It came as no surprise that the first-person combat has been factored into darkfall as its combat style, since this obviously is not a first in an MMO in general-Planetside had this years ago. You are more likely to find this in the MMOFPS sub-genre or in a traditional single-player RPG, how you are less likely to find it in MMORPGs. First-person combat is made into Darkfall with a purpose that has twofold. One is provide you with slightly more twitch-style melee and ranged combat, and the other is to prevent you from doing the ubiquitous.
Look back while heading in the opposite direction trick that most modern-day MMOs allow you to accomplish by mouse-look in the middle of a fight. This is supposed to make for some interesting PvP, especially combined with the supposedly directional attacks where you actually have to set as a goal your melee swipe, stab or spell ranged attack.
