I know it has the same amount of syllables as the Barbarian, but it has a space in there. The space tips it over the edge making it too much to say every time you want to talk about the character (which will be a lot). It will probably get unofficially shortened to Hunter in game.
To be honest the entire backstory they've released is a bit weak. I mean it's so cliché - her family gets killed by demons so she becomes obsessed with revenge and spends every waking moment training and hunting evil. Boring. The name does reflect this so I think we all get that she hunts demons. I'm kind of banking that there's a lot more to it than this. But what Blizzard has released is a bad first impression compared to the other characters which feel more thought out.
I mean it's a mouthful to say. Barbarian, Wizard and Monk roll off the tongue nicely. Even Witch Doctor is easier to say. It's pretty obvious that all the classes hunt demons so IMO it would have been better if they just called the class Hunter or Stalker. It still matches perfectly with all the lore.
Stalker, not Demon Stalker. Demon Hunter isn't simple because it has two words. WoW has nothing to do with anything in this topic and we know they're probably not going to change the name at this late stage but it doesn't mean we can't discuss better alternatives.
Some other name ideas; stalker, scoundrel, sharpshooter, sniper, nomad (if the DH is from a desert region). Stalker is way better than derp I hunt demons.
To be honest the entire backstory they've released is a bit weak. I mean it's so cliché - her family gets killed by demons so she becomes obsessed with revenge and spends every waking moment training and hunting evil. Boring. The name does reflect this so I think we all get that she hunts demons. I'm kind of banking that there's a lot more to it than this. But what Blizzard has released is a bad first impression compared to the other characters which feel more thought out.
Some other name ideas; stalker, scoundrel, sharpshooter, sniper, nomad (if the DH is from a desert region). Stalker is way better than derp I hunt demons.