Diablo 3 Classes & Stuff

What do you guys think about the Diablo 3 game? Can't wait to try out the Monk and the Wizard. Especially like how they made the male Wizard look like some crazy Big Bad out of a Korean Sentai series. It's different from what you would expect, but still works. Also fun how the Monk class looks more European than anything despite being based on a Far East concept. Very cool to see expectations shattered.

edited 24th Mar '10 9:52:13 AM by Bioelectricclam

Oh good, the female Barbarian is sticking to Blizzard's Chainmail Bikini look. Yay.

I could do without the silly hat on the male wizard, but otherwise he seems fine. In fairness, both genders of the barbarian seem to have the same amount of unadvisably exposed skin.

I'm kind of relieved to see that she actually has biceps. At least she doesn't have the build of an underwear model, you know?

Damn. I wasn't a big fan of Diablo I or II, but this actually looks really good. Love those character models, especially the female Witch Doctor. Awesome facepaint.

And the female barbarian is wearing way more than a Chainmail Bikini. Compare to the Night Elf Archer in the top pic here.

SOOO getting it.

I am a rabid Diablo fan. Liked the first, loved the second. Really looking forward to it. =D

I could do without the silly hat on the male wizard

Keep in mind that if this game is anything like Diablo 2, your helmet and armor will change appearance based on what you are wearing. So you can probably find yourself a less-silly hat to wear.

Found some kickass videos of the Monk and Wizard gameplay. Got to love the slow time spell. Also, the Batman-style flying kick move...can almost smell the Pow! and Crash! words popping up all over the screen, haha.

The trailers for each class is pretty kickass too. Here is the Wizard's and here is the Monks. Can not wait to play this game!

edited 25th Mar '10 1:13:33 AM by Bioelectricclam

Never could really get into Diablo.. It's a game that looks good, plays good, but gets super dull and repetitive for me. Like an Isometric World of Warcraft, only slightly less shitty. Though YMMV.

^Yeah, I don't really play Diablo religiously (unless you are into dueling, that gets old fast). I like to think of it as something like Minesweeper, but with blood and lightning spells - its a game I can play for like an hour when I've got a bit of time to kill and want an adrenaline rush, then not go back to for days. Still, its the most "visual novel"-esque of the three Blizzard franchises, and every game is at least worth playing through once, if only for the cool music, cool bosses, and the eyecandy.

I'll check the spoilers, and maybe play it if the ending turns out not to be ShootTheShaggyDog this time. Considering the last two, I'm not holding high hopes.

The idea of playing Diablo for the plot kind of baffles me.

Anyway, I've still got my copy of Lord of Destruction installed. I'll have this preordered.

^It's not so much that it doesn't have a plot, its that its a Waste of Time Story which everybody ignores. The people who actually do care to sit through the quest dialogs and cinematics - guys like me - actually find it to be a very cool story.

THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED BY NINJAS DIABLO. ARE YOU A BAD ENOUGH DUDE TO RESCUE HIM?

This is like the first time that bioelectric clam and I agree on something.

I, too, like the story in Diablo II, and am sad that it is ignored by many.

I think the Diablo series has a good narrative going for it; I'm just frustrated by the fact that you have to seek it out. The instruction manual for Diablo II is loaded with background for the Paladins of Zakarum, the Barbarian clans of Arreat, and the Trang'Oul worshipping Necromancers. Not terribly robust in the actual game, though....

Speaking of disappointment, it seems like the Diablo III classes are pretty close to what we had in Diablo II. Barbarian is a holdover from the past game. Witch Doctor looks very similar to Necromancer. Wizard is pretty much Sorceress. As for Monk... well, that one's original in some ways, unless you count the unofficial Hellfire expansion that added this class to Diablo I. You could also see it as a hybrid of Paladin and Assassin— a martial artist holy warrior. I wouldn't be surprised if the fifth class turns out to be a hybrid of the Druid and Amazon. Namely, a ranger.

The wizard seems to have quite a few more tricks up his sleeve than the sorceress. We haven't seen much in the way of traditional elemental magic from the wizard, instead we've seen time stopping and laz0r beams. I'm just speculating here, but it looks like the wizard will have a robust defensive role, with time stop being used to halt projectiles as just one example.

the monk trailer makes me go :D

This stuff looks... amazing... take this from someone who has only played the first Diablo.

Any theories on the final class? They don't seem to have a predominantly ranged-damage class yet in the mode of the Rogue or Amazon, so maybe something along those lines?

^My guess would be a class based on throwing knives or archery. Ranger sounds pretty likely, but maybe they will mix it up a bit and give us a Ninja/Thief sort of class (with shuriken/throwing knife based attacks). It will almost certainly be a ranged class that uses physical instead of magical attacks, going by the formula of earlier games.

Yep, well obvious first came you had melee, ranged, magic

Then the second game you had pure melee, melee/ranged, melee/magic, and two pure magics...basically

SO given that formula, they are definitely missing a ranged character.

Oh Witch Doctor, it's all about the hoodoo voodoo that you do. The others? Eh, we'll see when it comes out.

I'm interested to see what happened to the other non-Barbarian classes in D2. The Necromancer becoming corrupted is pretty obvious (though it would be a nice subversion if he didn't), but I always figured the Paladin to be a closet nutter .

edited 1st Aug '10 4:09:21 AM by DarkDecapodian

The Paladin probably becomes some kind of Knight Templar.

and it kinda makes sense for the Barb to be the only class left, since they're the only ones for whom It's Personal because of the whole Mt. Arreat business.

edited 1st Aug '10 6:45:17 AM by Blissey1

It's been close to a year since we got any new info on #3, so I'm guessing they're saving a motherload of info for Blizzcon. Question is, will we be getting Diablo or Heart of the Swarm next?