Monk Spotlight Video Revealed
Posted 16 April 2012 by Rushster
Following up on the past spotlight videos for the Demon Hunter and Barbarian IGN posted the Monk Spotlight video today. As with the Demon Hunter vid this shows some parts from the 2D “storybook” style class intro cinematic, concept art, plus a bunch of gameplay videos, all set to some informative narration. The footage contains nothing new and is taken from from from Acts 1 and 2, except a scene from Act 3 right at the end.
What is interesting is if you look at the 2min 22 sec mark we have the new UI BUT in the inventory there is not only some gems but 2 unattuned runes as well. Old video footage or will we still see runes in some form in the game?
Kind of boring
I agree. This class does nothing for me.
More monk gear for me then.
“His mastery extends to other weapons as well”
except only in lore
The monk is growing on me, but adding weapon animations really should be high priority.
Yes not as interesting or as exciting as last weeks Barb but I have tell you, I am looking forward to play the Monk more so than Barb and DH.
Bad class design. Use weapons but animations only show your fists… right.
I would love to see animations for the monk using a staff weapon, at least. Anyone ever play a friar back in DaoC? A madly twirling staff in his hands would look awesome with some of these combat animations.
thumbs up just for mentioning DAOC
It’s not like they had 5 years to do the animations… or wait. What?
It’s an old footage, look at the left corner of the UI, it has got “DPS” instead of “Damage”
Yep. Another clue is the fact that he is using the old spirit generator version of Exploding Palm in there.
And the old TP icon .. That’s old footage indeed.
Yep, I understand that close combat skills involving kicks or magical elements should remain the same regardles off weapon being wielded. but IMO the Monk should have 1 Animation for fists, 1 for single handed weapons and 1 for staffs.
Fingers crossed they manage to jazz up the Monk in later levels, this character is kinda dull forthe first 13 lvls available in the beta, although he has improved since patch 16, maybe this character is a late bloomer?
There is at least one skill that changes for weapons used. Dashing Strike changes it’s animation with the actual attack depending on what weapons you have equipped. Notice that if you use a fist weapon in one hand and a normal 1h weapon in the other, you will always show the fist weapon in the left hand no matter which hand you actually place it in on the inventory window. That is because Dashing Strike has you punch with the fist weapon in the left hand.
not even a pro spotlight vid can make the Monk look even remotely interesting. crappiest choice to ever disgrace a Diablo game. used to think the Paladin was the crappiest but there’s always something stooping lower
Well since you think that stating your opinions make them fact, I will counter by saying that the monk is the most interesting melee class they have ever put into a Diablo game. There, now my opinion has been stated, and has thus become fact and your opinion has become stupidity and lies. Oh wait… you didn’t need me for that.
where do I say my opinion is fact? I’m stating my PERSONAL opinion……retard. you need me to add “opinion” tags next time? you may think you’re someone important around here, but know what I do with YOUR opinion? I wipe a monkey’s ass with it, along with your 14 alternate accounts you needed to “recommend” your stupid, utterly misinformed post.
how’s that for facts?
you didn’t use IMHO. gotcha.
You’re a ****ing douchebag. It must be hell to live with you.
but you’re statement has no basis in fact and no evidence to back it up
his does
don’t forget to use chapstick, boy….
My dad can beat up your dads.
Monk is the only class returning from the original franchise (hellfire, son). If you want to play noob toons like the barb then have fun. At least the monk will have challenge.
Hellfire is not part of the franchise.
The monks in hellfire have significantly different lore from that in D3. Also what RisingRed said.
Personally i think u must be a moron because the pally always rules not my fave but it still rules and u shouldnt be disgraceing the pally
The monk looks crap. A far cry from their ambition during the Blizzcon panel “Making it cool”. Also the stupid animation with weapons popping in and out is inexcusable.
So the entire class is crap because they didn’t feel like delaying the game more to make more animations for the monk skills? Nice logic… By the way, the same thing happens with almost every Wizard and WD skill as well. The only reason it doesn’t happen with the barb and DH skills is because they mostly use the regular attack animations already.
I didn’t say the entire class is crap. I said the monk looks crap. In that video.
Vinnie, nevermind him. he’s suffering from critical sperm build up, doesn’t know what to do with it and he’s taking his frustrations out on everyone else. Hellfire here’s a hint, [FACT] go get laid [\FACT].
LOL, thanks
Males always use irony as a defense.
Oh shush and dry your eyes, son. Keep your dispute in your original post’s replies.
This is an extremly fun class to play. I dont know how did they manage to make such a bad video for him. Was this made by incompetent Blizzard PR scum? He looks so slow and powerless. People who made the video had no idea how to play the class… any monk fan with some common sense would make a far better video and these people whose JOB is to make promotional stuff make this. Video is ok because its difficult to make anything D3 related that completly sucks but they could have done a much better job. I really like the drawings at the beginning though!
