No I wont explain anything other than 'We dont like it' and its 'immersion breaking' therefore, you cannot have it. Sorry thats the end of it for now, and forever.
3rd person view.
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You just answered my friend. its not an unfair issue. its i dont like issue. thank you.
Please all discussion of this topic is FORBIDDEN and is flawed to start with. Its been decided and therefore heresy to even discuss. SHUT HER DOWN NOW.
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Nope your wrong, bcus!! Logic! IMMERSION! THE END.
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Nope your wrong, bcus!! Logic! IMMERSION! THE END.
So to clarify.
1. My preference would be to be able to go third person if people want or first and if first, to turn the cockpit off as wellI would turn off the cockpit and have a hud like a shot if I could.
Apologies if I'm misreading you, but I believe you are still missing the OPs point that he's talking about future out of ship expansions.
Since there is no Cockpit in the first place when you're just walking around on a station or planet as a human avatar, your proposition to disable the cockpit is missing the topic at hand.
On a side note, at least half of the people commenting in this thread seem to be missing it as well - intersting from a cognitive science POV.
Yes. the logic of a person who hasnt played a game since 84....
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because headtracking and ( well not hotas in this instance ) are both devices to bring the game CLOSER to the vision advertised by FD about living from the eyes of your commander, where as a magic 3rd person view which can see through walls whilst on foot (which the OP is talking about) do not.
so head tracking and HOTAS are both logical devices to support (imo)
PS to un named people in this thread... there is no need to be a sarcastic offensive "person" when disagreeing.
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Still it is unfair to be honest and we are still talking about PvP or PvE and have forgotten the rest of the game.
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I personally can't see the harm in 3PV, It has been around in flight sims for years with traditional pan view (which for the life of me I cannot see any conceivable advantage to using in combat) to flypast views (could be epic in ED imo) to tower views (again, much potential for ED there I think). As a movie making tool it is all but essential and good in game movies on YT equates to free advertising for Frontier and I can see it helping skin sales too. Why it is so contentious on the forums mystifies me but there you go, it is what it is.
hang me, kill me, destroy me, eat me... I do not care BUT I WANT THIRD PERSON VIEW!!! I dont wan tthose stupid drones... I wanna look at my ship at ANY TIME I feel like, this is a SPACE game a OPEN WORLD game... c'mon... I dont wanna sit in my stupid cockpit all the time while flying trough hyper space or like ANY system... I just wanna cruise look at my ship, make some screenshots while I am at it...
I know there are allota people who like the fact that there is no third person view, but cmon, what diffrence would it make to you? I mean you dont have to use it.... for me it opens up a whol enew world to this game! I think its cool that you can see inside your ship for once, but I didnt mind having third person.... cause it looks WAY cooler while flying in third person, it would make things easier too, since you can look all around your ship instead the 180 degrees view or what ever it is...
And what is the point of having a skin then!? I mean YOU CANT SEE IT! others can... but you dont... you buy a skin cause it looks cool dont you? you wanna look at it and be like, damn thats a badass looking ship I got there... not like ooh lemme buy this skin pack for 12 euros/dollar/whatever and never be able to see it... ooh wait I can look at it in the hangar! well that allota fun dont ya think >_>
I want third person... ITS A MUST HAVE!
I know there are allota people who like the fact that there is no third person view, but cmon, what diffrence would it make to you? I mean you dont have to use it.... for me it opens up a whol enew world to this game! I think its cool that you can see inside your ship for once, but I didnt mind having third person.... cause it looks WAY cooler while flying in third person, it would make things easier too, since you can look all around your ship instead the 180 degrees view or what ever it is...
And what is the point of having a skin then!? I mean YOU CANT SEE IT! others can... but you dont... you buy a skin cause it looks cool dont you? you wanna look at it and be like, damn thats a badass looking ship I got there... not like ooh lemme buy this skin pack for 12 euros/dollar/whatever and never be able to see it... ooh wait I can look at it in the hangar! well that allota fun dont ya think >_>
I want third person... ITS A MUST HAVE!
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Wow - do people even bother to read threads before responding these days?
The thread is about third person mode in future out of ship expansions.
The behaviour fits the shallow instant gratification attitude displayed by the 3rd Person arcade crowd though.
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How about an external Camera Drone ?
It wouldn't be an impossible thing for checking damage to your ship etc... And it could kind of keep everyone happy
It wouldn't be an impossible thing for checking damage to your ship etc... And it could kind of keep everyone happy
This thread is hilarious - This is the opening sentence in the OP:
At the risk of repeating myself, the percentage of people commenting on the thread without obviously having even read the first sentence of the OP is mind boggling. Mostly, these posts come from people wanting to turn this game into space invaders 3d.
It speaks volumes.
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The whole TPV thing just doesn't do it for me - whether walking around or flying for that matter. Much prefer to see through the eyes of the character.
The flight model ideology in use is not realistic to space flight in this game. Therefore arguing for features that are not realistic for walking/travelling around free from your ship seems valid and in keeping with the games ideology of not needing to be constrained to reality.
I believe the flight model was chosen to make the game more fun/competitive/fair/rewarding; whether it is or is not is not the point I am making. The point I am making is the same type of decision could be applied to other aspects of the game in order to promote fun/competitiveness/fairness of combat/etc without the constrains of pure realism. This does not mean no 3rd person nor does it mean we must have 3rd person. It means that arguing that something is 'bad' because it lacks realism is mute. IMO better to discuss what is better gameplay (what ever better is defined as) free from pointing at realism as a means of proof.
I believe the flight model was chosen to make the game more fun/competitive/fair/rewarding; whether it is or is not is not the point I am making. The point I am making is the same type of decision could be applied to other aspects of the game in order to promote fun/competitiveness/fairness of combat/etc without the constrains of pure realism. This does not mean no 3rd person nor does it mean we must have 3rd person. It means that arguing that something is 'bad' because it lacks realism is mute. IMO better to discuss what is better gameplay (what ever better is defined as) free from pointing at realism as a means of proof.