On the datamined info, there is one really interesting thing in regard to the Barb. It is the only class with 3 conversation trees in the beta. Every other class has a tree for Male and a tree for Female. Barb has Barb, BarbM, BarbF. Now, if you read these 3 trees through their quests, the BarbM and BarbF are neither one based off being the barb from D2, and while different are roughly the same. The Barb tree makes many references to D2 and his already knowing Cain and the destruction of the World Stone and such. This tree does not show up to my knowledge in the beta playthroughs I have seen. It isn't a slight reference to stuff, it is pretty detailed.
This leads me to 3 possible conclusions about the Barb:
1) They removed the Barb tree from beta use as part of the limiting lore/quest info in the beta.
2) They have indeed decided to abandon the idea of the Barb being That barb as has been hinted at and discussed.
3) Having him be the Barb from D2 is an option or something that has to be unlocked that just isn't available in the beta-This I think is the least likely as it really doesn't fit with Diablo games of the past and typical Blizzard design.
well I was just looking, and sense they updated that wow site with all the datamined info on it to its current format, they seem to have removed some of the quest info they had up there when they first launched that site. There was some quotes from the barbs when they first arrived in tristram and I am not finding those quotes now like I did last week.
I know bash commented that they were considering abandoning the idea of it being the same barb, but no confirmation and they are ignoring the question on the forums.
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This leads me to 3 possible conclusions about the Barb:
1) They removed the Barb tree from beta use as part of the limiting lore/quest info in the beta.
2) They have indeed decided to abandon the idea of the Barb being That barb as has been hinted at and discussed.
3) Having him be the Barb from D2 is an option or something that has to be unlocked that just isn't available in the beta-This I think is the least likely as it really doesn't fit with Diablo games of the past and typical Blizzard design.
Thoughts?