Do you play ESO in first person view, third person, or both?

Iselin

I do play single player TES games in first person but for a multiplayer game like ESO, especially in dungeons, I want that extra bit of situational awareness that third person gives me and I also play with the camera zoomed way out.

How about you?

ectoplasmicninja

Third person almost always

I used to play only in first person, but once I started doing trials regularly I realized I really needed the situational awareness and (begrudgingly) zoomed out. Once I got the hang of it I never looked back. First person makes me weirdly dizzy now and I only use it for screenshots.

SilverBride

Third person almost always

Third person view almost always

JN_Slevin

Third person mostly but some first person too

Third person while doing MMO stuff, first person while questing

Ratinira

Third person almost always

Usually don’t play games in first person, except situation where I must use ranged weapon and for a limited time. Otherwise, I don’t feel comfortable. With third person I see everything around me. With first person I have a very limited visibility, I always have to constantly turn camera around to see what in my "blind spots" and I start feeling dizzy very quickly
And games like Cyberpunk makes me dizzy even by watching a gameplay review
And ESO is 100% third person

Ilsabet

Third person almost always

I played Skyrim in first-person before coming to ESO, and when I replayed it a couple years back I tried third-person only long enough to determine that the character movement is too janky for that to work for me. For whatever reason, that game works with the relatively limited view where you can't see everything around your character.

In ESO it's third-person all the way. I need to be able to see what's around me, especially if there are mechanics somewhere that I need to react to, or enemies around that I want to be prepared to deal with or run past. There's also stuff to gather that I might miss with a more limited view. And it's nice to see my characters in the fashion that I spend a lot of time putting together for them.

Iselin

Third person almost always

Just to add...

Ratinira wrote: »

Usually don’t play games in first person, except situation where I must use ranged weapon and for a limited time. Otherwise, I don’t feel comfortable. With third person I see everything around me. With first person I have a very limited visibility, I always have to constantly turn camera around to see what in my "blind spots" and I start feeling dizzy very quickly
And games like Cyberpunk makes me dizzy even by watching a gameplay review

For me I do switch over to first person for some puzzles when you need to really see the symbols or when the active sweet spot is small and hard to get at. Pets and companions also just get in the way sometimes.

Ratinira

Third person almost always

And in ESO I dont understand how to play in first person in anything harder than quests... Every second boss is throwing aoes around or summoning a zerg of minions

aurorable

Third person almost always

The only time I ever used first person is for placing furnishings or taking a screenshot (rarely). Other then that I don't like the limited FOV of first person, even when putting it to the max it still feels limited. I like to play fully zoomed out to the max when in the world, the odd time I do have to move the camera a bit closer (like indoors or some dungeons) since it can be annoying to have it snap around with close objects or view blocking (EH vines are the worst).

ArcaneScientius

Third person mostly but some first person too

I feel it is fairly fluid between the two, but I do spend most time in 3rd person.

I can see my character and, as honoured Ilsabet noted above, it seems more suited to playing the game in 3rd person.

However, I do really enjoy some of the first person animations, most notably my redguard magcro raising her minions and when I use my reanimate ultimate.

tiriusavarao

Third person almost always

If anyone manages to play in first person and avoid "standing in stupid" to a degree that it works, I'd love to hear about it.

Still, I am happy first person exists, if only for its screenshot uses.

Sheridan

Third person almost always

Not "almost always", simply always. First person only for taking scenic screenshots. This game just wasn't meant for playing in first person. And it's exactly the opposite in the single TES games.

Vevvev

Third person mostly but some first person too

Third person for everything, but when I get bored I sometimes go first person to see the world through my character's eyes. I do think it's nice the 1st person camera matches your character's height, but I'd never use first person for anything serious.

WuffyCerulei

Third person almost always

Pretty much always 3rd person. It's my preferred way to play games, if possible. Helps with my situational awareness, and I like seeing my character! I've put so much love and work into her that she deserves to seen by me.

kieso

Third person almost always

Third person unless I want to see something up close.

Freelancer_ESO

Third person almost always

I'd prefer to use first person as it's more immersive but, I end up basically always in third person because the effects are too flashy in first person.

Additionally, it feels like most of the content that can kill you does so by circles on the ground that are hard to see the full extent of when you are in first person.

TaSheen

Third person almost always

I get woozy in first person - I'd love to replay Daggerfall, but it's all first person, can't do it.

Browiseth

Third person almost always

first person is a nightmare meme in this game, the camera feels way too close to the character no matter what fov you set so it's basically impossible to actually see all the important stuff you need to keep track of in combat + the screen gets so absolutely cluttered with visual noise + i can't even look down and see my character's torso/legs in first person

Lugaldu

First person view almost always

I would never come on the idea to play differently than 1st person view.

WhiteCoatSyndrome

Third person almost always

Used to be first person exclusively but then there was a bug a few years back that forced me into third and I got used to it. It’s admittedly more helpful for dungeon mechanics.

Another upshot is that when I go back to Skyrim the view is different enough that I don’t try to dodge-roll in that game any more.

DagenHawk

First person view out of combat...third person view in combat

ZigoSid

Third person almost always

Third 99.99% of the time.

And first 99.99% of the time in solo ES.

Syldras

First person mostly but some third person too

1st person since TES3.
I zoom out in group dungeons or when searching for antiquities for a better overview, though.

Kiralyn2000

Third person almost always

And yet, the single-player TES games, I play 98% in first person (third just for screenshots).

The game mechanics & feel really are quite different.

AcadianPaladin

Third person almost always

I prefer 3rd person in rpgs because I don't play that I am my character; rather, I'm an ethereal spirit that travels with my character offering advice which she sometimes heeds. Therefore, an 'over her shoulder' view seems perfectly natural to me. I found that I needed to use 1st person sometimes in Oblivion and Skyrim during combat and was delighted to find that I can comfortably play in 3rd person all the time in ESO.

Artim_X

Third person almost always

I only go first person view when rping in overland.

BlueRaven

Third person mostly but some first person too

Trials - 3rd person.

Overland - Mostly 3rd person, sometimes 1st if I feel like it.

Housing - Mostly 1st person.

AzuraFan

First person view almost always

Because ESO's primary combat mechanics are geared toward third person play, it's unfortunate that I find the third person view clunky and unsatisfying. So I pretty much always play in first person. It does mean I die quite a bit if I'm fighting something that throws out damage zones all over the place, but that's fine (I mainly solo). It's also why I've never tried to get serious about end game stuff like trials and vet dungeons. I have no interest in spending a lot of time in the third person view.

When I play RPGs, I pretty much always play in first person when it's available. I find it more immersive.

Amottica

Third person almost always

Third person except when the game pushes me into first person due to collision.

It is a terrible disadvantage to play ESO in first person. There is a lot of information necessary to increase survival that is not seen well in the first person.

Dragonlord573

About half and half

If I'm trying to immerse myself or am doing quests I play in first person, otherwise I'm in 3rd person to see my pretty outfits I worked hard to make.

zaria

Third person almost always

3rd person except some cases there the game also want to go 1st person like against an wall.
This is common as in WOW also did this there it was that was distracting but ESO is so much an TES game its not an problem except placing AoE accurate.