Guild Wars 2

Big thanks to you guys from Arenanet!

Curious how a different view makes you see all different! Now we can see all beautiful details from the world, weapons, armor, etc..

Well done!

I’m having a blast with first person view! XD

I haven’t tried that yet, but very impressed with the other settings. I went so far as ‘removing’ the old -useOldFoV switch (which I have been gripping white knuckled for 2.5 years, refusing to let go of it) to try out the settings without it. I like ‘Adjust Camera to Character’ [off], and my FoV is right in the middle, rotation speed is 25% (about where I had it before), but the real awesome change for me is getting to drag that ‘Zoom Sensitivity’ over 2 notches to give me a few extra places to leave the camera closer to the character. Perfect.

I love it too. Going in against an undead and fighting it in FP actually made me just stop and look at the detail. I mean, holy crap I didn’t know how ugly the undead did look up close!

Now, there are still some issues I found. Like when in First person, i seem to be looking from my “waist”, and not head, so i gotta tilt my camera up.

And then there is the Camera shake. It REALLY jumps around with some attacks, especially warrior underwater with a spear. Just hit #5 skill and see what i mean. Turning it off does help though in those instances.

I do wish you could get one or two more steps closer to the character before it collapses into first person view.

Or, with 1st person off, have the furthest you can zoom in get closer.

Update: Ah! -useOldFoV! Put it back. With that in place, you can get much closer totally zoomed in. Still very useful (hope they don’t retire it)!

Notebene, the trick there is to put your FoV to minimum, then you can get right up to your character’s face. Not so handy for running around, but great for portraits.

The only downside is that Aegis and Retaliation along with the swiftness lines ruin the experience a bit. Having to sheathe my weapons after each shout on my guardian.

aside from that. I love the changes!

you think that’s bad try being an engineer

Oh god I forgot about that. the first toon i tried it with had a grenade pack. I didnt spend long on it! XD

Turn off camera shake if you want to actually play in first person!

I just use first person when I’m in a city anyway, o to look up close my firends’ characters, always wanted to do that!

Serophous.9085:

Now, there are still some issues I found. Like when in First person, i seem to be looking from my “waist”, and not head, so i gotta tilt my camera up.

You can put it on the top of your character’s head by enabling Adjust Camera to Character Height, but there’s no way to put it at eye level. I actually made a thread about this.

cleabh.5308:

Serophous.9085:

Now, there are still some issues I found. Like when in First person, i seem to be looking from my “waist”, and not head, so i gotta tilt my camera up.

You can put it on the top of your character’s head by enabling Adjust Camera to Character Height, but there’s no way to put it at eye level. I actually made a thread about this.

forgot about that, ty.

This is so awesome. I’m a short sylvari and it didn’t feel like I’m looking at the world thru my belly. Seems at eye level for me. This is great! Thanks devs!

Love having the first person option! Thank you!

It would be great if you could see the weapons you’re wielding, like good old elder scrolls style. Can imagine it being amazing using ranged weapons xD

Yeah, first person view is pretty neat, and as a mainly Asura player, I can get some very interesting perspectives.

~that is until a Charr or a Norn decides to stand in front of me with those massive wings~

Endless Soul.5178:

Yeah, first person view is pretty neat, and as a mainly Asura player, I can get some very interesting perspectives.

~that is until a Charr or a Norn decides to stand in front of me with those massive wings~

Cheeky… Are you one of those asuras who happen to stand around behind human and norn females, going unnoticed?

serenke.4806:

Endless Soul.5178:

Yeah, first person view is pretty neat, and as a mainly Asura player, I can get some very interesting perspectives.

~that is until a Charr or a Norn decides to stand in front of me with those massive wings~

Cheeky… Are you one of those asuras who happen to stand around behind human and norn females, going unnoticed?

I don’t know what you’re talking about.

~whistles innocently and nonchalantly~

Hey I was wondering, since the first person mode is still a BETA feature, can we also get an option to DISABLE “right-click” camera move? Now that we can play in first person, I want to beable to move my camera WITHOUT holding down the right click. Just like a first person style game like skyrim. Make since? This would complement first person mode greatly!