First person view...

Just curious if other people use 1st person view at all and if so when? Personally I use it in occasion when out in the field mostly or when running between bosses or mobs in older content... just so I can look around and check out all the tiny details...

I did first person view 24/7 in FFXI, as it helped with targeting and other things in select situations, I really loved it.

FFXIV however it is badly done, esp on lalafall, i can never do it, lol. I think that is mostly do the bad targeting this game has.

for screen caps mostly

Only time I’ve ever used first-person is when I’m with friends and we are goofing off in roulettes or something.

I use it just for landscape screenshots, but not to play. You can't see any AoE with it

I don't think I've ever used the first-person view, in either XIV or FFXI. The lack of true mouse look option (i.e. having to hold down a mouse button to look around), and the exceedingly narrow-feeling FoV, makes it a highly unpleasant experience for me. To say nothing, of course, of the flat-out inferior performance in combat, given how AoE effects are indicated.

I suspect it's one of those things where it's a neat novelty for people who don't typically play first-person games, but I play real FPS titles routinely, and the FFXIV version of the first-person view is painfully bad.

I don't recommend it and doubly so for VR lol.

I use it for screencaps and sometimes (rarely really) to mkae low level dungeons more interesting like the time I did all of a Tama-Tara run in First Person on Ninja. I tend to get headaches and eyestrain from the super low FOV if I stay in it too long though.

i used it only for screenshots. but i have thrown the button to activate it looong ago from my controller and replaced it with something usefull, so i am not using it all anymore ^^

The only time I actually use it is to take pictures.

Some times you need that extra challenge on savage content. 8 people playing in 1st person mode adds an extra level of excitement.

I don't use it very often unless it's to take the occasional screenshot or if I need to target something easily for a holiday event. Most recently was the Songbird fate, because trying to target them outside of first person was absolutely terrible.

Minfillia never called me over the linkpearl to recommend I "take a look around in first person view mode" so I never did.

I like to use first person, in trials and raids. Makes it more fun.

I flip to it when the camera's trapped in a corner and I don't want to see my toon's head obscuring half the view, or if I want to take screenshots. It's nice traveling in first person with the UI hidden, but there are too many things to keep track of in normal play to really keep it up. I say that as someone who used to play EverQuest in first person 24/7. FFXIV just isn't made for first person.

Screenshots and the Loft Glith

When watering plants in the garden - it looks like a bio break. (Sorry today I’m low brow)

Screenshots and for the Skinchange GATE usually.

If I want a closer look at someone’s character or an npc I’ll use. Occasionally for a more scenic view

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Originally Posted by Wyssahtyn

Screenshots and for the Skinchange GATE usually.

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This. Before I saw this post I kinda forgot that I AWLAYS use it for Skinchange GATE, it's second nature now and I don't even think about it. Whereas with screenshots, it might be an option I consider to get the photo I want.

I’ll go to 1st Person POV when I want to take a gander at the scenery, but usually I’m in 3rd Person.

EQ, now, there I’m in 1st Person all the time.

I use it when im gathering. Thats about it