11 replies to this topic

[Black Gold Saw]

Hello everyone.

I know this game is sort of simulation game in First Person.
But woudn't it be nice to also have a 3rd person look? Have a good look at you favorite mech from the front/side/back.

When your in 3rd person mode you also have all the systems visible on your screen. Like you have in cockpit view.
Press a keyboard button and you go straight into 3rd person. Click the same button again and your in First person.

Hope you guys like the idea.

[Vashts1985]

no thanks.

[Oswin Aurelius]

That's what the mechlab's for.

[Mchawkeye]

Suggest you use the search function and read the dev blogs and faqs; there is a lot of discussion about 3rd person, and most (not all) seem to think it's a bad idea as it presents an advantage.

[Striker1980]

I'd rather they didn't, it'd really spoil the immersion.

[Randall Flagg]

No. Nein. Negatron. http://youtu.be/1MLry6Cn_D4

[Adridos]

No, because it gives you an advantage over teh people in 1st person mode.

[Morang]

Go play MechAssault on console.

[Freyar]

Mechwarrior had external cameras too guys. At least be semi-rational, even if you don't agree with the idea. (I don't like the notion of a third person camera either.)

[RedDragon]

http://mwomercs.com/...rd-person-view/

I really wonder why somebody can spend 120$ on a Founder Pack but not 10 seconds on the search function

[Strum Wealh]

Black Gold Saw, on 29 June 2012 - 12:40 AM, said:

Hello everyone.

I know this game is sort of simulation game in First Person.
But woudn't it be nice to also have a 3rd person look? Have a good look at you favorite mech from the front/side/back.

When your in 3rd person mode you also have all the systems visible on your screen. Like you have in cockpit view.
Press a keyboard button and you go straight into 3rd person. Click the same button again and your in First person.

Hope you guys like the idea.

Please see post #4 in this thread.

Please also see this thread, this thread, and this thread.

There are many reasons that others have argued for a Third-Person POV, but the fact is that previous games in the series have shown that it is an easily-abused, nearly(if not outright)-broken mechanic.

The MWO Devs, to the elation of some and the chagrin of others, have apparently opted not to include a Third-Person POV until it can be done in such a way as to remove the broken, advantage-giving elements (as well as make sense from an in-universe perspective).

[Agent CraZy DiP]

Yeah! I want the Urban mech back too?! This is where that goes right?!