I just hope they don't make the mistake of thinking length of time to kill someone going up increases the fun and skill involved in pvp.
The same goes for pve really in my opinion. If they just removed the monk healing of other people than themselves that would be nice. And put a cap on healing taken so that monks could do whatever they want with their self healing skills without going over the healing taken you could get from lifestealing equipment.
If monk dominates pvp I hope it's from damage dealing/utility(not healing).
It's possible they'll have level ranges. Nothing is set in stone right now I don't think. Probably 60 only and a set of lower level groups like 10-19 etc. If they do it. Sounds like just 4v4 at launch though. That seems limited to me, so maybe just a level 60 version at launch.
I hope the unkillable healer thing doesn't show up in Diablo 3. I cried a little inside when I saw a few healing spells in the monk skill list. If you stick a sword into something 20 times it should be dead. 30 minutes to kill something isn't very fun. Designing a healer to not be killed quickly by one person is a bad thing in my opinion. It would be a shame if it turned into a who falls asleep first contest/wait for the draw timer contest when you see 4 monks in 4v4. If they changed the monk healing spells to be ineffective self heals equal to or worse than lifestealing effects, I would be happy. Or a cap on healing received from any source in a certain amount of time to keep fights from lasting too long. I hope the heals won't be enough to keep a monk (or his party) alive forever against the damage of one person.
Diablo 2 paladin did have a healing spell though..and you could learn to heal in Diablo 1. So I guess there's precedent for them.
The monk abilities I've read about aside from the healing spells sound fun.
It should be number of ears tossed into a team container!
I wonder if you can earn a banner with ears on it.
I will be happy as long as it doesn't take 10 minutes to kill anything.
Fast paced is more fun for me anyway.
Hopefully healing abilities won't be effective enough to be annoying in pvp.
The same goes for pve really in my opinion. If they just removed the monk healing of other people than themselves that would be nice. And put a cap on healing taken so that monks could do whatever they want with their self healing skills without going over the healing taken you could get from lifestealing equipment.
If monk dominates pvp I hope it's from damage dealing/utility(not healing).
Takashi_Komuro
Takashi_Komuro
Diablo 2 paladin did have a healing spell though..and you could learn to heal in Diablo 1. So I guess there's precedent for them.
The monk abilities I've read about aside from the healing spells sound fun.
Death to healers,
Takashi_Komuro
I wonder if you can earn a banner with ears on it.
I will be happy as long as it doesn't take 10 minutes to kill anything.
Fast paced is more fun for me anyway.
Hopefully healing abilities won't be effective enough to be annoying in pvp.
Thanks,
Takashi_Komuro