There might be a few abilities with heal such as the D2 paly had, but I highly doubt there will be a healing focused class because of Blizzards commitment to single player. I can't see a healer being able to solo well enough to defeat the game on their own.
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From what i have seen, it looks to me like the game is headed in the wrong direction to necisitate a healing class. with potions and the life orb things, i dont think a pure healing class would fit. The closest i would think they would come would be comparable to a pure nature magic character in dungeon siege, where healing takes a small backseat to other forms of detrimental magic, but is still somewhat prevalent.
If healing was implemented more effectively than in D2 of course.
That would definitely be a fun possibility and I'm sure the developers would take that into account and give him a ton of damage reduction skills if they were going in that direction.
Oh man duelling a pair of friends, A lvl 90 healer and a lvl 90 barbarian, there is no way u wud win. A healer in team PvP wud be sooo annoying. trust me.
Not a healing class like the priest in WOW, more of a class that has one or two healing skills like the Paladin in LOD. But Healing is not the classes primary function.
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The class would be highly valued in groups and of course the class would be able to specialize in a different role/tree if they wanted as well.
What do you think?
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Bashiok already confirmed to us that there will be no "healing"classes.
As my own opinion on it. Hell no.
Laxdude.
Are you serious? Why would you take a character you have specialized to heal into a PvP situation?
If there are any healing abilities they probably come from a pet class summoning a fragile minion that regenerates health at a constant rate.
He wud be a waste of the 1/5 characters... seriously he wud be a totall wasteee
That would definitely be a fun possibility and I'm sure the developers would take that into account and give him a ton of damage reduction skills if they were going in that direction.