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Originally Posted by di_avo  obviously multiplayer is where people will be spending most of thier time and in party based combat.
one of the great "questions" of mmo's that we see arising in discussions is "whats the best combination of classes". can my druid, healer combination decimate these 2 meat sheilds (tanks). or should i have a tank and a ranged attacker and not bothr with a healer at all? etc, etc.
i think this should go on and that the character creation should have a focus on it.
not to say that d3 should be an mmo, but there are enough congruent elements in diablo games so that it would work to....
...make some of the skills cross class only.
eg, as a hunter you have poison arrow of +50 poison dmg over 7 secs.
but then if you have the choice, if you ally with a sorcerer with a sister spell lets say black hole then your poison arrow jumps to +80 poison dmg over 7 secs. perhaps the sorcerer's black hole also have an increased area of effect..?
maybe then a paladin comes along wiith a different sister spell and instead of increasing the power of your poison arrow actually changes it to ice arrow if you choose him as your ally instead. additionally, who knows how the paladin would benefit from the allience.
this particular example would be handy for later in the game aswell, assuming blizzard are going to include immunities again.
ultimately this would mean balancing two thing during your character creation process.
1. choosing spells\skills you want to use throughout the game, and
2. choosing ones that are attractive sister spells to other charachters so they will want to choose you as their allies. |
1:Cross Classes and Sister Spells are a great idea but u could like hav black hole then poison arrow spewing out of the black hole
2.You can also cross like Paladin and Sorcerer (or sorceress)and that would make a Holy Spellwarrior for instance....
Necromancer + Theurgist(a new class)=Death Warden
Sorceress+Amazon=Tribal Shaman
etc etc etc
3.New Classes
Theurgist Tribe Leader
Shaman Harbinger
Tank Slayer
Warlord Avenger plus Cross class
4. Gender Selection
5.Massive Character Customization