I stopped playing GW2 over a year ago and reentered the game yesterday, as my kids wanted a good mmorpg we could play together and the game is currently ‘cheap’. Their first question was “how can I see the world through my character’s eyes?” and then it hit me that GW2 never had 1st person view back when I played it regularly, even though the mechanics were there.
First person view is pretty much useless in combat, but while traveling or just being social it increases immersion (compare the feeling of “being there” between Elite:Dangerous and Eve Online if you have difficulty grasping the concept) tenfold.
Did ANet’s stance change or are we still limited to 3rd person view? Is there any “hope” it might?