"Paladin, Barbarian, Sorcerer, Amazon and Druid are planned for launch with more coming later. Blizzard wants people to feel like this is Diablo II all over again but in a completely new era of the franchise. Blizzard were also debating whether to include the Druid or Necromancer class at launch of Diablo IV. Blizzard decided put the Druid for launch of Diablo IV and Necromancer for later, since the Necromancer was released already for Diablo III."
The leak is over 4 months old at the time of this threads creation 11/6/2019
Besides the Necromancer these classes seem to be the most requested on the official forum (d3) so good news.
I can well believe they're wanting to make D4 essentially a reimagined D2 and give us all the old classes - but I'm not going to believe a word of anything unless we get it officially - and probably not even then given how early in development the game is.
Nah. Why experiment with new stuff when the old works? I think they can have that freedom with expansions. Give players what they love and cherish from the previous titles.
I agree, Take the good stuff from what works in D2 and combine it with "inspirations" from other Arpgs and make D4 its "Own"
And Plsss dont "limit" trading too much. That Cool thing, when you find an expensiv item you can sell for profit. Thats the best experience in an ARPG in my opponion. But again I know maybe others dont agree
The leak was pretty accurate but I don't get how they are doing male amazons. They either have to have it be the only single-gender class or else tweak the concept.
Demon Hunter is a much better concept for an archer IMO, is distinct from the elementalism of sorc/druid, and perfectly fits the grimdark setting. I'd hope they would push more in that direction rather than rehashing D2 just because.
Im not a fan of either paladin or amazon for d4, amazon cause omg dont gender lock a class in d4 and in a way it just felt like it was a female warrior take on the barbarian in d2 since classes was gender locked (not the gameplay ofc), would rather see something like the demon hunter or something evolved from it. I could go for "Hunter" or "Ranger" as class name plain and simple, spears, bows/crossbows, traps, no pets mid-long range with a new set of skills.
Paladin... hammer spam and auras, i see the need for a sword&board style type of a class, but no, come on... i mean gameplaywise they would and should totally revamp him anyway and they would pick something more like the crusader from d3 skillwise is my guess.
But im horrible that way, i wouldnt want the necro to return to have hoards of pets this time around (i could go for 1 persistent pet revived/golem, but req active gameplay of some sort, not passevly sitting back), but i would rather love a focus on curses, blood/bone and none persistent necro death stuff, like ghosts doing some attack, but no skeleton army.
I loved d2, but i dont want d4 to be another d2 (i even enjoyed d3 to a degree) but build on what was good, dont copy paste, evolve.
I'd love the Amazon... However I don't like the weird lore hole in which a Zon can't be a male. Doesn't really make sense. Think they'd make that one class gender locked?
The leak was pretty accurate but I don't get how they are doing male amazons. They either have to have it be the only single-gender class or else tweak the concept.
Demon Hunter is a much better concept for an archer IMO, is distinct from the elementalism of sorc/druid, and perfectly fits the grimdark setting. I'd hope they would push more in that direction rather than rehashing D2 just because.
Why must there be male Amazons? Why ruin the fantasy? Go with a gender-lock class when it makes sense. I know we live in SjW era, but come on.
I'd love the Amazon... However I don't like the weird lore hole in which a Zon can't be a male. Doesn't really make sense. Think they'd make that one class gender locked?
Why wouldn't they? It was already done in Diablo 1 and 2 and absolutely nobody cried about it, but since we live in 2019 everyone wants the full spectrum of the rainbow to be available to them. Give Amazon 2x more customization option and gender-lock it to female only. If you don't want to play a female you have 4 other options, and potentially a lot more with expansions.
Well, the leak also states that the release window is late 2020 or early 2021, which seems unlikely considering that they said "Not even Blizzard soon". While i agree the leak is probably legit, whoever leaked it might have gotten a few things wrong. I want to believe it's all true though, i'd hate to have to wait as long as we did for D3 >.<
Well, the leak also states that the release window is late 2020 or early 2021, which seems unlikely considering that they said "Not even Blizzard soon". While i agree the leak is probably legit, whoever leaked it might have gotten a few things wrong. I want to believe it's all true though, i'd hate to have to wait as long as we did for D3 >.<
Considering the leak was 4-5 months ago, things probably changed since then. And 2021 doesn't seem that unlikely, but it will probably be towards the end of 2021 if it does release then.
I'd love the Amazon... However I don't like the weird lore hole in which a Zon can't be a male. Doesn't really make sense. Think they'd make that one class gender locked?
Wait, how do the Amazons procreate then? Maybe there are males, locked away and only used for snu-snu.
Was excited earlier but it sucks that we get another game without summoner at the launch. It bugged me a lot when D3 launched ... guess ill wait for xpack to buy this.
The leak got more wrong than it got right, so I would take it with a grain of salt honestly.
Blizzard mentioned that they had multiple classes set to come in at different points throughout the game's life, so it is possible they are waiting to see people's reactions towards certain classes.
I personally would love a holy inquisitor or a shadow user.
The leak got more wrong than it got right, so I would take it with a grain of salt honestly.
Blizzard mentioned that they had multiple classes set to come in at different points throughout the game's life, so it is possible they are waiting to see people's reactions towards certain classes.
I personally would love a holy inquisitor or a shadow user.
Umm... WTF are you talking about? The leak was 99% correct and the other 1% was future conjecture which may or may not happen. If this leak was a Mega Millions lottery ticket it would have hit all 5 numbers plus the golden ball.
I agree. This leak looks 100% legit. The few things he got wrong might even be right or were right at the time, but since it's about 5 months old, things might have changed for that 1% that doesn't match.
I'd love the Amazon... However I don't like the weird lore hole in which a Zon can't be a male. Doesn't really make sense. Think they'd make that one class gender locked?
