New Diablo Class: Demon Hunter

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#1 deactivated-5e376fa88bd45
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So according to IGN live blog thats what its called. Apperantly wields dual 1 handed crossbows or something like that.

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#2 mkaliaz
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I read on the blog this is the 5th and final class. Does anyone have a list of the others?

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#3 mrbojangles25
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makes sense, I guess

barbarian - melee
witch doctor - oddball magic
sorcerer - regular magic
monk - oddball melee, with a dash of magic I think?
demon hunter - ranged

dual crossbows sounds kind of lame, though.

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#4 CosmoKing7717
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makes sense, I guess

barbarian - melee
witch doctor - oddball magic
sorcerer - regular magic
monk - oddball melee, with a dash of magic I think?
demon hunter - ranged

dual crossbows sounds kind of lame, though.

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Yea...dual bows would have been more awesome :P I always lovebowmen though so I am happy

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#5 SF_KiLLaMaN
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sounds kind of lame. I'll wait until we get some better info on this.
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#6 mkaliaz
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makes sense, I guess

barbarian - melee
witch doctor - oddball magic
sorcerer - regular magic
monk - oddball melee, with a dash of magic I think?
demon hunter - ranged

dual crossbows sounds kind of lame, though.

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Cheers dude. Looks like an interesting mix. The hybrids look pretty good to me. Cant wait for this game.

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#7 murekkep
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I lost all hope about Diablo 3 long time ago anyway.

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#8 Sacif
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I lost all hope about Diablo 3 long time ago anyway.

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#9 ssvegeta555
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I'm excited for this class. The demon hunter can lay down traps it seems in addition to being a very agile ranged specalist. It looks to be a combination of the Rogue and Assassin from previous games. :)

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#10 madrocketeer
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Looks solid. This will be the first class I will play when the game comes out, then. It's just a little tradition of mine - to start every RPG I play with a ranger/rogue type class as my "flagship" character.
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#11 Sacif
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Looks solid. This will be the first class I will play when the game comes out, then. It's just a little tradition of mine - to start every RPG I play with a ranger/rogue type "flagship" character.madrocketeer

Im the same way except with casters. I am deciding on whether or not to start off as the Sorceror or Witch Doctor...probably the sorceror.

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#12 mrbojangles25
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[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

makes sense, I guess

barbarian - melee
witch doctor - oddball magic
sorcerer - regular magic
monk - oddball melee, with a dash of magic I think?
demon hunter - ranged

dual crossbows sounds kind of lame, though.

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Yea...dual bows would have been more awesome :P I always lovebowmen though so I am happy

why do you have four arms?

SO I can dual-wield bows! DUH!

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#13 Sacif
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[QUOTE="CosmoKing7717"]

[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

makes sense, I guess

barbarian - melee
witch doctor - oddball magic
sorcerer - regular magic
monk - oddball melee, with a dash of magic I think?
demon hunter - ranged

dual crossbows sounds kind of lame, though.

mrbojangles25

Yea...dual bows would have been more awesome :P I always lovebowmen though so I am happy

why do you have four arms?

SO I can dual-wield bows! DUH!

I would have to name that character Goro :D

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I am really looking forward to this game. I hope it won't be as frustrating as Diablo 2 sometimes was.
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My gf and I are playing through Titan Quest right now waiting for this to come out. As well as Torchlight 2. We love playing those types of games together, and Diablo just holds a special place in my heart.

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I really cannot figure out why people get so stoked about Diablo 3. To me I haven't given a crap about an isometric-viewpoint game since the original NWN in 2002. It has to be nostaligia is all I can figure.

It is 2010 and I expect more detail and better immersion in an RPG than a character that is 1 inch tall on a 24 inch monitor, regardless of how good the particle effects look. I'll drop 20 bucks on an action RPG like Torchlight, if for nothing more than to give support to indi developers. But I refuse to pay $10 over retail (almost a given since it is a Blizz game) on a game like this.

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I really cannot figure out why people get so stoked about Diablo 3. To me I haven't given a crap about an isometric-viewpoint game since the original NWN in 2002. It has to be nostaligia is all I can figure.

