I highly doubt that it will. The original game was in third person and no one has ever hinted at it being able to be played in first person.

Plus the dodging mechanic would be really awful in first person.

Originally posted by bookworm438
I know you can scroll into something similar to a 1st person view, but I don't think you'll be able to see your weapons.

I don't think you can - if you scroll in, the scrolling stops when close to your head, it doesn't switch to first person like in other games. Maybe there's another way, but I searched and didn't find it.

Originally posted by Naevius
Apparently, you can scroll in all the way, then use /sit to remove your character from view for screenshots. (I didn't know this when I played, so I can't confirm.)

I cant personally confirm this but people have taken many screenshots without their char and said this was how they did it.

Originally posted by Naevius
Apparently, you can scroll in all the way, then use /sit to remove your character from view for screenshots. (I didn't know this when I played, so I can't confirm.)

TRUE

I was disappointed by both the zoom distance and the inability to zoom in to first person view, I loved the aesthetics. Knowing I couldn't film or take screen shots without my character getting in the way and not being able to zoom out far enough to get a clearer picture of what was going on behind me was a real let down, hope this changes.

Originally posted by Naevius
Apparently, you can scroll in all the way, then use /sit to remove your character from view for screenshots. (I didn't know this when I played, so I can't confirm.)

You can, but it was very annoying and made it much more difficult to get shots from the perfect angle.  I was a little frustrated with this feature as well.  Very often in MMOs I like to wander around with the UI turned off and then switch to first person view to take screenshots.  While I did a fair bit of wandering this past beta, I couldn't quite get all the screenshots I wanted.  

it is irrelevant, if the game is playable in 1st person view or not. while playable or not playable is a very personal opionion anyways.

even if i would not fight in 1st person view personally, it is a self-evident part of a MMO, which the devs should not forget. looks like lazyness or thoughtless action.

Yeh I want 1st person view for when I run around the cities so I can actually see where I'm going better. They don't allow you to zoom far enough out either, the character model si too big for my liking.

Originally posted by UsulDaNeriak

even if i would not fight in 1st person view personally, it is a self-evident part of a MMO, which the devs should not forget. looks like lazyness or thoughtless action.

It is not a 'self evident' part of a MMO... there are no rules for this at all. The developer is free to use whatever design they think suits their concept. Just because someone does not include everything *you* think should be in a MMO dosen't mean laziness at all.

This forum never fails to amaze tbh with this kind of post.

I honestly hope you are trolling tbh.

This is a big negative for me about GW2.  I really hope they re-consider adding it.  It's not a deal breaker though, but i'm very disappointed by their reasoning for not having it.  They said something along the lines, that they wanted the player to feel connected to their character, or something.  Lame reasoning to be honest.

Originally posted by observer

This is a big negative for me about GW2.  I really hope they re-consider adding it.  It's not a deal breaker though, but i'm very disappointed by their reasoning for not having it.  They said something along the lines, that they wanted the player to feel connected to their character, or something.  Lame reasoning to be honest.

Link please?

EDIT: Just looked through google and nothing about first person view said from ANY DEVS. In fact this thread is on the top of the list, along with a bunch of other specultive posts from other forums.

So thanks for lieing about First Person mode in Guild Wars 2, you must be a huge badass in real life.

Originally posted by jiveturkey12

Originally posted by observer

This is a big negative for me about GW2.  I really hope they re-consider adding it.  It's not a deal breaker though, but i'm very disappointed by their reasoning for not having it.  They said something along the lines, that they wanted the player to feel connected to their character, or something.  Lame reasoning to be honest.

Link please?

 

EDIT: Just looked through google and nothing about first person view said from ANY DEVS. In fact this thread is on the top of the list, along with a bunch of other specultive posts from other forums.

 

So thanks for lieing about First Person mode in Guild Wars 2, you must be a huge badass in real life.

They weren't lying.

http://guildcast.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/its-good-to-be-norn-hoelbrak-hunters-hearth-stonewrights-steading-and-kegball/

Mentions in there a person asking why no first person to a dev and them saying they want you to see your character. I've seen it a couple other places before too, but that was the first thing I found after about a minute of searching, lol.

The answers I've seen mostly why there isn't have mostly been kind of lame. Personally I always thought it was because of the dodge mechanic and not being able to see mobs telegraph their shots while in melee range. Considering people are having issues dodging as a melee, i'd hate to see them try zoomed in, lol.

GW2 needs to have the option to zoom in all the way so you can take scenary screenshots or whatever. When traveling, I sometimes enjoy doing so in first person view, so I don't have my character's rear blocking part of the view (especially when playing a Charr).

I'm asking to add it as a utility, not to be a change in combat. Who the heck plays in first person during combat? That's silly.

Originally posted by Vynt

Originally posted by jiveturkey12

Originally posted by observer

This is a big negative for me about GW2.  I really hope they re-consider adding it.  It's not a deal breaker though, but i'm very disappointed by their reasoning for not having it.  They said something along the lines, that they wanted the player to feel connected to their character, or something.  Lame reasoning to be honest.

Link please?

 

EDIT: Just looked through google and nothing about first person view said from ANY DEVS. In fact this thread is on the top of the list, along with a bunch of other specultive posts from other forums.

 

So thanks for lieing about First Person mode in Guild Wars 2, you must be a huge badass in real life.

They weren't lying.

http://guildcast.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/its-good-to-be-norn-hoelbrak-hunters-hearth-stonewrights-steading-and-kegball/

Mentions in there a person asking why no first person to a dev and them saying they want you to see your character. I've seen it a couple other places before too, but that was the first thing I found after about a minute of searching, lol.

The answers I've seen mostly why there isn't have mostly been kind of lame. Personally I always thought it was because of the dodge mechanic and not being able to see mobs telegraph their shots while in melee range. Considering people are having issues dodging as a melee, i'd hate to see them try zoomed in, lol.

Thats still not what the other poster said, in the link you just sent me they just said "We want you to see your character".

Not "We want you to feel connected to the character", the point the other poster was trying to throw out was to have it sound like the devs had a lame PR marketing type reason when the reason is simple, because you have to see your character to fight effictively. Fighting in first person would be ridiculous in this type of game, and im sure anyone thats  actually played the game can tell you that in a second.

He still lied, and on top of that he still presented the typical "Spin" that posters on here like to put out on GW2, finding any reason they can to bash on the game. So he gains no respect points in my eyes.

I do appreciate you digging and finding this link though, as it at least shows the real reasoning behind it, and you presented the idea in a coherant way and didnt pick sides. So you sir DO have my respect, whether that means anything to you or not ;)