Weekend Discussion Topic #1: Your Favorite D1/D2/D3 Class Choices?
Posted 25 March 2012 by FluxWe’ve been itching to spur some Diablo recollections discussions for a while, and a recent Blue reply to a thread on the Battle.net forums reminded me. This is actually a question I used a year ago, during the early days of The Diablo Podcast, generally as an ice-breaker during guest auditions.
The question is: What sort of Diablo I and Diablo II characters did you most enjoy playing, and do you plan to emulate that style in Diablo III?
It’s pretty obvious if you were say, a Rogue in D1, then a Bowazon in D2, and now you’re planning to go Demon Hunter in Diablo 3. (And if so, let me say that you have excellent taste!) Or you were Warrior, then Barbarian, and now you can’t wait for the D3 Barbarian to complete the melee-smashing trifecta.
Or you might be ready for something new. If so… why? Did you not like the D2 Sorceress but you’re dying for the D3 Wizard? Were you disappointed by the Necromancer’s tanking minions and weak spells, but now the Witch Doctor is your ideal class since he reverses those two factors? Did the Barb never interest you in D2, but the more varied (and scarred) D3 version seems awesome? Etc…
Hop into comments and share your thoughts, whether you’re going for more of the same thing, or are eager to try something entirely different. And in any event… why?
I’ve always liked ranged classes
D1 – Mainly Sorcerer, some rogue too. Once my warrior got Meserschmidt’s the became pretty pointless for him.
D2 – Sorc, Strafazon mostly, though I played a good bit of everything but Necro and Assass. Always loved frozen orb’s ability to completely bulldoze entire screens….like…screens you haven’t reached yet.
D3 – Planning on a Demon Hunter for SC, first HC character will be a barb (I’m primarily a HC player)
D1: Highest char I did was a level 70? Warrior.
D2: I prefer Sorceresses and Necromancers. I enjoy ranged casting.
D3: I think my only character will be a monk.
Diablo 1 had a maximum level of 50..
D1, Warrior. Loved it. In D2 I tried the Paladin and Barbarian many times, but I felt neither one was really designed to his full potential… I don’t know, they were just missing something, especially the Barbarian. I got frustrated with them, especially in NM and Hell, and they never looked quite as wicked in the heavy armors as the Warrior had. I think that missing-something factor is partly why Blizzard brought the Barbarian back for D3, and he’ll likely be my first class.
My favorite class in D2 was the Necromancer, he looked awesome with a bone helm and bone shield,his spells were sweet and there were so many different ways to play as him. I’m sad he’s not returning… I’d even be happy with the Witch Doctor if he just looked more like a Necro, without all the weird masks and stuff, and more skulls and bones instead. Since he is basically the same thing anyway.
I never play archer types… and probably won’t even touch the Demon Hunter for that reason. I also dislike trapping skills, which they have also incorporated into the DH, making her even less my style.
All characters in Diablo III are really awesome – but I will play again with Barbarian – he’s always my first choice.
in Di (which I did not play much) I liked a rouge
In D2 I went for the druid and the sorc…
In d3 (I have yet to play, but) I’m looking at WD’s
Never played Diablo 1
Played the sorceress, necromancer, and pally the most in d2, with a recent love for ww barbs.
So in D3 my first choice is probably gonna be the barb for nostalgia,but the pets come first. Something is just so right about having other monsters kill for you. Specially since there are no town portals, I have a hunch that the witchdoctor pets will be carrying parties or tanking a lot of damage at the very least.
there are town portals
Diablo 1 – Rogue/Warrior
Diablo 2 – Amazon/Assassin
Diablo 3 – Demon Hunter/Witch Doctor/Monk
100% Phsyical Ranged fan here!
Diablo 1: Rogue (gogo short bow of the bear against the butcher!)
Diablo 2: Bowie (gogo 1.09 cheapo burritozon with piercing arrow!)
Diablo 3: My absolute favorite char in the beta (especially since they nerfed orb-nova) is of course the DH, and I can’t wait to get my greedy paws on some beautiful weapons of (long ranged) mass destruction!
Gieb!
Definatly werebear, superfast attackspeed maul ftw!!!!
i mostly play the tradeing game that diablo have to offer so i take the class i think can farm well in the start, and becouse of the high nr of barbs and wizzard iam going with either DH or WD. (DH dex item user, might force me to go DH, becouse WD use INT and therefor shares its items with wizzard
i had a sorc and hamer pala in D2 both for magic find, and D1 i used the rouge.
what is nr?
really, I actually want to know.