Wait, how do the Amazons procreate then? Maybe there are males, locked away and only used for snu-snu.
In real life the Amazons were procreating with another male tribe and if the baby was a boy, the male tribe kept it, if it was a girl, the Amazons kept it. That male tribe was nothing like the Amazons though. It is also said that they might have been forced on a lot of occasions.
Keep the Amazon class female only. It makes sense and it was done in the past. What it won't make sense if they come up with some stupid ***** about male Amazons. I'd hate it so much if that happens.
"Paladin, Barbarian, Sorcerer, Amazon and Druid are planned for launch with more coming later. Blizzard wants people to feel like this is Diablo II all over again but in a completely new era of the franchise. Blizzard were also debating whether to include the Druid or Necromancer class at launch of Diablo IV. Blizzard decided put the Druid for launch of Diablo IV and Necromancer for later, since the Necromancer was released already for Diablo III."
The leak is over 4 months old at the time of this threads creation 11/6/2019
Besides the Necromancer these classes seem to be the most requested on the official forum (d3) so good news.
What are your thoughts?
Link to original leak: https://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/c8waxp/diablo_iv_release_window_details_and_more_leak/
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I was hoping for something brand new but i can live with those.
I can well believe they're wanting to make D4 essentially a reimagined D2 and give us all the old classes - but I'm not going to believe a word of anything unless we get it officially - and probably not even then given how early in development the game is.
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I am super excited!!!!! Amazon is all I ever wanted my baby is coming back!
I cant really be to upset about there Nostalgic choices of Classes. They can always add a true pet class in a future expansion.
My biggest concern for D4 Though:
1., Will it have more "depth" character progression. Ofc not so over complex like PoE, but its need to be somewhere in between.
2. Will it cater more towards Console, making the game too simpel like D3. I hope not.
Need neeeeew stuff. I've already played D2.
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Nah. Why experiment with new stuff when the old works? I think they can have that freedom with expansions. Give players what they love and cherish from the previous titles.
I agree, Take the good stuff from what works in D2 and combine it with "inspirations" from other Arpgs and make D4 its "Own"
And Plsss dont "limit" trading too much. That Cool thing, when you find an expensiv item you can sell for profit. Thats the best experience in an ARPG in my opponion. But again I know maybe others dont agree
We just have to wait and see.
The leak was pretty accurate but I don't get how they are doing male amazons. They either have to have it be the only single-gender class or else tweak the concept.
Demon Hunter is a much better concept for an archer IMO, is distinct from the elementalism of sorc/druid, and perfectly fits the grimdark setting. I'd hope they would push more in that direction rather than rehashing D2 just because.
I would prefer "new" classes.
Im not a fan of either paladin or amazon for d4, amazon cause omg dont gender lock a class in d4 and in a way it just felt like it was a female warrior take on the barbarian in d2 since classes was gender locked (not the gameplay ofc), would rather see something like the demon hunter or something evolved from it. I could go for "Hunter" or "Ranger" as class name plain and simple, spears, bows/crossbows, traps, no pets mid-long range with a new set of skills.
Paladin... hammer spam and auras, i see the need for a sword&board style type of a class, but no, come on... i mean gameplaywise they would and should totally revamp him anyway and they would pick something more like the crusader from d3 skillwise is my guess.
But im horrible that way, i wouldnt want the necro to return to have hoards of pets this time around (i could go for 1 persistent pet revived/golem, but req active gameplay of some sort, not passevly sitting back), but i would rather love a focus on curses, blood/bone and none persistent necro death stuff, like ghosts doing some attack, but no skeleton army.
I loved d2, but i dont want d4 to be another d2 (i even enjoyed d3 to a degree) but build on what was good, dont copy paste, evolve.
I'd love the Amazon... However I don't like the weird lore hole in which a Zon can't be a male. Doesn't really make sense. Think they'd make that one class gender locked?
Why must there be male Amazons? Why ruin the fantasy? Go with a gender-lock class when it makes sense. I know we live in SjW era, but come on.
Well, the leak also states that the release window is late 2020 or early 2021, which seems unlikely considering that they said "Not even Blizzard soon". While i agree the leak is probably legit, whoever leaked it might have gotten a few things wrong. I want to believe it's all true though, i'd hate to have to wait as long as we did for D3 >.<
Considering the leak was 4-5 months ago, things probably changed since then. And 2021 doesn't seem that unlikely, but it will probably be towards the end of 2021 if it does release then.
Wait, how do the Amazons procreate then? Maybe there are males, locked away and only used for snu-snu.
You're a wizard Harry.....
Was excited earlier but it sucks that we get another game without summoner at the launch. It bugged me a lot when D3 launched ... guess ill wait for xpack to buy this.
The leak got more wrong than it got right, so I would take it with a grain of salt honestly.
Blizzard mentioned that they had multiple classes set to come in at different points throughout the game's life, so it is possible they are waiting to see people's reactions towards certain classes.
I personally would love a holy inquisitor or a shadow user.
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Umm... WTF are you talking about? The leak was 99% correct and the other 1% was future conjecture which may or may not happen. If this leak was a Mega Millions lottery ticket it would have hit all 5 numbers plus the golden ball.
You're a wizard Harry.....
I agree. This leak looks 100% legit. The few things he got wrong might even be right or were right at the time, but since it's about 5 months old, things might have changed for that 1% that doesn't match.
In real life the Amazons were procreating with another male tribe and if the baby was a boy, the male tribe kept it, if it was a girl, the Amazons kept it. That male tribe was nothing like the Amazons though. It is also said that they might have been forced on a lot of occasions.
Keep the Amazon class female only. It makes sense and it was done in the past. What it won't make sense if they come up with some stupid ***** about male Amazons. I'd hate it so much if that happens.