Diablo III Announced

[WarBlade]

I'm leaning towards "Ranger." Not necessarily a dedicated archer, but something like LOTR's Aragorn or Diablo's Warrior with a jack of all trades feel that would translate into the game as a light weapons specialist. Bow or weapon/shield combos... Maybe even knife throwing.

We'll see though.

[KingOfPain]

or an Archivist

I am guessing aboriginees in one form or another. Natural bow/jav user with a touch of nature magic.

[Occhidiangela]

or an Archivist

I am guessing aboriginees in one form or another. Natural bow/jav user with a touch of nature magic.

The aborigines are covered in the witch doctor. Why not keep the Amazon, but with a twist here and there? They kept the Barbarian, with a twist here and there.

As to Ranger, the Druid hasn't been heard from ... or maybe they decided to toss that into Necro and be done with it. Two different summoner classes might not be all bad.

Occhi

[Dr.Disaster]

The 4th Diablo III character class is revealed...

The MONK

Oh! They revived D1 Hellfire's Monk. Of course they added some D2 Assassin martial arts, a few Shaolin moves and as topping the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique from Kill Bill

So now we have a brute force user with melle weapons, a brute force user without weapons, a pure magic user and a summoning voodoomancer. Hard to imagine something for the last class. With the Monk's background i guess anything Paladin-like is out. Maybe a Thief or Rogue, who will get the ranged weapons and some stealth or illusion skills.

As to Ranger, the Druid hasn't been heard from ... or maybe they decided to toss that into Necro and be done with it. Two different summoner classes might not be all bad.

Hint: they'll prolly save that for an expansion

[Rakhir]

zzzzz snort huh? Diablo 3???

How long was I asleep?

[MonsterOfTheLake]

You were cryogenically frozen in the year 2004. It is now year 2541. Intergalactic Blizzard Co. is set to release this "computer game" named Diablo III for the ultra-vintage "Personal Computer" system in a few years.

[Hawkmoon]

I finally went over to the D3 site and watched all the character class gameplay videos. The over-the-top blood spraying and heads/body parts flying everywhere were rather amusing! (in a gross sort of way - I wonder if they took their cue from Tarantino movies?!)

I can't imagine that they won't put in a ranged attack class, like a ranger/rogue. That would be a huge gap, and would have D1 & D2 junkies howling.

[KingOfPain]

Bliz is supposedly implementing some sort of parental control so it's possible to tone down the gore.

[Dr.Disaster]

Bliz is supposedly implementing some sort of parental control so it's possible to tone down the gore.

For a toned down version get the German localization. Jay Wilson already confirmed that I'll have to play the kid friendly release

[KingOfPain]

LoL, sorry *cough* Hehe

If it makes you feel any better, the Chinese version will be even worse; if and when D3 can get approved.