I agree, I noticed the same effect with the other official Blizzard videos that show ingame footage. Not only doesn’t the footage show off the skills and feel of the character very well, but they somehow manage to have all vids run with terrible fps as well. Heck, most youtube videos of the beta look a lot smoother and more impressive.
Anyway, I really like the monk’s playstyle and animations so I can’t wait to give him a try come release.
Don’t fret. Making him look awesome is up to us. I don’t mind if there’ll only be few Monks at launch.
Once people encounter excellent Monk players, they’ll be longing to keep up.
So I am the only one that thought the video was cool and the monk is a good choice ?
Tbh , this video made me think of choosing Monk as main , although I have to wait to see the Witch Doctor , I am sure the Witch Doctor’s video is gonna kick ass and get me confused again about which character to main , so far Demon Hunter seems the only class I won’t consider as main eventhough when it was announced I was very sure that I would pick it up , but I didn’t like the skills of the class after watching so many videos. Oh well , I just have to get to that create a character screen and make my choice then and I am sure I won’t regret my choice no matter which I pick because this game is gonna be amazing.
I can’t still figure out why they choised a monk before a shiny pally class with big armors, shild and sword. I have tryed to play monk in patch 15 and 16 but never manage to go for a full playthrow because the class is just so unintressted and boring to play.
What do you nerd’s think?
That you’re an idiot. I’d say the paladin is much less interesting. In fact, I’d say every D2 class is much less interesting. If you want to play a sword and shield class then equip a shield on your mindless barb and have at it.
P.S. Learn to spell.
I wish i was born in an English speaking country so i could express my self perfectly, but im sorry im not.
I do like the barb class and i will prob do a shield build. But i still miss an shield oriented class with defensive ability like a paladin, warrior, templar or what ever the class should and be called. But for you’r knowledge, i don’t want a rip-off paladin ala d2 or wow. And i don’t like the way the monk has been given that roll.
But that’s just my opinion and u dont have to agree, but call me an idiot and just being rude because u dont is just childish.
I’m sorry, but how are we supposed to know that you weren’t born in English speaking country, I highly doubt that anyone here is psychic. I also don’t live in English speaking country, but I do my best to write as a coherent and sensible reply as possible. This is English speaking site and anyone visiting and, especially, posting, has to meet certain standard of English language knowledge. One of the things I like the most about this site is relative civilness of the visitors. This isn’t IGN or YouTube or such similiar site where the rule of thumb seems to be, write as incoherent and hate-filled reply as possible and be popular and “kewl”. One of the things I like the most about this site is that it is possible to have civil conversation with people here, with actually proper grammar. If this sites degenerates because of idiots (not accusing you of being one) I will probably stop coming here.
PS. if you are having problems with spelling of English words, simply google the word, and Google should give you the correct spelling and several online dictionaries that will give you proper spelling and all possible meanings of that word.
That was why wrote it. I can assume that non speaking people aint a rarity on this site so sometimes it would not be that hard to guess. But i might be wrong? I can see lot of foreigners replies on Swedish forums with bad written grammar and lot of errors in there spelling, but when i read that i understand that they are not from around and just let it pass as long as i understand the context.
And yes, my first post maybe wasn’t the greatest i have posted.
Anyway, this nerd is now out for the day
Rädda Joppe, död eller levande!
It wasn’t at all that bad Mr. Joppe. As long as you post something meaningful I don’t think most people care. As it happens, there are lots of spelling and grammatic errors in articles posted by the site-runners as well, but that doesn’t keep me from enjoying them.
And for those of you scrutinizing this post, I’m not a native speaker myself, so no point in going there…
@JoppE Sadly, in the current state of the internet, there are a lot of native English speakers who write without care for grammar or spelling, so merely the fact that a post looks like it was written by a 3rd grader isn’t enough to conclude that the poster isn’t native speaker.
I guess my point is and was that we, you, I and posters in general, should actually make an effort to write coherent and readable posts, and not garbled garbage that one might find on certain other sites. It helps the debate, and keeps hate levels low, at least in my experience, if posters actually have a grasp of English grammar, there is less mindless insulting and less blind hate, and more nice debate, which is good for development of healthy community.
Up until this point I had your back… but man just relax. I like the monk too, but it’s just a game. Don’t take it so personally.
P.S. Learn how to argue a point without resorting to ad hominem and condescending remarks.
I was achilly agreeing with you most the way but you are truly being a total dick for no reason and for your info D2 is a great game jackass
The trailer aint giving the monk waht he deserves.
The video should’ve explain how his combo attacks works and that he has a huge ammount of defensive and mobility skills available, isntead of showing the same 2-3 attacks over and over
I agree that the monk aint perfect, but he is extremly fun to play. The only things that seem off about him ingame are the spirit costs/efficiency factor (wave of light too expensive, etc).