[All Versions] 3rd Person/Chase View Issues

[EmperorDragon]

Very important HUD elements is missing in third-person view. Like shields for example, you have to guess what your shield levels are, which makes combat quite tricky. Boosting is out of the question too, since you cannot see how much shield you have and how much of your shields you are boosting away.

Also, the camera is badly positioned. Your ship is right in the middle of the screen instead of being lower down on the screen to allow a clear view ahead. This means that you have to keep strafing downward in combat to clear up the view a bit, otherwise your own ship obstructs your view and you cannot get a shot on target. It can be difficult to explain this issue so, I made a quick drawing to illustrate the problem:



These issues can be easily observed with a few seconds of playtesting.