IMO the main objective for Blizzard is to create a character that will excite and stimulate with it's originalty and ability to connect with players.
Even though i think most of you have the core idea right - ranged and semi CQC I highly doubt they are going to create a simple rouge/ranger or anything without the ability to use some magick in there.
My guess is a long shot but still viable imo. Blizz will have tried to go out of the box to fill the 5th spot imo.
My guess - Dhampir -
Check out my thread that contains a backstory on how the Dhampir would fit into Diablo
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[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showpost.php?p=441700&postcount=19"]MONKS OF SANCTUARY[/THREAD LINK] - (Won Comp & was a correct guess for the 4th Class announced at Blizzcon09! :cool:)
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601&highlight=nomad"]NOMAD (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
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holy shiiiiiit, i made this account just to tell you and everyone else how freakin awesome this idea is. it could be like a Lady Sylvanas (spelling?) type of character with, despite the unoriginality, poison arrows. but more badass some how like instead of affecting one person it could make a cloud of poison like the amazons plague javelin skill.
and there could be a skill where when you kill someone with an arrow they turn into a skeleton and fight for you or when you kill someone with it they blow up in a bloody cloud doing splash damage to everyone around them. and like he said^^ yes, kinda like blood raven or lady sylvanas, just without the raising of the dead part of blood raven. the WD is allready got the whole minion thing covered.
also, how the necromancer used alot of bone skills i.e. bone wall, bone prison/cage (forgot what its called haha :O), bone spear, teeth, bone armor and such. the "dark ranger" class could do a few of those too. like an arrow that acts like the bone spear, passing though multiple people instead of stopping at the first person it hits. bone armor could make a comeback, bone wall or something like it would be sick too.
i loved the necromancer and was sad to see him go, so maybe im just a little obsessed with that but whatever haha. i think the dark ranger persona is a sick idea. like a ranger thats not the typical robin hood good guy figure, but also not so far that hes like a skeleton archer.
... a bow or crossbow made of bone would be tiiiight.
also, the comment on a class with alot of armor like the paladin had is a good idea.
I too like this idea. Could work very well if implemented properly.
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[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showpost.php?p=441700&postcount=19"]MONKS OF SANCTUARY[/THREAD LINK] - (Won Comp & was a correct guess for the 4th Class announced at Blizzcon09! :cool:)
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601&highlight=nomad"]NOMAD (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601"]DHAMPIR (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
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[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showpost.php?p=441700&postcount=19"]MONKS OF SANCTUARY[/THREAD LINK] - (Won Comp & was a correct guess for the 4th Class announced at Blizzcon09! :cool:)
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601&highlight=nomad"]NOMAD (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601"]DHAMPIR (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
I think it will be something like a Dryad. Maybe not with that exact name, but the character would be composed of archery and nature spells. Maybe even party buffs that would include nature in some sort of way. It would be kind of like the druid from D2 but without the elemental spells of fire and it would have good archery skills that would be better than the amazon skills from D2. The character would also use nature spells that would make the character new and unique. The party buffs would be something like the paladin auras, but I was thinking it could be a little more like the druid oak sage summon thing. I think people are thinking inside the box too much when it comes to the 5th class (which everyone is assuming will be ranged). I would be extremely disappointed if it will be a stupid rogue or thief.. that would show a huge lack of creativity on Blizzard's part. I hope that Blizzard will grow some balls and create a NEW ranged class that the action rpg world has yet to see. Rogues are such a cookie cutter class that always have the same type of skills/spells (please don't flame you know its true), which is why I find it peculiar that people still want the same boring class.
Well it has to be a balanced choice of character types which means you have to have a class that fills in the gaps - like phisical ranged damage ie. bows etc. So your idea for dryad sounds close to the mark.
A name is just a name - all ideas have surely been used somewhere before - what counts is how original and unique Blizzard can make their specific spin of the character type.
If they do go some thing different and crazy then so be it - but they must have a physical damage ranged character! If not as the next class then in the expansion for sure..
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[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601&highlight=nomad"]NOMAD (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601"]DHAMPIR (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
Sorry man but i think the bard is almost as funny as blizzards 'archivist' April fools day character.
Can't see it working - but I am all for some random original character for the 5th class. Keep the ideas coming!
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Guardian - Shapeshifts / also good with a bow when not transformed.
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[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601&highlight=nomad"]NOMAD (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
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IMO the main objective for Blizzard is to create a character that will excite and stimulate with it's originalty and ability to connect with players.
Even though i think most of you have the core idea right - ranged and semi CQC I highly doubt they are going to create a simple rouge/ranger or anything without the ability to use some magick in there.
My guess is a long shot but still viable imo. Blizz will have tried to go out of the box to fill the 5th spot imo.
My guess - Dhampir -
Check out my thread that contains a backstory on how the Dhampir would fit into Diablo
http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25359
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[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showpost.php?p=441700&postcount=19"]MONKS OF SANCTUARY[/THREAD LINK] - (Won Comp & was a correct guess for the 4th Class announced at Blizzcon09! :cool:)
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601&highlight=nomad"]NOMAD (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601"]DHAMPIR (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
I too like this idea. Could work very well if implemented properly.
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showpost.php?p=441700&postcount=19"]MONKS OF SANCTUARY[/THREAD LINK] - (Won Comp & was a correct guess for the 4th Class announced at Blizzcon09! :cool:)
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601&highlight=nomad"]NOMAD (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601"]DHAMPIR (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showpost.php?p=441700&postcount=19"]MONKS OF SANCTUARY[/THREAD LINK] - (Won Comp & was a correct guess for the 4th Class announced at Blizzcon09! :cool:)
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601&highlight=nomad"]NOMAD (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601"]DHAMPIR (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
Well it has to be a balanced choice of character types which means you have to have a class that fills in the gaps - like phisical ranged damage ie. bows etc. So your idea for dryad sounds close to the mark.
A name is just a name - all ideas have surely been used somewhere before - what counts is how original and unique Blizzard can make their specific spin of the character type.
If they do go some thing different and crazy then so be it - but they must have a physical damage ranged character! If not as the next class then in the expansion for sure..
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showpost.php?p=441700&postcount=19"]MONKS OF SANCTUARY[/THREAD LINK] - (Won Comp & was a correct guess for the 4th Class announced at Blizzcon09! :cool:)
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601&highlight=nomad"]NOMAD (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601"]DHAMPIR (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
Can't see it working - but I am all for some random original character for the 5th class. Keep the ideas coming!
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showpost.php?p=441700&postcount=19"]MONKS OF SANCTUARY[/THREAD LINK] - (Won Comp & was a correct guess for the 4th Class announced at Blizzcon09! :cool:)
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601&highlight=nomad"]NOMAD (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601"]DHAMPIR (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
Dhampir - half human/half vamp
Nomad - A mix of a rouge/bandit/archer
Guardian - Shapeshifts / also good with a bow when not transformed.
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showpost.php?p=441700&postcount=19"]MONKS OF SANCTUARY[/THREAD LINK] - (Won Comp & was a correct guess for the 4th Class announced at Blizzcon09! :cool:)
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601&highlight=nomad"]NOMAD (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]
[THREAD LINK="http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21601"]DHAMPIR (5th Class Spec)[/THREAD LINK]