I think I may be the one who is likely be shunned upon here...because I love playing in 3rd person!

Unlike many people here claimed, I found that 3rd POV doesn't break the immersion for me. Perhaps it's related to the way I play this game: I don't pretend I AM the character.

For me my character is like an action figure, so there's no point in not being able to see the whole of it. I want to admire every aspect of him, the motion, the appearance and such.

Another thing of 1st person view that I dislike is, when you look down to the ground, you cannot see your body and feet. For me it's a even bigger immersion breaker.

One thing Bethesda did right is improving 3rd POV in Skyim. I still remember how it feels in Oblivion, it was totally unplayable.

You are not alone, I always play in third person view.

I only use it when I'm traveling. And even then, I prefer first.

I use it nearly all the time. Only really use Ist for Archery.

In previous Elder Scrolls games I always used 3rd person for travel and switched to 1st person when a fight started - because it was just too difficult to fight in third person. But in Skyrim they finally got "Vanity Mode" good enough that I never leave third person. Except in certain tight spiral stairwells where I have camera problems or on rare occasions when I'm trying to pick up an object and just can't seem to get it. I don't find first person to be immersive at all. Two disembodied floating hands sticking out in front of you doesn't feel very realistic to me. Now if they would just get rid of the "blood splash" on the screen when you fight. It looks kind of silly in 3rd person, because it looks like someone is filming the action through a camera lens.

3rd person has always been my thing. I would never use 1st person if it wasn't for FOV command. I used to play at 85 for a long time, but then that too started feeling too narrow so I've been getting used to 100 lately. 90 seems ideal to me though.

I mostly travel in 3rd person, I like the wider field of view. Some characters I never use 1st person, unless I can't do something in 3rd. Very few of my characters are only 1st person. I guess it's about 3/4, 3rd person, 1/4 1st for the majority of my characters.

I don't even use 1st person view for shooting with a bow, to be honest.

I love it. I'll fight, walk, and RP in it 90% of the time. It feels more satisfying.

I like travelling in third person, but fighting in first.

I use first for archery, bash-and-counter melee, and precision looting (i.e. a septim on a table). Third for everything else. So 95% of the time I'm in third. I like looking at my character.

I play mostly first person, but I like to switch to third not only for screenshots, but also to admire my character when exploring the wilderness

Fighting is god awful in first person.

Nope you're not alone. I use to play 50 - 50 First and third. But over the past year it's become 90% third person, 10% first person. I only use first person when using magic/archery against enemies that are on higher ground(third person aiming still needs work...) or if I'm picking up loot or examining architecture, people, creatures, etc.

I find it more immersive to experience my character's journey, than try to be the character. Though my ideals tend to bleed in from time to time.

Have always preferred 3rd person, especially when fighting

3rd person for me too. 1st person view is so silly. I mean, what kind of position the pc assumes with his hands right in front of his face? He is supposed to see only the blade of the sword when he looks everywhere but to the ground. There's problems in fallout too. You can't keep a gun in your hands without pointing it to your interlocutor like you are ready to shot at him.

It's because of things like those that I find 3rd person more immersive than 1st (in bethesda games).

I use 3rd cus 1st person view hurts my eyes.

90% of the time I am in third person.

I don't take the time to create my character, and dress her in fitting armor to then never see her right?

Everyone that's posted prefers 3rd? Kinda surprising because I used to always see people praise 1st for its "immurshun".

I play in 3rd person. My characters are in Skyrim, not me. And to me roleplaying is all about the character, it is not about the player.

I am not my characters. I do not want to see the game through my character's eyes. So I think of 3rd-person POV as a roleplaying POV.

Well, I sort of have to use third person if I want to be able to play for more than about 15 mins without becoming extremely motion sick. But I also agree with everyone who says that they are not their characters, so it makes sense to be able to see them rather than be seeing out of their eyes. Plus first person feels rather claustrophobic to me, with too little peripheral vision, so I wouldn't want to use it for long even if I could.

My main problem with 1st person is that there is no peripheral vision.

Aargh! ninja'd

I used to play in 3rd person all the time. It wasn't until I discovered that 1st person for archery was much easier. Now I use 1st all the time. I think the only time I switch to 3rd now is to look at my character every so often and whenever I save.

Why when you save?

I use a mix.

Most of the time I find myself rapidly switching between them.

I'd say I tend to use 1st person more, particularly in combat, but I like to switch it up sometimes - especially for travelling.

And I myself AM someone who likes to completely immerse myself in the character (as in mind-melding levels of immersion ), but I don't really see 3rd person as something that removes me from my character/self.

Besides - you are FORCED to use 3rd person view for so many things (riding a horse & temporarily when sitting down/crafting/mounting a carriage, etc.) - it just doesn't make sense to me to allow something like that to 'remove' me from my character. I just see it as making the experience more theatrical.

If someone was of the mindset that 3rd person completely removes the immersion of being that character - I imagine they'd have a pretty horrible experience in Skyrim (avoiding anything that forces it upon you as mentioned above).

But maybe that's just me.