Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

[Bad Ash]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

i think it is way to early to give any answers to the OP.

any opinions expressed so far are pure speculation.

which is exactly what 80% of the posts in this forum are! lol.

Why is everyone giving the original poster such a hard time? He presented a topic and you should be responding to the topic, not to his opinions. Why fight with someone over their opinions? Almost every thread could be flamed in the exact same way, but it is pointless. Lets debate the topic, not how posts are constructed.

Also, to the dude whos never seen bats on fire, play D2 and use inferno lol. Pretend bats are there also. There ya go

I am not satisfied with these 3 classes as a whole. I do not like the barb, but that is my play style and can only change from me playing the class and enjoying it which I wont do for a long time when the game comes out.

I like the Wizard and thats it. To be satisfied I will need at least 2 classes I am excited to play, with the others I am interested in playing based on the information we are given. I am excited to play the wizard, I could be interested in playing the WD but am not excited about him by any means. I need an exciting class and an interesting class and I will be satisfied.

I was the same way in D2. I played necros barely, but enjoyed them when I did and was never excited about playing them. Loved the sorc and druids, and interested in Zons.

The bottom line is I am not angry with Blizz and trust them to rock the last 2 classes, but as of right now I am not satisfied with our 3 heroes

 

[DWS]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

I'm not sure I get the same feeling as moving from D1 to D2.

Rogue/Warrior/Sorcerer -> Paladin/Necromancer/Barbarian/Amazon/Sorceress

That's a pretty big and cool jump.

I think Witch Doctor was headed in the same coolness direction and is a welcome improvement. I do not believe the Barbarian rehash does the series justice and I think the Wizard is a little played.

Having said that I think the game will still be fun.

 

[DragonChi]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

Rogue/Warrior/Sorcerer -> Paladin/Necromancer/Barbarian/Amazon/Sorceress

You forgot about the Assassin and the druid (despite the fact they came with the expansion)

there was also the Monk in D1 that came with the Hellfire Expansion. both of which were a total flop.

 

[Smash]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

Well i bought d2 just for necromancer, it was only character that i beat full game rest i didn't lvled over 30 until expansion came and 1.10 patch arive.
I like assassin too.

So far i am didn't found my fav in D3 classes, WD is big disappoint for me, his spells and look, honestly he looks like Shadow shaman from warcraft 3 on beta screenshot when he still had a mask.

Sad thing is that i don't expect any surprise from this 2 unannounced classes from Blizzard.

 

[Evil Storm]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

At first I was not satisfied with WD, I just didn't like how this guy looks like, but then I made a research and checked some of abilities, WD gameplay, and then I felt like OK, interesting class to play with, I liked the idea of buffing his pets and etc... Sorceress has always been my favourite character in D2, I just love Frozen Orb, it rocks =) SO I am absolutely fine on haviong Wizard, mostly the same. And ofcourse Barbarian. Barbarian has been in the game starting from Diablo: Hellfire, so it is like a symbolic character for Diablo, if I hear Barbarian I start to think about Diablo. So what I want to tell is that Diablo will not be a true Diablo without a Barbarian ) this class just has to be in the game! There are no excuses for Blizzard if they will remove Barbarian from D3 =)

 

[vinke07]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

to be honest, I am not completely satisfied with the d3 classes so far.

I like the wizard the most, but i think that, not only this class, need more active spells rather than passive ones. True, you can say that the synergies were unnecesary and where just the type of spells no one would ever use it again after they level up enough to have blizz, or frozen orb, or lightning, or whirlwind, etc...

i would like to see spells that grow up in power as you level up, but not just start with a charged bolt that to 0 damage, and you will certaintly never use it again. That's why i liked spectral blades. it was a very different skill that we have seen so far in d1 and d2, and it looked great. skills also need to be good looking, otherwise they will never be used again.

skill that are good looking and original are:
- firebats, though it's a copy of inferno, but much better
- desintegrate
- slow time
- hammer of ancients
- mongrel: i like the fact that you can add elemental damage to them
- meteor, it very good looking and seems much powerful than the prevois one
- etc...

 

[Rothos Carthaginos]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

No, I am content with the classes. Content that we have 3 of 5, to be satisfied I'd need to know the other two classes.
Blizzard has done a great job with development so far, but the suspense is not good.

 

[Ishtor]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

ok this is how i see it. One Blizzard designed them, and blizzard does not make crap.

