We have all been waiting for the next system to be announced; well, the wait is over. A leak* has just unveiled their Followers system. As talked about earlier, the Followers system is something that Blizzard has been working on since before the unveiling of Diablo III itself. Little information has been shared about how exactly the system will work in comparison to Diablo II. In the previous installment, players were offered four different types of Hirelings, one from each act, while most players chose the infamous Act II mercenary. Each had their own unique fighting style with a choice of three different skills. After hiring one, the player was able to equip a helm, weapon, and body armor on their hireling. There were no more options for customization with these characters as they would then follow you around and fight with you until their untimely demise.
Well, it appears in Diablo III, there will be a bit more customization to these characters. There are three types of Followers; the Enchantress, the Templar, and the Scoundrel. Each comes with their own play style as well skill set for players to choose from. The skill sets will be in tiers just like you character with new skills being unlocked every 5 levels. The player than can choose one skill of that tier to give their Follower. There is also some altered the equipment slots to a weapon, amulet, and two rings. It appears that certain equipment slots and skill choices will unlock as your Follower levels. The character will also show armor value, damage, life and resistances for Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, Holy, and Arcane (The Holy and Arcane resistance appear to be interchangeable).
The Enchantress
The Enchantress will be your magic Follower. Able to cast skills from afar, she will pair nicely with a more melee oriented character to blast away enemies from a distance.
Skill choices:
- Tier 1 (Unlocked at lvl 5) - Disorient, Forceful Push, Charm
- Tier 2 (Unlocked at lvl 10) - Decoy, Reflect Missles, Powered Armor
- Tier 3 (Unlocked at lvl 15) - Focus Mind, Amplify Damage, Lower Resistance
- Tier 4 (Unlocked at lvl 20) - Energize, Energy Bomb, Guidance
The Scoundrel
The Scoundrel will be a ranged physical fighter. Wielding a crossbow or bow, the Scoundrel will stay away from the forefront of the fight and pick off enemies from a distance.
Skill Choices:
- Tier 1 - Crippling Shot, Rapid Fire, Poison Bolt
- Tier 2 - Bandage, Dirty Fighting, Scavenge
- Tier 3 - Power Shot, Multishot, Rain of Gold
- Tier 4 - Anatomy, Black Market, Vanish
The Templar
The Templar is your melee Follower. Taking the role of a Paladin like character, he will be in the front of the fight. Pairing him up with a ranged class may be a good idea to help keep your enemies at bay. WE actually saw this character as the Jack of Spades in the Diablo III poker set.
Skill Choices:
- Tier 1 - Charge, Heal, Protection
- Tier 2 - Guardian, Intimidate, Loyalty
- Tier 3 - Intervene, Inspire, Tribute
- Tier 4 - Empathy, Onslaught, Knight
*Note that this has not been officialized or released by Blizzard yet but the current information is accurate.
Did anyone notice the lack of attributes they have?
Damage and Life. That's it? It's not even dps, it's just Damage. lol
Templar's last armor was wicked.
It is so uncool for such a cool system.
Otherwise,'mercenary' or even 'hireling' would have been infinitely better.
And the term 'follower', I'm assuming, will feel more fitting once we get into the the bits of story surrounding how we gain followers in-game; it would make sense that we gain them along the same lines as the caravan artisans, so we probably help them in some way and they in turn follow us into battle.
1. It's the first preview of this UI.
2. DPS isn't really an attribute, it's just a calculation of "damage" together with "speed" (duuh).
3. Just because it currently doesn't show in the UI doesn't mean there are no stats for them. The ui is just a UI, it also seems to be some space below that where they can easily just insert stats stuff for viewing.
4. This might already be in place? Note the "details" text in the very bottom. Might be a button to toggle additional stuff.
But we'll have to wait and see
And what do you mean "leaked" it seems like Blizzard wanted to releaes this video, seeing they were the ones who made it.
And CyberDragon, you should always write a small citation to where you got your video.
[Not force, because he apparently got it from somewhere else...]
That would definetly help clarify this misunderstanding going around.
Where did you get it? (The site that first uploaded this video)
The original video was supposedly leaked from the Korean site.I assure you that this info is credible though. We make sure not top post rumors. Blizzard has just not officialized the announcement yet.
Ok thanks...
Now we gotta go ask the koreans lol
I just love how much we can customise them. I also like the idea of choosing whichever follower you want from the caravan (once they've all been unlocked). It would be funny if you were like hey guys why don't you all come and help me? Scoundrel - Nah today's me day off mate. Get that Templar to do some work fer a change.