Can I switch to third-person while not in 'town' in Destiny 2?

Question

I started playing recently, and in non-lethal areas, the player view automatically switches to third-person.

In story mode areas, it never does that. Haven't tried anything else like Crucible or Raids etc.

I checked the key mapping and could not find anything relevant to player view change.

Is there a way to switch to third person and back on demand?

Answer 1

No Destiny 2 is a First Person Shooter and is marketed as such, for example, on Steam. The only ways to go into third person are:

• In a safe social area: like the towns.
• If the weapon switches you to third person mode: like a sword.
• If you're driving a Sparrow.
• When using supers.
• During an emote.

There might be a couple of others but those are the ones I can remember off of the top of my head.