Diablo 3 character-classes speculation thread

[Erwwwd]

For now we know the Barbarian is back, and the Necromancer-class has been merged with fire-sorceress elements to create the Witch Doctor. What will we get to see next? 3 more to go.

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I think it is 99.999999% certain that the game will get at least one expansion. It is the Blizzard way.
We get 5 character classes in the beginning, after they are all revealed we can speculate for quite a while what the 2(or more?) extra classes will be for the expansion.

[Es Mors]

5 classes? Is that official? Sorry if I'm being ignorant.

[Frag-ile]

yes, says on the diablo 3 site that there is going to be 5 classes. Only the Barbarian and the witch doctor is announced however.
As for speculation.. they rather used the most obvious classes in d2 already, figher, spell caster, summoner and a few variations of these. I think its unlikely that we will be seeing any other classes from d2 than the barbarian.

How about a zakarum priest? Perhaps a healing oriented class with some wow-esque shadow tree spell selection, perhaps a bit from the cold sorc aswell.

I'm pretty sure there's going to be one class with team buffing abilities like the paladin and his auras but I doubt the paladin is making a comeback. So something else.. the common choice would be a bard like character, but I think that might be boring.

What is an action rpg without a rogue class, definitely going to have one of those I'm sure. Mix of the assassin and the amazon perhaps.

That's about what I could pull off the top of my head. Hope we get some speculation going, its always fun to make things up. : )

[Erwwwd]

Originally Posted by Es Mors

5 classes? Is that official? Sorry if I'm being ignorant.

Yes, that part is official.

And I expect that link to the character classes on the website will produce more than just a black screen in the near future (this part is speculation though)

[ironbarb]

it seems to work for me.

I think there will be a pala, but no gang-healers.

[Mad Mantis]

Originally Posted by Erwwwd

And I expect that link to the character classes on the website will produce more than just a black screen in the near future (this part is speculation though)

It does already. If you wait you get to see models of the Barbarian and the Witch Doctor.

[ironbarb]

sorry, double-post. how do I delete it?

[Erwwwd]

Originally Posted by Mad Mantis

It does already. If you wait you get to see models of the Barbarian and the Witch Doctor.

Yeah, I see it now. The site is adding content every moment.

[ohnoyellowdinosaur]

There's only five classes, and one of them is the witch doctor who closely resembles the necromancer.

Mass confusion spell, and a zombie wall (bone wall replacement)? Never mind being able to summon minions.

They cut out my necromancer!

[ferentix]

The druid fan that I am, I would like to see him return in some form (get it?) - the whole shapeshifting thing is just plain cool.