3rd person, let's just bury this.

[Baneblade]

Originally Posted by Stardouser

People think 3d person is essential for vehicles so you can see cloakers sneaking up on you? Doesn't that viewpoint conflict with everyone who says that having a teammate in your secondary anti-infantry top-mounted gun is essential for preventing that?

Speaking as a tank junkie, I don't think vehicles need 3rd person either.

[Redshift]

Originally Posted by Baneblade

Speaking as a tank junkie, I don't think vehicles need 3rd person either.

The wraith definitely did, since it had free look and you couldn't see the front of it, it was crazy trying to first person on that ^_^

[Baneblade]

Originally Posted by Redshift

The wraith definitely did, since it had free look and you couldn't see the front of it, it was crazy trying to first person on that ^_^

Lol, well being invisible is a double edged sword

[Stardouser]

Originally Posted by Redshift

The wraith definitely did, since it had free look and you couldn't see the front of it, it was crazy trying to first person on that ^_^

Surely they could put some sort of dashboard or HUD that's inside the cloak and can be seen for a point of reference!

[Sifer2]

Originally Posted by Baneblade

Speaking as a tank junkie, I don't think vehicles need 3rd person either.

Yeah I have driven Tanks in Red Orchestra 2. First person only from inside the tank with only windows, and hatches to peek through. Also loads of stuff to get stuck on everywhere way more complex terrain than Planetside 2. Yet I can still manage to drive the thing where I want to go. Third Person view for vehicles is just a crutch people are used to an don't want to let go. It's not exactly needed. Even less so for Aircraft who don't get stuck on anything.

I am not a fan of the current hybrid system they are using. Where you can go third person but lose your cross hairs. This just means everyone will have to use third person for driving/flying and target acquisition then switch to first person purely for shooting. Since if you stay first person all the time you will have less total awareness an be at a disadvantage. I would like to see third person view only for the large transport vehicles that do not have driver attacks like Galaxy/Sunderer.