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Ideas for 4th and 5th classes
As we can see, all 3 known classes are strong personalities.By this i mean they all (classes) are not very typical for standart fantasy rpg ( and this is very good), while they still are based on standart archetypes. Yes, barb is a fighter, but he is not regular "knight" or "soldier" etc, coz u see a lot influence of barb's homeland culture and traditions when u look at him and his combat style.
So is witch doctor, magic user, he is even more "culture influenced": all this "vodoo" things, vodoo mask, zombies, typical tribe shaman look reminds me of africa/jungles.
Wizard is another magic user, perhaps not so untypical, but looks like asian character, and is not standard "elementalist" but manipulating time/void.
So, i think, all d3 classes are standart archetypes, but strongly mutated coz every one of them represents some zone (area) of Sanctuary.
So, when it comes to 4th and 5th classes,im sure one of them will be bow user, coz its simply stupid to have bows/range weapons in game and dont have char with bow skills. But ofc this will not be something standart like bow user with some melee skils.I think this char will be mix of ranger from D&D (wow hunter) and druid,he will have range skills/beast interacting skills/shape shifting. Shape shifting will represent his melee component.Ofc he will be some exotic guy with exotic look from some "great woods of Sanctuary" etc and will be called something like beastmaster/woodsman/true hunter.
The other unknown class i think will be some melee fighter (knight style-maybe) using some dark arts, i personally think - demonology. Something like corrupted paladin, but not totally corrupted, just the guy who is no more interested in "light and goodness" and acting for his own purpose and profit.I personally DONT think (as lots of guys on this forum) that blizard MUST implement "knight like" guy, coz its not archetype at all,its just a style, like a necromancer for example ( which is out already).
And now about what i WANT to see when it comes to new classes. Give us something even more "culture personalized", something with unique style, not another knight/mage etc ect, for example would be cool to see some "desert warrior/arab guy" with scimitars, some light armor, cloak and some drape covering his face, protecting from sand winds.
As we can see, all 3 known classes are strong personalities.By this i mean they all (classes) are not very typical for standart fantasy rpg ( and this is very good), while they still are based on standart archetypes. Yes, barb is a fighter, but he is not regular "knight" or "soldier" etc, coz u see a lot influence of barb's homeland culture and traditions when u look at him and his combat style.
So is witch doctor, magic user, he is even more "culture influenced": all this "vodoo" things, vodoo mask, zombies, typical tribe shaman look reminds me of africa/jungles.
Wizard is another magic user, perhaps not so untypical, but looks like asian character, and is not standard "elementalist" but manipulating time/void.
So, i think, all d3 classes are standart archetypes, but strongly mutated coz every one of them represents some zone (area) of Sanctuary.
So, when it comes to 4th and 5th classes,im sure one of them will be bow user, coz its simply stupid to have bows/range weapons in game and dont have char with bow skills. But ofc this will not be something standart like bow user with some melee skils.I think this char will be mix of ranger from D&D (wow hunter) and druid,he will have range skills/beast interacting skills/shape shifting. Shape shifting will represent his melee component.Ofc he will be some exotic guy with exotic look from some "great woods of Sanctuary" etc and will be called something like beastmaster/woodsman/true hunter.
The other unknown class i think will be some melee fighter (knight style-maybe) using some dark arts, i personally think - demonology. Something like corrupted paladin, but not totally corrupted, just the guy who is no more interested in "light and goodness" and acting for his own purpose and profit.I personally DONT think (as lots of guys on this forum) that blizard MUST implement "knight like" guy, coz its not archetype at all,its just a style, like a necromancer for example ( which is out already).
And now about what i WANT to see when it comes to new classes. Give us something even more "culture personalized", something with unique style, not another knight/mage etc ect, for example would be cool to see some "desert warrior/arab guy" with scimitars, some light armor, cloak and some drape covering his face, protecting from sand winds.