Third Person View

hope they do it for gameplay too, it keeps a lot of people farming cosmetics like the division, tema fortress, even wow transmogs. And its awesome to watch all those good animations. People that want 1st, play in 1st. Simple

3rd person does change the nature of the game, so its a long shot to ask for that. An option to pitch the camera around yourself when using emotes should be more than enough. If i had to choose one it would definately e 1st person, and if they split it, they split the player base.

I hope not.

I hope not.

I think it's a really odd choice to focus on cosmetics as progression but not allow someone to see oneself regularly. In AC: Black Flag, you had awesome outfits and just seeing yourself in say Captain Morgan's feathered cap and longcoat at the helm was amazing.

Overwatch does the same thing as Sea of Thieves, and I find skins pointless as a result. It's great everyone else can see it, but I picked it because I like it and I want to see it.

@thecanisdirus I don't see how third person ruins it when everyone would have the same advantage. If anything first person mode would require more skill and give people a challenge to figure out.

@thecanisdirus Sweet. Thanks! I'll check it out.

And yes @TheCanisDirus, real life is like that, but this isn't real life. I want to see my pirate doing cool things in fashionable clothes. Otherwise, why bother with fashionable clothes? Just wear skivvies if it's not a big deal to see yourself. You can imagine yourself however in that regards.

Even if there was a camera button I could toggle to just see myself whenever, I'd be happy.

third person is a no in my books. but i do like how it would change to third person for cinematics, emotes, etc. but not permanently or a toggle system.
@TheCanisDirus posted a good video. i like it.

NO third person view! It would make skanning a horizon and avoiding sharks easier and allow hiding, looking from cover and other ridiculously stupid actions I hate in this view.

You can use actions like sitting, bowing, waving etc, and then you see your character in third person view. That's enough.

I am a huge fan of 3rd person, my fave games so far are division, gears of war, tomb raider, horizon zero dawn, assassins creed, and of course the master piece that is wildands BUT i am not sure it would work on this game. Just the way everything is a physical object maps compass etc. How can you read your compass in 3rd person? The entire point is everything is immersive no stupid huds.

@delpoi I hope that they won't add third person into the game, because third person could kill fun of this game.

I really think they should add third person in the game because like what if an enemy comes and we were just doing our duty well they would kill us while we r in first person but in third person we could actually see who’s behind our back and then we could then get them and we could see what we added onto our character so I really think they should add third person into the game as an option because I normally don’t play games that are in first person but I play third person games so they should add third person

I hate first person they should do gameplay in third person and first person like Minecraft

@inbred-chimera why doesn’t it be third person first person sucks you can’t see whom is behind u but in third person u can

This has been discussed. It would make t unfair for other players

Since I myself suffer from motion sickness, allow me to put in my two cents.

I will not be one of those third-person-view supporters that refuse to accept the fact that that particular camera mode doesn't have its advantages. It is true that most third person games make it unrealistically possible to see around corners and over or around barriers. And yes, it also allows you to see behind your back.

BUT, both view modes have their advantages and disadvantages. First-person modes have the added advantage of being able to see more detail on objects, whether they be close or far. (It'd be a lot harder to spot a ship on the horizon in third-person mode.) And it is also generally easier and quicker to aim in first-person mode.

As for immersion, while I understand first-person mode players' feelings on this, here's why people like me find third-person more immersive:

• It simulates a better sense of awareness of your own person than first-person view, even if not in a way that real life works. Examples:
o Walking on narrow paths and being able to tell if you're balanced properly.
o Generally being able to tell what each of your body parts is doing, or even just where it is.
o Being able to tell if someone is behind you. (Seriously, while we don't have a sixth sense in real life, we can generally tell if someone is standing right behind us. Third-person view gives a better simulation of this, despite still being unrealistic.)

• Third-person view generally gives you a wider FoV without distorting it beyond usability (FoV sliders in first-person view are rarely helpful beyond 100 degrees). This also simulates realistic "peripheral vision" because even if more of the world is within your view, you only see as much as what you're focusing on. The rest is still in your peripheral vision. This is often the biggest cause of motion-sickness for gamers in first-person view, as this view requires a ridiculous amount of camera-turning to be able to focus on anything.

Now, as for the gameplay balance of the two, like I mentioned before, both have their advantages, so there's really no reason to alienate a player-base for the sake of "equality". If Sea of Thieves was a stealth game, I'd understand points like "you shouldn't be able to see behind you without looking". If Sea of Thieves was a cover-based shooter, I'd understand points like "you shouldn't be able to look around the corner without exposing yourself". Sea of Thieves is neither of those types of games. It is an exploration game based on an immersive atmosphere. But, as I attempted to prove above, immersion is subjective.
So, eliminating the ability for one player-base to feel immersed when you can simply have the option to choose a camera mode seems unfair.

I realize that it is likely too late to do anything about it now, but I have yet to see a game fail either critically or financially because it offered too many camera modes. (Though I could very well just be ignorant to such cases.)

@delpoi if it is I’ll quit playing, 3rd person is vein and ‘easy mode’🤔