I just wrote that i do NOT care about people agreeing with me. Of course it would still be nicer not to get the same, wrong attacks again and again. But actually i dont care.
The point "hawken is a fps <screenshot>" never was valid. You dont see me writing "The unreal engine is a fps engine and has 3rdpv as a default feature already", or "Unreal and Quake had 3rdpv but no RPG elements in their competitive installmenst", or anything like that.
The point "it will be a mandatory advantage" is invalid for the scenario of letting players chose between matches with and without 3rdpv. The argument that hawken might not have enough players is valid and has been made by e.g. myself multiple times.
Still the question remains, if it has to split the community or if it would just give people another way to spend their time with a game that develops very slowly. It also raises the question why people should be forced to stick with 1stpv, just to ensure filled servers, if they prefer 3rdpv. (under the assumption there was a working/fun 3rdpv mode)
Aside from that, the "advantage" is still in question. Hawken is quite different from MWO. The infights with fast movement and dodging are not automatically easy to play in 3rdpv. Personally i would weight the benefit of seeing your enemies tow instead of looking around a corner as more important. But thats just me. There were many other suggestions, like removing radar and hud info in 3rdpv. At some point down this line 3rdpv would become a real disadvantage actually.
But as I said, why would i want to have this nasty discussion with people who dont like the idea and bring screenshots from the games description_ For the love of god, stay with your opinion. I would only try to change yours, if you were hawkens lead designer and i was sure my wish was more important than your plans.
This groundhogday fight is the uninteresting part of the 3rdpv topic. The interesting part is, when someone says e.g "hey, we could do it for co-op play against the bots".
As for the "wow effect" its something subjective. I am in the process of cutting together some 3rdpv footage from matches and hope to upload it soon. But it will probably not tell you anything new. If its just not your thing, then your opinion is not likely to change. And why should it.
Edited by f_error, September 07 2013 - 02:51 PM.
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Sylhiri, on September 05 2013 - 02:31 PM, said:
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