1st you got the barbarian, which to me gives me the impression that they are going to more closely tie the link between this game and diablo ii. Reading that different classes will more than likeley have class specific quest, which could mean to get the full story of d3 we will have to play all the classes. but anyways on the barb, the barb was awsome in d2, and now he is older and ready to go back in the action. new skill to be learned, who said old dogs could not learn new tricks. (sorry i could not resist that one.)

2nd you got the witch docter, this looks like pure fun. Even though some people will disagree with me, there alot of simularities between him and the necro. to almost as much differnce between the d2 barb vs the d3 barb. althoug not exact this convinces me enough that we will not see the necro in the game or expansions. Summoning pets and sending sworm of insect to devour demons, while juggling a flaming skull, how is that not fun.

3rd the Wizard, our friendly neighborhood spellcaster. With some simular spell as our beloved Sorceress, but also equiped with some new spell, including Magic Missile. How does that move in it self not make you smile, if it doesn't you most be cold hearted with a poor since of humor, J/k.... all i got to say i cant wait to teleport every where again.

 

[Nukeleo]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

The barbarian seems tired unless they make actually playing the game more interesting than just clicking. As for class simila--

No. I want to see the Necromancer return with some new curses and more varied pets and more wicked spells. I want to see the Assassin return because playing one was REALLY neat (only class that felt like Street Fighter and not D2). I want to see the builds available, not the style and ideas Blizzard has. I want to see what kind of crazy stuff we'll be able to invent (such as via Oskills).

 

[Krugar]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

Blizzard will not be making a game that doesn't give you the ability to make choices, Nukeleo.

 

[isak viking]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

i dont understand, what is there not to be satisfied with? they are all 3 great classes, u guys are just scared of changes.|but this is going to be sick, just think of the rune system, making this a whole new generation og arpg..

 

[Brother Laz]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

yes i am satisfied^^ i realized that there isnt going to be much innovation in character classes in rpgs anymore because rpgs have been arround way too long for anything good not to be done yet and the witchdoctor class was more then i would have hoped for

You'd be surprised. There isn't innovation in mainstream RPGs anymore. How about a class that plays like a shooter, equipping a few skills and killing monsters/opening barrels to find ammo for those skills? A RTS-style minion management class?

Nah, not in Diablo. That would mean taking risks and being creative, which Blizzard can't do anymore.

 

[Ammareddo_Fritter]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

Because Diablo is and has always been a simple, "only need one hand," point and click, hack and slash, action RPG. Blizzard deviated from that with WoW, the mothballed Ghost, and their unannounced new franchise. Now they're returning to Diablo series because they want a game that is easy to play, that anyone can get into.

Blizzard games are less known for their innovation and more for taking an old idea and making it work in a new, fun way.

Also, if every class is fundamentally different, there would need to be too many class specific items, or they would feel poorly equipped. If it's taking Blizzard so long to create 5 classes that generally differ only by skills (they all are really "attack" classes), imagine how long it would take to balance 5 completely different heroes?

 

[DWS]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

You'd be surprised. There isn't innovation in mainstream RPGs anymore. How about a class that plays like a shooter, equipping a few skills and killing monsters/opening barrels to find ammo for those skills? A RTS-style minion management class?

Nah, not in Diablo. That would mean taking risks and being creative, which Blizzard can't do anymore.

Next you'll want combat settle with plying cards a la Magic. lol

 

[Knight_Wolf]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

Nah, not in Diablo. That would mean taking risks and being creative, which Blizzard can't do anymore.

Are you sure we are talking about the same Blizzard !!! .. innovation was never their thing ... they have some neaty idea here or there but it was never about innovation so that you say "anymore".

Allow me to borrow a quote from across the forums.

Blizzard is a multi-billion dollar conglomerate that has made their entire fortune based on doing one simple thing; releasing high quality games that are polished until they are blindingly good looking. If there is any game company on earth that can manage doing this, it is blizzard. This goes into hiring writers, hiring developers, hiring designers, and so on and so forth.

That pretty much says it .. highly polished games .. taking concepts that are tried and true and giving the example for gaming industry people on how to make the best out of those concepts .. but innovation ... nah.

That's how they do things and nobody really feels that bad about.

 

[nEgativezEro]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

Personally I'm pretty happy with the current stable of characters.

Barbarian: Brute strength, melee oriented. Carry over from D2 but with changes and upgrades. From the looks of it he'll have a lot more depth. No more BC/BO -> Whirlwind/Frenzy til enemies are dead -> repeat. Yes WW and Frenzy and a few warcries will still play a role, but he's going to have a lot more at his disposal. Not a new character, but what looks to be a pretty good update to the old one. I may be biased because I was primarily a Barb player.

