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So I just finished playing through the beta with all 5 characters and I'm very pleased with how different they all feel.
Barbarian: Incredibly powerful, probably my fastest run in maybe less than an hour from start to finish?
Wizard: Cool spells but I dont usually play magic wielders unless its a suport caster with heals and buffs.
Demon Hunter: Surprisingly fun, will probably be the 2nd character in line once the full game is released. Felt like a cowboy but with crossbows instead of revolvers!
Witch Doctor: My least favorite, not sure why but he just doesnt do it for me. Also disappointed with his voice, was expecting something more jamaican.
Monk: By far the coolest character. Teleporting fists of thunder all over the place and roundhouse kicks with fire that would make Chuck Norris jealous, whats not to love? Oh and I'm also obsessed with fist weapons so yeah, no staffs or swords here.

So yeah, Monk it is with a Demon Hunter not far behind! What is your pick?

Monk all the way. The rest were kind of boring to be frank...

Not sure if dup thread...

In order from favorite to least favorite

Monk/Sorc/Barb/DH/Doctor

Monk is my go to guy for melee, Sorc is a blast ranged, barb is like a downgrade form of monk and DH a downgraded form of Sorc, and Doctor is just terribly boring. A piss poor replacement for the necromancer.

Dunno really, guess I need to buy the game first before I can make ant choices

None, they removed all unique character building so i really dont see much replayability.

That's wonderful, Grundz.

Witch Doctor will be my first.

Grundz wrote:None, they removed all unique character building so i really dont see much replayability.

A definite shift from d2.

Honestly, D3 is like WoW in more ways than I'd like, but it's not terribly bad.

I found it to have quite a bit of character building options, just in a different way. In many ways I am glad it isn't exactly the same as D2 but with different graphics. Tweaking each power and finding the combinations or abilities to create a synergy is quite a bit of fun. I actually think this system will create an atmosphere where you will see more diverse builds than the D2 in the end.

After playing the beta: Monk and Wizard are tied for first and the Daemon Hunter (who was suprisingly fun) trails behind them. I'll probably use all three of those classes, but the Witch Doctor and Barbarian don't interest me at all.

Also I have to say punching and kicking people in half as the Monk is pretty damn awesome.


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Grundz wrote:None, they removed all unique character building so i really dont see much replayability.

There's quite a bit of customization when it comes to skills. The removal of attribute system and skill point system was smart. Now you don't locked into a build that may be unoptimized just because you put a point in X instead of Y, you pretty much had guess how to make a decent character or copy one of the few good builds you'd find online.

I don't see the fun in raising a stat by like .03 per point, it's less fun and more like math and spreadsheets. Now skills change in significant ways with certain runes instead of just becoming incrementally better. This makes all the skills useful and elimantes the problem of having like 2 maxed skills then a bunch of terrible ones with a single point just to progress down the tree.

I don't get why you'd want to have more than 5 slots then (barring mules). Since no stat change is irreversable, different builds are just an item swap away. What's the point of leveling two barbs when one barb can be whatever with only about 20 clicks.

Grundz wrote:None, they removed all unique character building so i really dont see much replayability.

Care to go a bit more in-depth with this? I don't have access to a computer that I can play the beta on, and I probably won't get to play the actual game for a few months.


The Witch Doctor is the class I'm most interested in, and probably the one I will try first. I'm sad to hear it seems that so far most people posting here seem to find him boring.

I'll also try the Wizard and I'm tentatively interested in the Monk. I'm hoping Blizzard will release an expansion with a Paladin or Knight-type character. I'm not really a fan of the Barbarian in general.

It might be easier to just put a link to the character builder and let you mess around with it to see how it works. You aren't locked into an ability once assigned to a hotkey, but can change them whenever you like, though there is a slight cool down once you change abilities. Mixing and matching runes, abilities, and passive abilities allows for a lot of different combinations and experimentation.

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Hordini wrote:

Grundz wrote:None, they removed all unique character building so i really dont see much replayability.

Care to go a bit more in-depth with this? I don't have access to a computer that I can play the beta on, and I probably won't get to play the actual game for a few months.


The Witch Doctor is the class I'm most interested in, and probably the one I will try first. I'm sad to hear it seems that so far most people posting here seem to find him boring.

I'll also try the Wizard and I'm tentatively interested in the Monk. I'm hoping Blizzard will release an expansion with a Paladin or Knight-type character. I'm not really a fan of the Barbarian in general.

