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did you know that seth means *bow wielding*?
hmm.. something marshial and agile arts like
1st and more serious choice is an Articifer (traps n crossbow style)
2nd and unserious choice...I choose Ninja! carrote chop! 0_o

Oh where is the Mime class?

Defense/(Dmg)Mirror/Copycat ftw

I called the Monk

Quote from "Bannik" »

the magic about blizzard is that they sometimes lie or tell half truths for example in world of warcraft they said goblins would never be a race for the alliance or horde...but now they tell us otherwise..

sure guns are out of the question but what defines a gun....we could get a class that uses crossbows with explosive tipped bolts...like rambo...who the hell knows what blizzard is thinking....

who would have thought that blizzard would make a Buddhist monk a class (with dragon ball influence, seriously can you see how high he jumps....he would destroy any class in melee combat...)

Crossbows were in D2, it's a given that they will be in D3, guns however won't be.

Quote from "Bannik" »

we know but make a crossbow in a shape of a gun and keep calling it a crossbow but add tipped arrowheads with explosives and you in effect have a gun....

for example here is an ancient crossbow http://www.historical-firearms.co.uk/acatalog/DX1233Close.jpg

attach multiple arrow heads and you basically have a gun....

plus what about gun/sword or other weapon combo for example http://www.historical-firearms.co.uk/acatalog/denix-pistols.html

two swords with mini guns attached too them....range and melee combat....they are not guns and are not swords....

You're not getting the point, that's still a crossbow. Guns require gunpowder and a bullet to be a gun. Both of which won't be in D3.

Ooh, maybe a dark crossover of a marksman.

For example, slowly getting corrupted by the forces of evil, but his skills are getting LEEET!

I call Overseer!!!

No Guns means No Guns. Period. There will never be guns or cannons in Diablo. The farthest they will go is ballistas, catapults, bows, and crossbows.

I have several suggestions:
My prediction: Bladesinger - does spells and fights - I believe next character will be female and this fits that role. Example: Bladesinger: Valanthe Galanodel
Other thoughts: Shadowdancer - thief like abilities - Again female version is plausible - though it is a steal off NWN.
Beguiler - Another spell caster but of a different sort. Will be hard to play thus most unlikely. Just new and unusual

I would like to see some sort of metal spell user/archer. An example: metal spells could deal pysical, fire, or lightning dmg. Spells using metal in it's solid form would either do physical damage and/or lightning, while spells using metal in a liquid form would deal physical and/or fire damage, and I'm sure there could be a spell that deals all three. An archer class could be incorperated fairly easily. Molten Metal Arrows has a nice ring to it. The molten metal could splatter on impact causing splash damage to surrounding enemies.

Metal Arrows: Metal arrows that knock the enemy backwards (range and speed reduced).

Molten Metal Arrows: An arrow that melts after it leaves the bow, causes fire and phisical damage with a splash radius (range and speed reduced).

Charged Spikes: Fires an arrow with a mace like arrowhead, explodes on impact sending electricaly arced spikes flying in all directions (range and speed is severely reduced)

Hot Blob: Summons an animate blob of molten metal, which has two modes of attack. Firing smaller blobs of metal, and ramming them.

Anvil: A large hunk of metal falls from the sky.

Electro-Shock Sentries: Summons flying metaloid creatures that surround the enemy and arc electricity between each other (if you have 5 they would form a pentagram of arcing electricity)

Arbalist - Crossbowman

My prediction: Bladesinger - does spells and fights - I believe next character will be female and this fits that role. Example: Bladesinger: Valanthe Galanodel

Remember that classes in D3 will be playable both male and female....

I'm Guessing a Giant

Shapeshifter/naturalist.

Dwarf or Pirate/buckaneer

so i think its safe to say 90% of people agree it has to be a ranged class...

i agree....

my beef with the starting lineup now is that it lacks beef... theres not alot of armour going on. barbs only wear pants when they arent running around like a bunch of little girls, and arent very big advocates for shirts or helmets...

monks are the same way it looks like...

witch docs arent huge armour wearers, and obviously mages arent either.



so this leads me to think that our ranged class might be bulked up a bit. not necessarily... but if we want some beefy armor designs, itll have to be.

so heres a brainstorm i had....

trag'oul (or trang oul) is a huge dragon that the world rests on. he is a huge part of diablo lore and is the deity worshipped by necromancers.
so what if we had a bowclass or spear class character that was hybrid with necromancer. im friggin SICK of ranged units always being these neutral characters.
why? why do they need to be neutral?
so im thinking a amazon sort being infused with the evil of the necromancers bone and undead spells with a dragon like design. dragon helms ect... to pay homeage to trag'oul.


oh wow, i just realized.... im totally thinking along the lines of blood raven.... thats funny.

thoughts?

As far as the lack of beef i agree.. i mean the monks supposed to be agile aswell.. what would be cool but unlikely would be a "Knight" character though thats difficult without becoming a paladin, perhaps u could bring back the worrior from 1. or as i mentioned earlier a dwarf character with loads of armour.

bout the long range necro.. well were just guessing here. ofcorse anything is possible

but me down for the bow user, weather thats the archer or the rogue, whichever.

so i think its safe to say 90% of people agree it has to be a ranged class...

i agree....

my beef with the starting lineup now is that it lacks beef... theres not alot of armour going on. barbs only wear pants when they arent running around like a bunch of little girls, and arent very big advocates for shirts or helmets...

monks are the same way it looks like...

witch docs arent huge armour wearers, and obviously mages arent either.



so this leads me to think that our ranged class might be bulked up a bit. not necessarily... but if we want some beefy armor designs, itll have to be.

so heres a brainstorm i had....

trag'oul (or trang oul) is a huge dragon that the world rests on. he is a huge part of diablo lore and is the deity worshipped by necromancers.
so what if we had a bowclass or spear class character that was hybrid with necromancer. im friggin SICK of ranged units always being these neutral characters.
why? why do they need to be neutral?
so im thinking a amazon sort being infused with the evil of the necromancers bone and undead spells with a dragon like design. dragon helms ect... to pay homeage to trag'oul.


oh wow, i just realized.... im totally thinking along the lines of blood raven.... thats funny.

thoughts?

Lacking beef?? Barbs running around like girls?? Where's this coming from, the barbarian is easily the bulkiest class in diablo franchise, so ur wrong there. Also, the claim that "they wear no armor" is ludicrous and outright mundane. I'm not trying to hate or anything but there are somethings in your line of reason that cannot be overlooked. The ranged class will not be merged with a necro one because the witch doctor already fills that role. Your view on the barb is completely elementary and i advise you to think a little before you state such outrageous claims...

Quote from "Jeru5" »

How come you havent submited my guess for the new class?

Arbalist - both gender

This thread kinda took a life of its own. hahahaha.

so whenever the 5th class comes out. I will change the OP and put the winner of the competition.

Chuck Norris!!!!!!!!!

Minatour!