If you're a diehard Diablo fan, you may be a might bit concerned to read the headline. It's been announced by Diablo III's lead designer, Jay Wilson, that you won't see any other returning class from Diablo II outside of the Barbarian.
BlizzCon is fast approaching, and with it comes the very high chance we'll see an announcement on some, or all, of the other three classes appearing in Diablo 3.
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The Barbarian in Diablo II could've been better. He was a bit more diplomatic in his dissing, saying that the brute force attack class had "room for improvement."
There's one class that definitely won't be coming back for another appearance in Diablo III. And Wilson says that it was because that class was just shy of perfectly designed.
The Necromancer, he said, was simply a victim of his own success. He was just too well crafted as a character, something that Wilson's Blizzard design cohorts, current and former, likely don't mind hearing. Necro fans on the other hand, probably won't be too thrilled to learn of his disappearance, despite the Witch Doctor class's similarities.
There's one class that definitely won't be coming back for another appearance in Diablo III. And Wilson says that it was because that class was just shy of perfectly designed.
The Necromancer, he said, was simply a victim of his own success. He was just too well crafted as a character, something that Wilson's Blizzard design cohorts, current and former, likely don't mind hearing. Necro fans on the other hand, probably won't be too thrilled to learn of his disappearance, despite the Witch Doctor class's similarities.
BlizzCon is fast approaching, and with it comes the very high chance we'll see an announcement on some, or all, of the other three classes appearing in Diablo 3.
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