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Roadkill303
Rising Traveler
5 years ago

Default spawn into vehicles in 1st person?

I don’t know if this was the case for everyone but during the beta every time I spawned into a vehicle it would default to 3rd person. I would personally prefer to have 1st person vehicle spawn as default and have 3rd person as the secondary option. Do you think they will give this option on official release?

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  • Agreed @Roadkill303 ,

    I would also prefer to spawn into vehicles while having it by default to give me the first person view!

    And then you just click if preferring to change it after spawning in.  But for most vehicles I would always want it in first person to get the right perspectives of where I am and where aka my weapons are pointing etc, as sometimes you need to get on the trigger right away.

    Ideally this should actually be a soldier parameter setting that we can choose the default for ourselves, so those preferring 3rd person view at spawn can get that while others can choose to spawn in 1st person view.   

    Shouldn't be a hard thing to implement for the EA Dev team, though their list of critical bugs to be fixed before launch is probably still getting priority first for good reason.  👍

  • @Roadkill303 +1 on having the option when spawning as pilot/driver, tbh I am not entirely sure what I would prefer. It is good to get 3rd person to see if there are any enemies throwing C5 on your car/tank as you spawn is, especially if the "spawn grace period" is not there (it wasn't in the Beta), and I think i get a better overview in 3rd person, especially if someone parked it in a bush or a shed and then moved to the gunner seat. Also the AI-replace spawns on moving vehicles is a factor here as you are spawning into an ongoing maneuver, and fixing that might be easier in 1st person.

    I think i need to play for a while to get a feel for what situations are more frequent, so having the option is good.
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    Roadkill303
    Rising Traveler
    5 years ago

    I’m also curious if the same option can be used for Sundance when using their wing suit, it would be nice to get a 1st person perspective as you would when using a parachute. I don’t believe we have seen any footage in 1st, just in 3rd person only.

  • I assume the reason is a balancing act why it is in 3rd person instead of 1st person by default. Would it be in 1st person I think a lot players who are not familiar with Battlefield wouldn't notice / know they have the option to set the view to 3rd person to get an overview about the current situation. So if the devs would change it to 1st person view by default newer players will it have more difficult on their first playthroughs.

    For me personal, I choose anyway both perspective since I adapt it on the current situation when which camera view is more useful and benefits me the most advantage.

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