because it gives them more time to focus on other parts of the games.
I'm just worried about blind spots like in MWLL.

[rewire]

Maybe they'll integrate some technology like Track IR to alleviate the blind spots.

But blind spots are blind spots for a reason! I mean every cockpit is unique and has its own blindspots. Wouldn't it be cool to sneak up on a mech when your passive knowing he can't see you because you're in his blind spot?

[John Clavell]

First Person, Best Person. Bring back the sim! 3rd person, crappy console derived strategy took MechWarrior away from it's core IMO.

[Metalisticpain]

1st person only is cool.

Would like the option for an internal cockpit sensor to show whats around you... until its blown and scrambled during the firefight

[Sauron]

1st person only is THE way it should be IMHO. So I'm very happy about this and I only pray it stays this way and they don't get forced into adding 3rd person for ezmoders for some reason down the line.

[Kristof Bowen]

First person is great, especially for Multi-player.

Remember this is a future based on the technology of the 1980s, so a lot of the stuff we have now doesn't even exist in the Battletech Universe.

Plus the loss of technology(Lostech) after the fall of the Star League is a contributing factor in the lower tech base.

The only justifiable reason to have a 3rd person view is due to an external drone feeding back data to the cockpit.
And even then it should only take up a portion of your HUD while still sitting in your cockpit with a first person view. It would also be destructible(it dies and you lose that 3rd person camera view).

I could see this being used more as a scouting drone(controllable be the player) in an urban environment.

[Lily of Thrace]

I am used to viewing the field through a cockpit, so this is good for me.
Sure, I played two of the three MechAssault games, and they were decent enough in 3rd person, but I prefer seeing it from within my mech, not thirty feet behind it.

[Fixxxer 117]

I think first person will be cool, it makes me think of Steel Battalion with its massive control panel, but I think that the option to switch between views will be a welcome feature for some, but I've always been a first person bloke.

Edited by Fixxxer 117, 01 November 2011 - 01:47 AM.

[Adridos]

I prefer 3rd person, but if its going to look somwhere near like from the trailer (real cocpit), then Im fine with it.

[Brixx]

I like the idea. I mostly played First Person anyway for better atmosphere. And as they stated... its not first person in the meaning of being the mech, but being the pilot in the mech. And this is just an awesome idea. Just look at NFS Shift 2 Unleashed to get an idea.

[Roh]

I think it is unfortunate that some people have to deal with motion sickness but honestly I hope the game doesn't change to accommodate them. There are many, many, many games out there that have been stripped and dumbed down into oblivion to be more "assessable" or appealing to the masses.

I am hoping this one will aim more to appeal to a hardcore nitch. Giving it depth and focus to have the hardcore fans playing for years to come. Otherwise just let mechwarrior stay dead... I don't want to see it come back just to be abused and turned into some bland P.O.S....

[PLEXI]

As long as the first person view is like Mechwarrior 3, which gave you the option to actually look around your cockpit independently of the torso twist. Made it easier to check surroundings, and make sure your mech wasn't going to clip something.

No qualms with first person only, I never used external cameras much for anything.

[infinite xaer0]

1st person is the way MW is meant to be played.