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Here are some class ideas that i thought of, seen, and recreated from other peoples ideas.


'Hoplite' (Paladin-Amazon)
The Hoplite is a medium-heavy infantry class which specializes in Spears, Long Spears, Javelins, Pikes, Halberds, etc. This class uses large shields for maximum protection whilst skewering enemies with their elite spears.

Skills Trees: Shield, Spears, Battle Maneuvers.
Skills: Shield Bash (Bashes and Knocks down an enemy),
Thrust (Strong Spear Thrust for extra damage), Spear Mastery, Shield Mastery, Jump Thrust (devastating Thrust which ignores all armor of enemy) ,
Shield Thrash (Bashes shield to make loud noise and frighten enemies) ,
Defensive Formation (Disables attack, but increases defense by 250%),
Agressive Charge (charge into an enemy pack and knock them over),
Javelin Mastery, Hoplite Rage (drop shield and increase attack speed, damage, but decrease defense significantly).



'Arbalest' (Amazon-Barbarian)
The Arbalest is a crossbow-specialized class with medium armor. The Arbalest equips him/herself with large and powerful crossbows and can shoot destructive bolts which can take down the largest of enemies in several hits. Despite the slow reload and aim speed, the Arbalest has good armor for a ranged class and can withstand much damage.

Skill Trees: Crossbow, Bolt Enchantment, War Skills.
Skills: Penetrate (shoots a bolt with +50% damage, and chance to pass-through enemy,
Fire Bolt,
Ice Bolt,
Shock Bolt,
Volley (fires a volley of arrows into an area),
Disable Enemy (pins an enemy to the ground with a bolt),
Double Shot,
Holy Bolt (+150% damage to undead, causes fire damage).



'Dragoon' (New)
The Dragoon is a totally new class which specializes in gunpowder and projectiles. The Dragoon can equip guns, bombs and an assortment of throwing weapons to hunt down their foes. The Dragoon is totally customizable, from using dual-pistols, large shotguns, mountable cannons, grenades and long-ranged rifles. Though he has powerful weapons, he has low armor capabilities.

Skill Trees: Pistols and Handguns, Rifles and Shotguns, Grenades and Cannons
Skills: Accuracy, Dual-Weapons, Scatter Shot, Fire-Bomb, Artillery Blast, Cannon Shot, Sniper Rifle, Rifle Mastery, Handgun Mastery.



'Battlemage' (Sorcerer-Paladin)
The Battlemage is a powerful class which uses an array of offensive magic and dangerous staffs to engage in combat. The Battlemage can empower himself and his allies with his advanced magic, or can dispatch foes with his powerful staffs and orbs. The Battlemage is a fast-moving class with low armor but devastating magic.

Skill Trees: Offensive and Defensive Magic, Battle-Staves, Combat.
Skills: Fireball (casts fireball),
Solar Beam (stuns enemies and causes strong fire damage),
Freezing Mist (slows down a pack of enemies),
Flaming Weapons (allies gain fire damage to weapons),
Glacial Strike (freeze an enemy upon stike),
Battle-Sweep (knocks down a group of enemies infront with staff),
Earth-Strike (knocks down enemies surrounding self) ,
Destruction Blast (blasts enemies infront away.



'Woodland Ranger' (Amazon-Assasin-Druid)
The Woodland Ranger is a advanced archer with devastingly long-ranged attacks and an assortment of traps and remedies. The Woodland Ranger can equip shortbows for fast attack speed, or longbows for high range and powerful damage. The Ranger can only equip low armor, but can move very fast in battle, and if in danger, can retreat and use remedies and potions to restore him/herself. The Woodland Ranger can also call upon his Woodland creatures to help fight for the cause of good or evil, with a variety of animals such as Ravens and Foxes which can scout dangerous areas and provide helpful distractions.

Skill Trees: Archery and Traps, Remedies and Potions, Forest Instincts
Skills: Bow Mastery (+10% Bow Damage),
Hole Trap (Digs Hole which Traps Enemies),
Herbal Medicine (Heals) ,
Call Raven (Summons a Raven to cause distraction and give +LOS),
Call Fox,
Snipe (Double-Ranged Shot),
Woodland Skill (+25% attack speed for amount of time).

Phalanx is not the right word for a class. it's a tactic invovling interlocking shields. It was later modified by Julius Caesar and other Roman Generals into the "Tortoise. A Phalanx was only a solid wall. The Tortoise was 3 dimensional.

A better word is Hoplite.

phalanx is a tactic involving interlocking shields on present day earth, why can't it be different in sanctuary?

Sanctuary may be a different world but many concepts cross over, and since when in any game is a class named after a tactic? It might be new but it seems out of place.

if blizz only used old ideas the game wouldn't be worth buying

These class ideas are a good way to vent your imagination, but come on, do you actually think that you will succeed in guessing what Diablo III's classes are?

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if blizz only used old ideas the game wouldn't be worth buying

You're arguing for absolutely no reason. You know he's right. You can't name a class after a tactic, because that is completely retarded.

Yeah it would be called a Hoplite because thats what formed a Phalanx.

I didnt like your classes. It is too generical. every single rpg have a elemental mage or a shadow mage u.u
Avatar is also a bad name for a class like that. They have creativity. You`ll see.

@ the OP:

Those class ideas seem way too hybridized. There are still quite a few "pure" archetypes that seem likely to be exploited by the remaining three classes, like a more traditional spell caster, ranged weapon user, etc.

personally the game world could use a few more "dark" classes, like a warlock, or a demon master...these add some real story flavor to the game style, as a PnP roleplayer

definitly. we had necromancer last game which is kinda evilish if you ask me. the witch doctor is kind of creepy, but i think we'll see darker then that.

any comments on the other classes? personally i like the idea of all the classes except 'Battlemage' and 'Dragoon' and the name 'Woodland Ranger' is pretty pathetic but i like the idea.

We surelly will have a wicker class then WD.
I also hope they make very unic and special classes in diablo's world.
I liked the Horadric Knight idea.

How about an arcane archer who's arrows have spells pinned to them, like raise undead, shockwave, or lighting.