1st or 3rd

Kendir · #1 07-09-2016, 10:32 PM

Just curious as to which camera view people use most of the time and why you like it best. I spend most of my time in 3rd person scrolled all the way out just so I can see in 360°.

digitz80 · #2 07-09-2016, 10:48 PM

Usually 3rd. First person is kind of annoying with no way to change the games field of view with widescreen monitors.

Wish the shaman spell assiduous vision was available to everyone, that spell increases field of view and makes first person bearable.

GMs should make a custom content item with field of view change effects :-)

Sorn · #3 07-09-2016, 11:28 PM

When VR headsets come out en masse with open source dev kits and stuff, I fully expect someone in this community to hack EQ so first person mouselook is controlled by the headset and what direction you're looking.

Would definitely play that.

Danth · #4 07-10-2016, 06:19 PM

Actually you have a larger field of view using a 4:3 resolution than you have with a widescreen resolution. Titanium scales the screen to wider aspect ratios by reducing the vertical field of view rather than by the more usual method of increasing the horizontal. This is similar to older movies which create widescreen formats by chopping off the top and bottom.

Danth

Thulack · #5 07-09-2016, 11:45 PM

First person. Always and have for 14 years so never changed.

Danth · #6 07-10-2016, 12:02 AM

Primary use of first person is how EQ was meant to be experienced and the only proper way to play the game. Other views exist for specific situations. Mouse wheel zoom is non-classic and shouldn't exist at all.

Danth

fadetree · #7 07-11-2016, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Thulack [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

First person. Always and have for 14 years so never changed.

Ditto.

Skinned · #8 07-10-2016, 12:38 AM

Depends if melee or not.

QFuzzle · #9 07-10-2016, 02:00 AM

I use both depending on how I feel and the circumstance.

Arkanjil · #10 07-10-2016, 02:08 AM

As a bard, I find myself in 3rd person quite a bit for CC, strictly because I don't play EQ with sound on. I'm usually listening to music or a podcast [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] it might be neat to try 1st person and listen for sounds of things happening around you!