Caster Buffs

[Toshi]

In D2 the only sorc buff that could be cast on others was enchant...so i was thinking that it would be good to have more buffs on a caster class

[AlexanderM]

There were other buffs, but you're right, that was the only sorceress one. Barbarians had their warcries, paladins had auras, and many classes get self-only buffing spells (bone armor, venom, etc). It would be nice to see each class have some group buffs to bring to the table, rather than one or two classes becoming "the support classes". I want the classes to be different, but not so much that one is only viable in solo play, or only in group play.

[Nukeman8]

I dont fancy it becoming to WoW like thou, with people demanding certain buffs
I like the idea of characters having 1 or 2 buffs but making them so not having them wouldnt be anything major.
On the subject on buffs, Maybe have something similar to the paladins holy bolt ie a healing move but have it easier to use but have it so when it used its a nice surprise but people arent looking for classes with it

[Blood_And_Iron]

Originally Posted by Nukeman8

I dont fancy it becoming to WoW like thou, with people demanding certain buffs
I like the idea of characters having 1 or 2 buffs but making them so not having them wouldnt be anything major.
On the subject on buffs, Maybe have something similar to the paladins holy bolt ie a healing move but have it easier to use but have it so when it used its a nice surprise but people arent looking for classes with it

On your first point, no I wouldn't want Diablo to become War3 or WoW, either. But you should be aware that people already demand BO as a mandatory skill. Any Barb without it is newb.

This is not a healing game. This is a potion game. That's one defining difference between Diablo and Warcraft.

What you and the OP wants is already in the game. The buffs vary in quality, some are small and fun like you want, while others are game breaking. Take a closer look at your trees.

[Nukeman8]

Originally Posted by Blood_And_Iron

On your first point, no I wouldn't want Diablo to become War3 or WoW, either. But you should be aware that people already demand BO as a mandatory skill. Any Barb without it is newb.

This is not a healing game. This is a potion game. That's one defining difference between Diablo and Warcraft.

What you and the OP wants is already in the game. The buffs vary in quality, some are small and fun like you want, while others are game breaking. Take a closer look at your trees.

True on your first point but people dont leave a game just because there isnt a barb in the party they just get on with it, unlike wow where healer/tank is a must.

on your second point D2 already has healing spells, 3 holy bolt, fist of heavens and prayer and D3 is so to be mainly an orb game. im not saying make all classes have healing spells or make 1 class a healing class but it would be fun to have 1 class like the D2's paladin with a healing spell just so if the party has a paladin its a nice bonus.

Fair enough on the buffs they are some pretty major ones in the game (no barb build has BO excluded) while some classes have no buffs thou (i mean party buffs not self buffs) which i do agree with you there keep the current amount of buffs but change em towards the D3 play style