You can respec your attacks at any time in about 20 seconds, you dont up stats they are automatic. All spells have runes that slightly mod the spells. No non special attacking anything, no mana each class regens mana in its own way. Each class has like 5 primary and secondary abilities.
No changing spells dynamically, no spell bar, you get 4 preselected cooldowns one primary free spell and one mana spell.
So no stat reqs on items so no building up strategy., no building new characters since you can just respec your current. Extremely limited spell selection.
So yeah i think its just bad.
Im not any number of the people that just gak on dow2 to cause attention whoring, its just the parts i liked about d2 arent in the game.

Ill be playing Monk.

Most likely the most over populated Class in the game.

I have responsibilities now, would rather the game not be like d2.

But on topic, Demon Hunter; DAT VAULT.

Remember this topic is about which class you are going to play, so try to keep the discussion somewhat limited to that. It also interesting to see so many here vote for Monk (should have made a poll...) since he's around the bottom 3 on most other sites I've checked.

Howver I will break my own rule immediately by adding to the above conversation:
I dont think the new stat/skill system is in any way inferior to the the one in D2. In D2 it was all the same, enough str for equip and the rest in Vitality except for some Dex if you aimed for max block... oh and dump some into Energy for a ES sorc.
And skill wise it was the same, pick a lvl 30 skill (sometimes a lvl 24) and max that out and put the rest into synergies. And dont forget that 90% of all chars are running around in Enigma.

The new system seems a lot better that it lets you have a lot of different skills and they all have a purpose, and all heroes will be able to solo the game since you can switch around your skills if you run into some immune monsters rather than just skipping them or let your merc do the job (which required very good gear on him).

A Barbarian was my main Diablo 2 character, so I might focus on a Monk this time. I started to really like having melee attacks with a smidge of range to them. Although the Barbarian certainly seemed to be more of a tank. My monk took damage in fights that hardly scratched my Barbarian.

Regarding customization, it's certainly majorly streamlined, but then D2 was over-the-top IMO. Keeping the skill selection so open just led to imbalances, and frankly the whole rune/gem system added more complexity than gameplay value.

And as Stvafel pointed out, being able to switch skills makes characters a little more adaptable. I noticed that with the Monk in particular.

I'll be playing the Barbarian. I played all the classes this past weekend over the open beta invite and it was great.

The Barbarian could just take so much punishment and dish it back out. I like the ability to use whatever weapon I wish, and the sickles are just nasty looking. I lucked out and managed to get two rare sickles off my first Skeleton King kill.

OT : I like D1 and D2 and I'm sure I'll like D3, yeah it's not exactly the same as the previous titles, but things change and I'm ok with that to a point. At least it's not as bad a change as Duke Nukem Forever was to it's franchise. That was completely horrid.

Oh well, some will like it, others won't. Can't satisfy everyone.

It should be pointed out that on higher difficulty levels the cooldown for changing skills go up dramatically so that on Nightmare (or was it Inferno?) you really have to think ahead of time about how you want to approach the area.

not to go off topic but why is there an internet requirement? cant i play the game solo?

usernamesareannoying wrote:not to go off topic but why is there an internet requirement? cant i play the game solo?

D3 is online. It has to be played online. Bad yes I know but it is to avoid modding.

Anyway. I will play wizard. Because of his default is Magic Missile and he can use swords as well. But no dual wielding XD

To OP and all those who care, I suggested to a Mod we make a main D3 thread, he said just pick one already made, decide it should be the main one, then tell him and report the others as dupe.

This seems to be the best thread for that purpose. A renaming is in order of course.

Necroshea wrote:To OP and all those who care, I suggested to a Mod we make a main D3 thread, he said just pick one already made, decide it should be the main one, then tell him and report the others as dupe.

This seems to be the best thread for that purpose. A renaming is in order of course.

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The closer we are getting to this release, the less interested I seem to become. I'm not even sure if I'm going to get it now.

You're such a damn tease.

Bloody German.

Bite me Frenchy.

For those looking for a something a bit more D2 in character building there is also Torchlight 2 that just started taking Pre-orders.

I have a sizable group of friends who are all getting d3 so we will be doing maxed out mp games from day 1 so there is a bit of incentive for me to get it beyond just hoping to find people to play with.

I'm getting both.

Playing Witch Doctor, definetly. Throwing jars of spiders and making it rain exploding frogs!

I'm pretty interested in how MF runs will go now. Since boss drop rates get nerfed after you kill them the first time, the best route is to just run through the act slaughtering everything.

Ofcourse, now that MF is averaged up between the players...hmmm

I also hope there's not another desert themed act. I HATED act 2 in d2