Name change for Wizard?

**qOcOp** · 10-10-2008, 22:04

I dunno, it sounds so bland and generic....Wizard????

**SoulSpectrum** · 10-10-2008, 22:07

I thought the exact samething..... but looking at the lore, it fits in quite well sadly enough.

**qOcOp** · 10-10-2008, 22:07

Can't complain i guess, Sorceress...meh....

**Kaeros** · 10-10-2008, 22:09

I like it.

**konfeta** · 10-10-2008, 22:28

As long as they don't go overboard and name the archer class "Ranger," it's good. Besides, the subversion is rather original - in most fantasy settings "Sorcerors" are the wild bunch, "Wizards" are the disciplined bunch.

**Kasceis** · 10-10-2008, 22:55

I absolutely love the class.. but I hate the name! I agree on just a name change.

**stillman** · 11-10-2008, 00:29

Here's what I don't get: Witchdoctor is very specific. Wizard is about as broad and non-specific as it gets. They're kind of all over the place...

See, barb is from d2, but WD and Wizard aren't from the old games. Again, it's pretty inconsistant.

Sooo....will it be "archer" or "toxopholite" (toxophilite means lover of archery). Will it be "priest" or "clergyman"?

Heck, maybe there'll be an undead elf class the way things are going.
Not complaining much; the wizard looks like great fun and good design. I'm just saying I see the point with the name choice. I would have prefered Spellbinder.

Would it hurt to have just a little consistancy and order to the classes like in d1 and d2?

**Bertis** · 11-10-2008, 00:40

I actually really like it. "Wizard" is like a hardcore RPG name for a class. I definitely prefer it over Mage or Sorceress. Wizard is kinda lost in the old-school RPG days. And Harry Potter just raped it Spielberg/Lucas style.

**konfeta** · 11-10-2008, 00:55

Sooo....will it be "archer" or "toxopholite" (toxophilite means lover of archery). Will it be "priest" or "clergyman"?

Or, you know, maybe the phrase "Wizard" doesn't mean the same thing as it does in other fantasy settings? They made it pretty clear that "Wizard" is almost a derogatory term in Sanctuary as opposed to the more generic "Mage" or specific denomination of a mage-clan member, "Sorcerer/Sorceress."

**nicro tower** · 11-10-2008, 00:58

Technically, the wizard is the sorcerer, but from what I gather from the article on the website, "wizard" is the common term for "sorcerer".

And the word "wizard" is more gender neutral, unlike sorcerer, which is usually sorceress when feminine. The masculine and feminine for wizard is usually the same.