BTW,
 Frutti
I didn't mean to come across as rude in my prior post.  My apologies if I offended you.
I simply don't think that Hawken is the place for a 3rd person mode, and I feel strongly about that.
3rd person has already ruined what little tactics there were in dogfighting in BF3...I don't think that it has a place in Hawken as part of the challenge and tactics in CQB is being able to trick your opponent as you jink around them or double-back or jet above them when they are in the midst of pivoting.
If you take the player's view out of the cockpit, you add a whole extra range of view around their mech (including behind them at close range) as well as reducing the likelihood that you can get out of their LOS if you're trying to evade them.
When I mentioned that there are other TPS games out there that you can trot around in, I meant it literally.  Those games such as Gears of War and Mech Assault were designed from the beginning as TPS-games...feel free to enjoy those for the features that they offer.  But keep in mind that one of Hawken's most compelling features is that it really tries to make it appear as though YOU are piloting as opposed to simply steering a remote-controlled avatar from the safety of a chaseplane...I think that is part of what makes Hawken also appear to be more fast-paced and frenetic in combat...something that could possible be lost if you no longer keep the game in a first-person perspective.
Thus from a tactical perspective, from a gameplay perspective, from an immersive perspective and from a challenge perspective, I'm against this.