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You all know the four revealed classes and most of you believe the fifth is gonna be a ranged class.

Why does it have to be an archer?

3 out of the four revealed classes are average build and at least half of their strength is their ability to use magic. These three are also very fast and agile.

Why not a big fat guy who carries a cannon around? Or a rapid firing siege crossbow?

Skill trees: Cannon skills, crossbow skills and the passive and magic Amazon skill tree. Cannons are for slow firing, area of effect players whilst the crossbow is more of a rapid fire weapon. Obviously passive and magic is for general improvements like running speed and summon ally/set trap.

What do you think?

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Edit: There's no reason that this class cannot use melee, you could always swing the cannon or fill it with gunpowder, making a short range blast whilst not consuming any ammunition. This could also be used to leap out of the way. The crossbow is purely ranged.

Thanks for the quick comments but could you explain your train of thought?
It's easy to say something won't work, but why?

I'll give you props for thinking outside the box.

Has powder been discovered, or even exsists in Sanctuary? If powder doesn't fit into Diablo Lore, then we pobably won't see a cannoneer.

Thanks guys, now I understand where you're coming from