Im pretty pumped about the monk too, i always loved the idea of a character or super hero - depending of the outlet of entertainment i am currently enjoying - who is fast and would disapear from the enemies sight leaving them wide eyed going "Where did he go O.o" Plus i just realised im practically a monk myself im always sitting cross legged when im sitting infront of my computer, which is alot lol..
yeah i agree with someone here that said its not much of a paladin replacement... i mean its true the only really similarity we have seen so far putting aside all the lore... is something that looks like zeal... pallies had a bucket load of defence.. the monk trades that for speed... pally used shield alot... the monk does not... and 2/3 of the pally trees were mainly party buffs... the monk has none that we can see... i think the monk works more like the assasin if anything... and i would expect the 5th class to be a more party buffer
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yeah i agree with someone here that said its not much of a paladin replacement...
Well, then that's good. We don't need a Paladin replacement. All he was was an unbalanced and over-powered, over-exploited class. It's not like he was an archetype in the original Diablo I game- that was embodied in pure fighting in the Warrior, which is covered by the Barbarian sufficiently.
and i would expect the 5th class to be a more party buffer
I'm really not. Characters are not party-oriented in Diablo III, Bashiok already said that. They have skills that have the addition of helping parties, but they are not party-oriented, and so I do not think we will be seeing a "buffing" class next.
Want to know the truth? We can expect any class now...
who expected that the fourth class was the Monk?
Luckily for me his came.
And why paladin again...?
but... who knows?
Want to know the truth? We can expect any class now...
who expected that the fourth class was the Monk?
Luckily for me his came.
And why paladin again...?
but... who knows?
Quite a few people expected that the 4th/5th class would be a Monk or something like it actually
I was took the assassin in D2 to be "Russian" and with the monk being "Russian" and using fist weapons. I feel the female monk will seem very similar to the old assassin.
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I think the monk's most powerful skill will be Become a Super Saiyan in which for 15-20-25-30 seconds his speed and strength increases by 10-15-20-25% and gains blonde spiky hair.
You gotta admit some of his skills look like Dragon Ball? He can kinda teleport due to speed (rather than arcane magic) and his "zeal"-like punching attack definitely shows a resemblance to DB.
I think the traditional religion in Japan is Shintoism or something, where you believe that every object in nature has a spirit.
That's also in Chinese. It's part of the culture (superstitions), and Japanese just took that and made a religion out of it.
You can believe in Buddhism and Taoism and all those things, but you are not necessarily religious. Religions don't work in Asia the way they work in the West. Religions have become such an integral part of the culture that it is the culture itself. It has nothing to do with following the religion to the utmost extend by that point.
That's also in Chinese. It's part of the culture (superstitions), and Japanese just took that and made a religion out of it.
You can believe in Buddhism and Taoism and all those things, but you are not necessarily religious. Religions don't work in Asia the way they work in the West. Religions have become such an integral part of the culture that it is the culture itself. It has nothing to do with following the religion to the utmost extend by that point.
This.
It's hard for me to think of Buddhism as a religion, since it's more like a way of life. Guidance for being a good person.
I'm not much of a battle.net player but I thought the Paladin was a very overplayed character due to the hammerdin build and its numerous advantages, no?
Bashiok has already said that the Monk is inspired by real life eastern monks, but with some eastern european looks to it.
I bet they only did that so there is no argument of "Omg, there are more Asians than other races in this game". It sounds stupid people would say things like this, but I am pretty sure it's going to happen.
It is in no way a buddhist... This is Sanctuary, not Earth. Don't be irrational and think that they suddently created a character from Earth with asian lore... They look like asians because they are inspired by Asia. The lore is already existing for the class, it isn't a Buddhist or from China...
We never said they were Buddhists... we just said they were INSPIRED by Buddhists. We said the Monk was Chinese because he is pretty much what a typical Shaolin monk looks like. Obviously a video game character isn't from real life...
Now that I think about it, the Wizards have traditional Chinese dresses (Tang Dynasty). I am Chinese, and I am finding it weird 1/2 of the already released classes are Chinese-inspired. Diablo has always been such a western fantasy
Also, something to note... the female Monk (the screenshot from Blizzcon... someone find me a link :P) is actually what a female Taoist looks like.
Maybe it's the huge market in China
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hell yeah, me too
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Well, then that's good. We don't need a Paladin replacement. All he was was an unbalanced and over-powered, over-exploited class. It's not like he was an archetype in the original Diablo I game- that was embodied in pure fighting in the Warrior, which is covered by the Barbarian sufficiently.
I'm really not. Characters are not party-oriented in Diablo III, Bashiok already said that. They have skills that have the addition of helping parties, but they are not party-oriented, and so I do not think we will be seeing a "buffing" class next.
maybe not a pure buffer but just a character that has access to buff and debuff skills
who expected that the fourth class was the Monk?
Luckily for me his came.
And why paladin again...?
but... who knows?
http://ypslon.deviantart.com/
http://www.livestrea...m/diabloiiibeta
Quite a few people expected that the 4th/5th class would be a Monk or something like it actually
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http://www.livestrea...m/diabloiiibeta
You gotta admit some of his skills look like Dragon Ball? He can kinda teleport due to speed (rather than arcane magic) and his "zeal"-like punching attack definitely shows a resemblance to DB.
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That's also in Chinese. It's part of the culture (superstitions), and Japanese just took that and made a religion out of it.
You can believe in Buddhism and Taoism and all those things, but you are not necessarily religious. Religions don't work in Asia the way they work in the West. Religions have become such an integral part of the culture that it is the culture itself. It has nothing to do with following the religion to the utmost extend by that point.
This.
It's hard for me to think of Buddhism as a religion, since it's more like a way of life. Guidance for being a good person.
We never said they were Buddhists... we just said they were INSPIRED by Buddhists. We said the Monk was Chinese because he is pretty much what a typical Shaolin monk looks like. Obviously a video game character isn't from real life...
Now that I think about it, the Wizards have traditional Chinese dresses (Tang Dynasty). I am Chinese, and I am finding it weird 1/2 of the already released classes are Chinese-inspired. Diablo has always been such a western fantasy
Also, something to note... the female Monk (the screenshot from Blizzcon... someone find me a link :P) is actually what a female Taoist looks like.
Maybe it's the huge market in China