Flying!... (and not knocking buildings)

Hi. I arrived to the game a little over a month ago and I've been enjoying it a lot. I have a question regarding flying that's been bugging me and I haven't been able to figure out so far.

Is there any way to change the camera view while flying without changing the flying direction?

If (while flying) I keep the middle mouse button pressed and move the mouse around, the camera will somewhat change. The toon will not change the horizontal flying direction (good); but the vertical direction indeed changes (not so good). So, I'm forced to fly downwards whenever I want to look down to the ground.

I hope that was clear and I'd appreciate any help.

the verticle movement is actually caused by subtle changes in the mouse control by your hand. I had this problem when I first started using 360 degree look arounds. Before I responded to you, I took my flyer out for a spin again and with a now-practiced hand, was able to move the camera view without moving the flyer.

That said, you may have better coordination with using the Page Up key which also triggers the camera, leaving your hand free to focus better on the mouse. The Page Down key will restore to original view.

Oh, and welcome to the game!

I know you can rotate the camera around your toon if you hold page up and then use the arrow keys left or right. I think that should let you rotate the way you are wanting to if you use the up and down keys instead, but not sure... never done it myself.

edit: snap, got beat to my response!

@The Omega Elementress
Currently playing Project Willow lvl 50 DB/WP Incarnate Shifted Scrapper

You can always keep a finger on the spacebar while you're rotating your viewpoint, that will keep you level or going up instead of down, depending on your viewing angle.

I know you can use the pageup and mouse or arrows to move the camera around. I've taken screenshots that way.

When scouting, I"ll zoom out around 100 ft from my person. Though I find putting the camera directly above them makes my flying awkward. Operator error.

Oh, I see. Thanks a lot for your helpful answers. I'll be sure to try them out next time I play!