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.

Third person while doing MMO stuff, first person while questing

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Third 99.99% of the time.

And first 99.99% of the time in solo ES.

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.

I only go first person view when rping in overland.

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.

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.