Never, maybe only in most terrible nightmares when i use 1st person camera in RPG MMO.

!st person always, unless the game dictates otherwise, like when mounted.

I don't like the "omniscient" view; "I can see enemies directly behind me, behind the rocks, or up on the ledge" just doesn't feel right to me when I'm playing a single character. When playing a party, like in Dragon Age:Origins being able to zoom out to control a situation is indispensable.

Dominoid wrote: »

I explore in first and fight in third. All handled automatically.

http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info805-DominoidsImmersiveThings.html

Thanks for the add-on @Dominoid. I wish I could change my answer to 50%

I used to use it exclusively, but I found combat to be much easier in 3rd person: I can watch my own back.

I've never been a big fan of first person view in any game, to be honest. Well, OK, it was cool in Wolfenstein, but that's largely because it was a novelty to me then. I played all of Skyrim in 3rd person, and I pretty much always play ESO in 3rd person too.

On rare occasions I'll zoom in to first person in order to better see things in enclosed areas, or sometimes when I'm on top of a cliff or tower or something and want to take a quick immersive look around as if I was actually there.

I've got a friend who is also a veteran of previous TES games, and he plays exclusively in first person view, which I didn't realize until a few of us had an ESO day over at my house (we spent all day drinking beer, eating bean dip, and running dungeons - it was awesome!). I'm pretty amazed at how much situational awareness he actually manages to have, even with the complete lack of peripheral vision that comes with first person. He's constantly looking around everywhere to make sure he knows which mobs are coming at him from different angles, where red zones are, etc. I need third person view to be aware of all of that.

As often as I can, but combat and the simple inconvenience of scrolling in and out for different circumstances keeps me from doing it as often as I'd like.

So much more immersive in 1st person, can appreciate the details a lot more.

Do it here and there, used to play the TES games exclusively first person, but on this, its as different ball park.

It's funny that I originally wasn't going to play ESO unless it have a 1 st person view, but after getting killed too many times, I switched to 3rd person view and never looked back.

Now I can't imagine playing ESO in the 3rd person view. You have a better situational awareness, especially when fighting mobs.

First Person is very useful in tanking, when a boss too big, or too much mobs around, its easier to taunt or get mob with chains from FPV.

i use when i pickpocket and stealing..

I use it when I'm doing solo stuff which is most of the time.

If I'm in a group I'll zoom out to 3rd person view.

Always; this is an elder scrolls game, 3rd person feels wrong.

never. I don't like the adaptive zooming that comes from being in that close.. it actually makes me feel a bit giddy if it keeps doing it constantly (i.e. when mounted and throwing down charging maneuver)

plus I have a 32" @ 2K Resolution. why waste all those pixels?

I use it when the game randomly puts me in first person even though I don't want to be in first person.

Screenshots is what FPM is for in my view.