Bashiok doesn't say that the witch doctor might be able to cross gaps; He only confirms that the witch doctor might have a few mobility skills (doesn't have to mean that you cross gaps).
Well crossing gaps was just an example, however, Bashiok also mentioned(though I did not quote that part) that they are looking at certain types of skills such as mobility skills that won't give one class more of an advantage at doing something better than another in certain situations.
This makes me think that Blizz is going to give every class a type of ability to cross gaps, be it in different kinds of ways and with different pros and cons to those abilities. I mean just think if you were playing with a friend who was a Wizard or Barb and they just tele or jump over a gap in the bridge and start fighting mobs on the other side, but you as the Witch Doc(who at this current time doesnt have an ability to allow them to cross the gap) has to go down and around using ladders and such. Personally I would feel a bit annoyed that I didn't have an ability like that.
I dont want my character to feel inferior to any other character, and as long as the abilities that allow each class to overcome that obsticale are unique to that character, I am perfectly fine with that.
Maybe it's an ungodly speed. An old witch doctor curse that allows him to move with demonic speed.
Would ungodly speed allow him to cross gaps in bridges though? I guess if he is moving so fast it is like he is walking on air or something. I like the idea of a kind of curse that he puts on himself. Something that will give him this mobility for a short time but at the cost of losing something else.
We're taking a close look at what those specific mobility issues were in Diablo II and could be in Diablo III, and yes we're certainly trying to be a bit smarter about planning for it. You specifically mention the witch doctor. With the way he plays and feels a big warp or jump around skill just doesn't really seem right for him, but he may have a trick or two up his sleeve...
I saw that Bashiok had responded to a question on the Bnet forums about mobility skills for each class and what he said that caught my attention was what I have quoted above(specifically the last sentence). I kind of think every class is going to get some kind of ability that will allow them to cross gaps.
As for the Witch Doc I am very interested to see what they come up with. I think it is going to be some kind of Spirit World type ability where the Witch Doc will turn into a type of spirit/ghost that has a hovering effect too it so he can hover over these gaps. He will not be immune to dmg though, he will just take less dmg from melee type attacks.
What does everyone else think the Witch Docs mobility skill will be?
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Well crossing gaps was just an example, however, Bashiok also mentioned(though I did not quote that part) that they are looking at certain types of skills such as mobility skills that won't give one class more of an advantage at doing something better than another in certain situations.
This makes me think that Blizz is going to give every class a type of ability to cross gaps, be it in different kinds of ways and with different pros and cons to those abilities. I mean just think if you were playing with a friend who was a Wizard or Barb and they just tele or jump over a gap in the bridge and start fighting mobs on the other side, but you as the Witch Doc(who at this current time doesnt have an ability to allow them to cross the gap) has to go down and around using ladders and such. Personally I would feel a bit annoyed that I didn't have an ability like that.
I dont want my character to feel inferior to any other character, and as long as the abilities that allow each class to overcome that obsticale are unique to that character, I am perfectly fine with that.
Would ungodly speed allow him to cross gaps in bridges though? I guess if he is moving so fast it is like he is walking on air or something. I like the idea of a kind of curse that he puts on himself. Something that will give him this mobility for a short time but at the cost of losing something else.
As for the Witch Doc I am very interested to see what they come up with. I think it is going to be some kind of Spirit World type ability where the Witch Doc will turn into a type of spirit/ghost that has a hovering effect too it so he can hover over these gaps. He will not be immune to dmg though, he will just take less dmg from melee type attacks.
What does everyone else think the Witch Docs mobility skill will be?