Wizard: Castor, glass cannon, ranged attack. Sound like the usual sorceress, but with a totally different array of spells. Rather than all elemental attacks which are all fairly similar in nature, now we have spells to warp time. There are arcane spells, and yes a few elemental spells as well. The sorceress was closer related to the sorcerer compared to the wizard to the sorceress. Didn't seem to hurt the popularity of sorcs in D2.

Witch Doctor: Everyone (hyperbole) *****es about Blizzard not being creative enough, but when they introduce a completely different idea like the WD, everyone (again, hyperbole) complains about that as well. This is sort of the Necro and Druid rolled into one character. Not my kind of play style, but he's definitely got some really cool looking skills so far. Maybe it's because he's odd looking and hunched over, but I don't get all the hate. Again, people complain about the Barb being brought back, but at the same time say the Necro should've come along too instead of trying something new with the Witch Doctor.

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I already know I'll be playing a Barb and a Wiz. There are still two more classes left to be announced. You figure one of them has to be a ranged non-magical attack. An archer-type. Something akin to the Amazon/Ranger archetype. The fifth class is a tougher call. My guess would be something to compliment the Barb as a melee characte (as the Paladin was in D2). It's hard to give a good estimate for that.

Overall you know all the classes are going to be fun to play and Blizzard rarely disappoints, so I don't see why there's such a fuss about the characters anyway.

 

[isak viking]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

Personally I'm pretty happy with the current stable of characters.

Barbarian: Brute strength, melee oriented. Carry over from D2 but with changes and upgrades. From the looks of it he'll have a lot more depth. No more BC/BO -> Whirlwind/Frenzy til enemies are dead -> repeat. Yes WW and Frenzy and a few warcries will still play a role, but he's going to have a lot more at his disposal. Not a new character, but what looks to be a pretty good update to the old one. I may be biased because I was primarily a Barb player.

Wizard: Castor, glass cannon, ranged attack. Sound like the usual sorceress, but with a totally different array of spells. Rather than all elemental attacks which are all fairly similar in nature, now we have spells to warp time. There are arcane spells, and yes a few elemental spells as well. The sorceress was closer related to the sorcerer compared to the wizard to the sorceress. Didn't seem to hurt the popularity of sorcs in D2.

Witch Doctor: Everyone (hyperbole) *****es about Blizzard not being creative enough, but when they introduce a completely different idea like the WD, everyone (again, hyperbole) complains about that as well. This is sort of the Necro and Druid rolled into one character. Not my kind of play style, but he's definitely got some really cool looking skills so far. Maybe it's because he's odd looking and hunched over, but I don't get all the hate. Again, people complain about the Barb being brought back, but at the same time say the Necro should've come along too instead of trying something new with the Witch Doctor.

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I already know I'll be playing a Barb and a Wiz. There are still two more classes left to be announced. You figure one of them has to be a ranged non-magical attack. An archer-type. Something akin to the Amazon/Ranger archetype. The fifth class is a tougher call. My guess would be something to compliment the Barb as a melee characte (as the Paladin was in D2). It's hard to give a good estimate for that.

Overall you know all the classes are going to be fun to play and Blizzard rarely disappoints, so I don't see why there's such a fuss about the characters anyway.

i totaly agree.. dont know whats up with all the nagging and whining ? maybe its just a way to make people angry and get thei opinions out.. some people..:coffee:ancake:

 

[Vang]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

We don't know enough about all of their skills to say if we aren't satisfied. Each and every skill may bring a different way of playing a character. Maybe snyergies are gone, I wouldn't imagine so, but hey, who knows.

I would assume its similiar in layout, and there are a plenty of varieties among characters once you play through a few times, and start experimenting, then get to the point to where you do themed builds. It amazes me that people complain about the unknown, wait and play, then bring this post back up.

 

[SlechtWeerBeer]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

We don't know enough about all of their skills to say if we aren't satisfied. Each and every skill may bring a different way of playing a character. Maybe snyergies are gone, I wouldn't imagine so, but hey, who knows.

Synergies are replaced by passives.

 

[KnS]

Re: Are you satisfied with the Diablo3 classes?

Well im not satisfied so far... but im 99% sure there will be an Amazon like char come realease so that will keep me happy
As so those 3... Not 1 interests me that much.. if i had to choose, Wizard