New Diablo 3 Character Class: The Monk!
I'm still getting set up in the press room here guys, but thought you'd want to know! You heard it here on Diablofans first!
Update: The Monk is playable at BlizzCon!!!! It wasn't at first, but after the announcement, they made the character playable on all the computers in the convention center.
Update #2: The Cinematic Trailer and the Gameplay Trailer for The Monk are up on Youtube. Scroll down and you can check 'em out!
The screenshot came from a Korean-language version of the Diablo 3 site.
Here's the actual Cinematic Trailer for the Monk:
And here's the Gameplay Footage of the Monk:
More news to come soon!
I'm gonna guess a generic "Ranger" class because we've already had Rogue/Amazon/Druid and they need a ranged fighter and a nature-magic user, and "Ranger" covers both of those. Actually, I have a theory they're gonna have 6 classes in the game because at this point the game is mostly likely not coming out until 2011, which gives them more time, and I'm sure they have too many ideas to fit into 5 classes.
I want the pally back
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By the way, I simple love staves for melee fights. I was thinking to make a barb as my first char but now i'll definitely choose the monk.
Too bad that the monk will also be able to use claws/katars, as seen in some artwork images ondiablo3.com, so i'll be a little unsure about what type of weapon i'll use for him. -.-
Hmm...
I'm pretty sure they're making all the classes both Male and Female. Just because they did not reveal the Female Monk right away doesn't mean she doesn't exist. The Male Wizard wasn't seen in-game until the gamescom/BlizzCon build.
oh I mean a knight that is only similar to the necro in the fact that it isn't good nor evil. So it could have crazy demon skills etc. Ah well I don't think that will happen but no harm in hoping so lol.
Monks are absolutely bad ass if you do them right, and as far as I'm concerned, nobody has done them right yet. With that being said, the RPGs that have "monks" in them, have no clue how to make a monk.
I'm guessing the monk in D3 will be the more creative and out-there idea you want. You just don't know it yet...
Just wondering how that'd work. And a nun eh, hmm...
What worries me is that we still need another ranged class and none of the mellee classes seems to be designed to use shields a lot.
I knew I would love the Monk