Suicide Minions for the Witch Doctor

nickanack · 08-08-2008, 03:37

I know a lotta people are upset at the fact that the necromancer isn't going to be in Diablo III, but.. I was thinking earlier.

What if the witch doctor got say... a spell or a chant or whatever that could turn corpses into the infamous suicide minions from act V? Follow you around for a bit until they find something to explode next to. I get the feeling that the witch hunter is gonna be similar to the necromancer but a bit more faster paced and more aggressive in playstyle, and I think this idea would suit that.

ill logic · 08-08-2008, 06:40

If we get long lasting corpses, you bet your mummy that would be a cool idea.

I think that, to balance their mobility, the explosion would have to be smaller than that of CE.

Would the corpses each have their own HP values and other stats, like Revives did back in D2?

Chard · 08-08-2008, 07:07

Given that the WD can already blow up his minions I really doubt it. The difference is that the proposed skill here would charge them to explode later, whereas the WD is a blow up now kind of thing. Although the WD is also seen "charging" his minions with plague and fire (see the boss fight in the video, it happens). It could swing either way but I just don't see it.

EDIT: Ha completely skimmed over the part about it being on corpses and I find the above scenario I mentioned more likely than that happening.

Kiley · 27-08-2008, 03:13

Temporary minions are ok till you experience them in a game. I've played a game like that, I won't name the game just to keep this on topic rather than ranting about other games.

Gameplay stops being fun when all you get done is tapping the 3, 4, 5 key to resummon minions over and over after they die, suicide explode or disappear due to time limitation on their life span.

I'm just giving my input, having the new WD be different by having more fragile or time limited pets isn't a good idea. It sucks to play a class who has little time to do other things, when every couple steps he's constantly losing and resummoning minions. I've seen it done, it just isn't fun gameplay.