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Team Tactics and Party Size
So, I'm sure most of us have talked party size to death; from what I understand the party size will be somewhat smaller then in Diablo2.
The purpose of this thread however, is not to debate party size.
Considering that the parties are smaller now; is there a place for more team based tactics in Diablo 3?
Personally I think the team-mates your playing with should influence how you approach a battle; a doctor + wizard should approach a situation differently then if they approached it solo, or with different respective partners.
For example, a witchdoctor would use "skill set A" when fighting solo, but due to the presence of the wizard, the doc's fireskulls get a boost and thus use "skillset B", or when fighting with a barb the doc's minions would get a boost (skillset C). Single talent tree's could make it really interesting because you could branch into a "seperate" tree and take a skill that may not normally be hella powerful when solo'ing or with a specific class, yet when combo'd with the right class / skill it would be pretty awesome, and you didn't have to invest hella points to get it.
I dunno I'd like to see some synergies between classes, and team composition have more of an impact on skill choices and methodologies then Diablo 2 had. Similar to the types of bonus' a sorc would see from running with a necro that used LR; but more pronounced.
Balance would be tough, but common Blizz has been messing up balancing trees for years. It's not like they'll get D3 right in the first shot anyway.
So, I'm sure most of us have talked party size to death; from what I understand the party size will be somewhat smaller then in Diablo2.
The purpose of this thread however, is not to debate party size.
Considering that the parties are smaller now; is there a place for more team based tactics in Diablo 3?
Personally I think the team-mates your playing with should influence how you approach a battle; a doctor + wizard should approach a situation differently then if they approached it solo, or with different respective partners.
For example, a witchdoctor would use "skill set A" when fighting solo, but due to the presence of the wizard, the doc's fireskulls get a boost and thus use "skillset B", or when fighting with a barb the doc's minions would get a boost (skillset C). Single talent tree's could make it really interesting because you could branch into a "seperate" tree and take a skill that may not normally be hella powerful when solo'ing or with a specific class, yet when combo'd with the right class / skill it would be pretty awesome, and you didn't have to invest hella points to get it.
I dunno I'd like to see some synergies between classes, and team composition have more of an impact on skill choices and methodologies then Diablo 2 had. Similar to the types of bonus' a sorc would see from running with a necro that used LR; but more pronounced.
Balance would be tough, but common Blizz has been messing up balancing trees for years. It's not like they'll get D3 right in the first shot anyway.