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#1 Acid Ace

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 09:52 AM

So anyway this is the second time I post something in the forums so show some understanding.
I am unaware if this has been answered before but will you only be able to use th cockpit view on MWO
Is there not gonna be an external 3rd person view ???
(thanks in advance for anyone who answers :P )

#2 Captain Fabulous

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 09:54 AM

If you want to build a mech from scratch that has your pilot magically sitting 10-15 feet behind your mech on a lawn chair duct taped to a pole, be my guest. But there's no 3rd person.

Edited by Captain Fabulous, 15 July 2012 - 09:56 AM.


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Posted 15 July 2012 - 09:58 AM

So far they've only announced first person. They haven't said that they are against third person like the guy above me is clearly is, but they haven't said when or if it will ever be in the game. I would prefer third person as well myself, and prefer third person shooters over first person ones, but if it isn't an option I won't complain too much. So far it looks like this will be first person only so I would suggest getting used to that idea or to avoid buying a Founders.

Edited by Bluten, 15 July 2012 - 10:01 AM.


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Posted 15 July 2012 - 09:59 AM

No Third person view in the game.Sorry first person only.

#5 WashCycle

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 10:03 AM

I wouldn't mind either way, but I haven't heard any official answer. From what I've seen in the gameplay videos I would edge towards first person only.

#6 MechaDraco

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 10:03 AM

Technically there was actually a canon explaining third person view on mechs, there would be a floating drone that was launched from the rear of the mech that would give the mech pilot a third person view in order to have better vision of the battlefield, however this mode was completely lacking in any kind of locking or targeting so you may have a better site radius, but you were essentially blind firing your weapons if you were in this mode.

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 10:05 AM

View PostMechaDraco, on 15 July 2012 - 10:03 AM, said:

Technically there was actually a canon explaining third person view on mechs, there would be a floating drone that was launched from the rear of the mech that would give the mech pilot a third person view in order to have better vision of the battlefield, however this mode was completely lacking in any kind of locking or targeting so you may have a better site radius, but you were essentially blind firing your weapons if you were in this mode.


Even that much would still be cool so we could check out our Mechs if we aren't in a fight yet. FPS only basically means you have to shove up into someone else's face that is in the Mech you want to see in order to actually see it.

#8 Gidion

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 10:06 AM

id like the option for third person its nice to switch it up.

#9 Butane9000

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 10:07 AM

There is no third person because beside being designed as a giant mech combat game it is also designed as a giant mech simulator. As such you'll be in the cockpit.

#10 Captain Fabulous

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 10:14 AM

Straight from the FAQ:

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Q. Will you be able to switch from first-person to third-person views?

A. The game is played from the first person. We’re exploring ways to have a third person camera that make sense from a gameplay point of view.


#11 Nik Van Rhijn

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 10:17 AM

Devs have said that they will only include 3rd person if they can find a way to do it without giving an advantage over 1st person.

#12 CCC Dober

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 10:29 AM

That drone idea could be used to feed your display with an additional view, instead of the radar for example. This could require parking your Mech somewhere safe and guiding the drone instead. If I wouldn't know better, then I'd think PGI has explored the idea already. The trailer from 2009 was at least hinting at the possibility =)

Edited by CCC Dober, 15 July 2012 - 10:30 AM.


#13 Captain Fabulous

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 10:34 AM

View PostCCC Dober, on 15 July 2012 - 10:29 AM, said:

That drone idea could be used to feed your display with an additional view, instead of the radar for example. This could require parking your Mech somewhere safe and guiding the drone instead. If I wouldn't know better, then I'd think PGI has explored the idea already. The trailer from 2009 was at least hinting at the possibility =)


I would like to point out that the 2009 trailer was not from PGI (if I remember correctly), but rather a different company that had started MW5, tabled it, then gave up. PGI picked up the rights to the game and restarted.

#14 Viper69

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 10:42 AM

If they have a 3rd person view i hope they restrict its field of view.

#15 ScorpiusDoom

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 10:47 AM

Personally always considered 3rd person a cheat! Watch so many people palying driving games in 3rd person. Give me a break, if the game is any kind of simulator 3rd person is a cheat unless everybody is 3rd person. But then of course its not a simulator!

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 10:48 AM

I hope there is no 3rd person view, MWO should be more a mech sim. Cockpit view is the way to go for MWO.

#17 Turbo

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 11:00 AM

I also do not want to see 3rd person included. It has no place in a Mech Sim, this is not MechAssault (Thank God...er.. Paul!)

#18 Bloody Moon

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 11:03 AM

View PostAcid Ace, on 15 July 2012 - 09:52 AM, said:

Is there not gonna be an external 3rd person view ???


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#19 Devlin Pierce

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 11:05 AM

I doubt it.

#20 Thrael

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 11:13 AM

Hmm, if 1st person view prefered because of "simulator way" then give me back view and side view monitors. I don't want to be caught of gaurd because of low mobility and narrow view.
** Or i'll make small turell above mech's head and put tank commander in it which work is look around. :P

In FPS it is not a problem because you can turn almost instantly. and good players check their backs every 5 seconds.

Edited by Thrael, 15 July 2012 - 11:16 AM.






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