3rd Person Camera option for Odyssey

[CMDR RaoulDuke]

So I have a question, how likely is a 3rd person camera option for Odyssey, if not right away, in the future?

I'm fine with first person but I have a mate who cannot do FPS, he admits he sucks at them. So is the above a possibility?

 

[varonica]

So I have a question, how likely is a 3rd person camera option for Odyssey, if not right away, in the future?

I'm fine with first person but I have a mate who cannot do FPS, he admits he sucks at them. So is the above a possibility?

Umm, no, not if Odyssey legs allows FPS action, a 3rd person pov gives a player an unfair advantage, being able to see around and over obstacles without revealing themselves to the enemy who are playing in 1st Person, that's the reason they are called FPS (First Person Shooter).

 

[Phoenix_Dfire]

I'd probably be OK with a third person mode if its like the cameras in your ship.

ie No hud, cross hairs, health bars, auto aiming, etc.

 

[varonica]

I'd probably be OK with a third person mode if its like the cameras in your ship.

ie No hud, cross hairs, health bars, auto aiming, etc.

Swap to 3rd person, look around to see where enemy troops are hiding, inform squad in chat where to attack......ways to take unfair advantage of 3rd person in a FPS are obvious, so no, not an option.

 

[Robert Maynard]

.... which probably means that the external camera should be unavailable when on foot.

 

[Old Duck]

What I find funny is that all the footage we've seen so far has been from the 3rd person view. It would be nice to see actual first person footage if this is indeed a first person shooter.

 

[gorankar]

What I find funny is that all the footage we've seen so far has been from the 3rd person view. It would be nice to see actual first person footage if this is indeed a first person shooter.

That would be absolutely hilarious if Odyssey turned out to be a third person shooter and not a FPS. It would make me even less interested in buying it, but the the forum explosions and meltdown would be one remembered in legends for a millennium.

 

[metatheurgist]

That would be absolutely hilarious if Odyssey turned out to be a third person shooter and not a FPS. It would make me even less interested in buying it, but the the forum explosions and meltdown would be one remembered in legends for a millennium.

The people that want ED to be a hardcore PvP game will meltdown. The rest of us will say "ehh".

 

[varonica]

The people that want ED to be a hardcore PvP game will meltdown. The rest of us will say "ehh".

Well that's true, I have no intention of doing the PvP side of it FPS or not, so having a 3rd person camera is fine, maybe the FPS combat will be limited to missions and certain combat areas and they can restrict the option to use the 3rd person POV just to those areas.

 

[Misty_Dark]

Well that's true, I have no intention of doing the PvP side of it FPS or not, so having a 3rd person camera is fine, maybe the FPS combat will be limited to missions and certain combat areas and they can restrict the option to use the 3rd person POV just to those areas.

Also, if we got to fight NPC's, I bet that would be more popular than fighting other CMDR's...

 

[Eleuth]

Swap to 3rd person, look around to see where enemy troops are hiding, inform squad in chat where to attack......ways to take unfair advantage of 3rd person in a FPS are obvious, so no, not an option.

I see your point but there are many players like me who suffer from motion sickness if they walk in fps in small rooms.
It helps if you can switch view easy in 3th person mode when walking inside a building

 

[gorankar]

Lots of necros lately. I personally don't care if the game has a 3rd person camera or not, as long as the option is available to everyone. Then again, I never had any interest in FPS or TPS combat in EDO. I was only ever interested in exploration and ship interiors/homes and 3rd person as an option hardly harmed my interests.

 

[metatheurgist]

I've noticed you can still control your character in camera mode....

 

[boomstomp]

i would love 3rd person camera option for Space stations so that your pick the option in option screen that when ever you go into an area where there is no chance for combat like stations you automatically go to your 3rd person camera and thus can enjoy your own armor and walking animation and look of your character and in doing so get more immersed in the world.