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[Terror Teddy]

FFS.

What is this, the THIRD time this thing is dragged up from the grave and gets 90% NO votes?

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Terror Teddy, on 08 March 2013 - 01:32 PM, said:

FFS.

What is this, the THIRD time this thing is dragged up from the grave and gets 90% NO votes?

Its the second time the poll has existed, the first was accidentally broken by the mods... then locked
I have it bookmarked and bump it now and again

Edited by Mechwarrior Buddah, 08 March 2013 - 01:36 PM.

[FupDup]

MacKoga, on 08 March 2013 - 01:31 PM, said:

What could be good, would be a dashboard cockpit item, that would be a 3D hologram of your mech in its current pose. It would be included on all trial mechs, and could be bought with MC for those who want it on their regular mechs. This would help teach new players about what they're doing with their mech, and could show you your own paintjob later, if you wanted it.

That reminds me of the 3D renders of mechs in the paper doll's position in MW3 and MW4.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

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

bump to get ppl to vote so Garth can see just HOW WRONG he is

[Pater Mors]

No please.

In terms of game mechanics everyone should be on a level playing field. The only things that should give you an advantage/disadvantage are mech chassis and load out.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Pater Mors, on 10 March 2013 - 05:56 PM, said:

No please.

In terms of game mechanics everyone should be on a level playing field. The only things that should give you an advantage/disadvantage are mech chassis and load out.

also skill

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

bump to give people the chance to tell Garth he's wrong.

theyre looking into 3rd person view because apparently theres a "percentage" of people high enough to listen to that want it? Funny thing that "percentage" part. Every poll Ive seen on the forums (including the one the devs broke that had 5-7000 votes in it) shows a 95% to 5% or lower grouping of who DONT want and who do want 3rd person view.
95% no and 5% (or less) yes.
I find that damn funny when people throw out the "vocal minority" comments because apparently theyre listening to them over the "silent majority"

811 to 74 so far Garth

Edited by Mechwarrior Buddah, 11 March 2013 - 03:07 PM.

[Alois Hammer]

Pater Mors, on 10 March 2013 - 05:56 PM, said:

No please.

In terms of game mechanics everyone should be on a level playing field. The only things that should give you an advantage/disadvantage are mech chassis and load out.

...and how many module slots you're willing to use for the Coolant Flushes they said they wouldn't add because it negated the heat mechanic.

uh-oh...so when do we get the 3rd person view module?

[Shismar]

Hope they implement 3rd person view soon so that this rotten corpse of a topic can finally die.

[DirePhoenix]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 11 March 2013 - 03:07 PM, said:

I find that damn funny when people throw out the "vocal minority" comments because apparently theyre listening to them over the "silent majority"

While I don't want a 3rd person view in the game myself, I'm not delusional enough to believe that the forums (for any game, not just MWO) are in any way representative of the playerbase. It would be "generous" to believe that even 10% of the players even partake in the forums in any form.

[Alois Hammer]

Shismar, on 11 March 2013 - 03:13 PM, said:

Hope they implement 3rd person view soon so that this rotten corpse of a topic can finally die.

...along with the possibility for the game to ever be anything more than "Call of Doody: MechFrenzy."

[Naja]

With the addition of Training Grounds, I can see the opportunity for 3rd person there. I would enjoy some pretty pics of my mechs unloading their weapons into stuff (why did that sound so weird O.o).

But still very VERY much against it in actual pvp game play. It simply has no place in combat.

[Jabilo]

Poll is FAR too simplistic.

I can think of half a dozen ways that third person can be implemented that will not affect competitive play.

Third person should NOT be allowed in the middle of the battle. However think how cool it would be at the start of the battle, or in training grounds. Or how about you can use third person but not fire weapons?

Or how about third person view, but you can only see mechs that you would be able to see in cockpit mode?

Third person would be great to see our cammo, to take screen shots, to make fan movies and to enjoy the graphics.

It could be implemented in a way that does not offer a competitive advantage but the whole idea has been shouted down by reactionary sections of the community.

Look at the 3 million page third person thread which is just full of people saying "third person and I will leave".

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Alois Hammer, on 11 March 2013 - 03:09 PM, said:

...and how many module slots you're willing to use for the Coolant Flushes they said they wouldn't add because it negated the heat mechanic.

uh-oh...so when do we get the 3rd person view module?

and does it cost MC

DirePhoenix, on 11 March 2013 - 03:13 PM, said:

While I don't want a 3rd person view in the game myself, I'm not delusional enough to believe that the forums (for any game, not just MWO) are in any way representative of the playerbase. It would be "generous" to believe that even 10% of the players even partake in the forums in any form.

so how are they communicating with this majority of the playerbase that they seems to be talking to to come up with the idea that theres a big enough group out there that wants 3rd person view do you think?

[SteelJaws]

I put Undecided, as it would depend on how its implemented.

If its just a view toggle, then no.

If they make it a module, and its not a constant thing, I.e. an UAV, then ok.

[Alois Hammer]

SteelJaws, on 11 March 2013 - 03:37 PM, said:

I put Undecided, as it would depend on how its implemented.

If its just a view toggle, then no.

If they make it a module, and its not a constant thing, I.e. an UAV, then ok.

Well, they've said if it's implemented that the queues will be separate so 1st person and 3rd person players won't be in the same matches.

Of course they also said they wouldn't add any Coolant Flushes because it would negate heat management, so we've seen how "they said" works.

[TheGreatNoNo]

No. The only way I can see this happening is if its a dead player viewing someone else, and that they have been muted.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Alois Hammer, on 11 March 2013 - 04:26 PM, said:

Well, they've said if it's implemented that the queues will be separate so 1st person and 3rd person players won't be in the same matches.

Of course they also said they wouldn't add any Coolant Flushes because it would negate heat management, so we've seen how "they said" works.

Alois Hammer, on 11 March 2013 - 04:26 PM, said:

Well, they've said if it's implemented that the queues will be separate so 1st person and 3rd person players won't be in the same matches.

Of course they also said they wouldn't add any Coolant Flushes because it would negate heat management, so we've seen how "they said" works.

...or doesnt work in this case

[Rocdocta]

No. In 1st person you can sneak up on people and side step the big guys and they can never see your mechs attack path. Put in 3rd person and they see you moving around and will just zap. Will take the tension out of a game and become just another forgotten arcade game. I wouldnt see a problem if they had 1st OR 3rd person modes that you could select. but not both in the same game.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Rocdocta, on 11 March 2013 - 05:10 PM, said:

No. In 1st person you can sneak up on people and side step the big guys and they can never see your mechs attack path. Put in 3rd person and they see you moving around and will just zap. Will take the tension out of a game and become just another forgotten arcade game. I wouldnt see a problem if they had 1st OR 3rd person modes that you could select. but not both in the same game.

and if they do a 1st person que and a 3rd person que theyre just gonna split the players even more