It is 2010 and I expect more detail and better immersion in an RPG than a character that is 1 inch tall on a 24 inch monitor, regardless of how good the particle effects look. I'll drop 20 bucks on an action RPG like Torchlight, if for nothing more than to give support to indi developers. But I refuse to pay $10 over retail (almost a given since it is a Blizz game) on a game like this.

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Nope, it is awesome and it works. It is simple yet complex. I love that I can just chill out and kick some monsters ass with friends and such but nto think TOO hard. Yet it take some thought and the new one looks to be a bit more action oriented, in a good way. Not everything has to be crazy 3D stuff. Hell Diablo is so much more deep then games like oblivion (boring!).

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#18 ryukenishidaa
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A new ranged class substituing amazon!
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#19 Elann2008
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I can't say that I didn't see a ranged class coming. :P I'm excited.. come out already Diablo 3!
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#20 GeryGo
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Didn't impresse me - looks like a ranged Assassin with traps
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#21 XIntoTheBlue
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Didn't impresse me - looks like a ranged Assassin with trapsPredatorRules
What would have been impressive in its place, then?
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#22 GeryGo
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[QUOTE="PredatorRules"]Didn't impresse me - looks like a ranged Assassin with trapsXIntoTheBlue
What would have been impressive in its place, then?

I loved the Witch Doctor idea
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[QUOTE="XIntoTheBlue"][QUOTE="PredatorRules"]Didn't impresse me - looks like a ranged Assassin with trapsPredatorRules
What would have been impressive in its place, then?

I loved the Witch Doctor idea

So.. it would be impressive with a second Witch Doctor..?

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[QUOTE="PredatorRules"][QUOTE="XIntoTheBlue"] What would have been impressive in its place, then?Litchie

I loved the Witch Doctor idea

So.. it would be impressive with a second Witch Doctor..?

Nope, but a combination of proffessions like the Witch Doctor used would be nice.
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#25 mirgamer
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[QUOTE="Litchie"]

[QUOTE="PredatorRules"] I loved the Witch Doctor ideaPredatorRules

So.. it would be impressive with a second Witch Doctor..?

Nope, but a combination of proffessions like the Witch Doctor used would be nice.

Actually this is kinda like a hybrid of Assassin and a Bow Amazon...but crossbow. Anyway, the character looks a lot like Sylvanas.
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#26 NaveedLife
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[QUOTE="Litchie"]

[QUOTE="PredatorRules"] I loved the Witch Doctor ideaPredatorRules

So.. it would be impressive with a second Witch Doctor..?

Nope, but a combination of proffessions like the Witch Doctor used would be nice.

Funny thing for me, is that the Witch Doctor is the character I want to be the least. I think in order right now of most to lest interesting it goes:

Demon Hunter > Wizard > Monk > Barbarian > Witch Doctor.

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#27 GeryGo
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[QUOTE="PredatorRules"][QUOTE="Litchie"] So.. it would be impressive with a second Witch Doctor..?

NaveedLife

Nope, but a combination of proffessions like the Witch Doctor used would be nice.

Funny thing for me, is that the Witch Doctor is the character I want to be the least. I think in order right now of most to lest interesting it goes:

Demon Hunter > Wizard > Monk > Barbarian > Witch Doctor.

Barbarian to me is the most uninteresting character to play because they didn't changed a thing - a good thing but also not very attracting
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#28 Wakanoid
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Why don't you guys just look at the site? Anyway, I find the Demon Hunter is basically an Amazon + Assassin. It's a rogue type class. Witch doctor is a necromancer, dark magic sort. Monk, powers of light (Kind of like a Paladin) but seems to have crazy strength upclose. Possibly a tank. Maybe a healer, good melee dps. My thoughts on it anyway, rest should be self explanatory.
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#29 Swedish_Chef
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I think the class sounds awesome. Some of the skills they showed looked great, some sort of flaming arrow that leaves a giant path of fire behind it, cone arrow bolts, traps... sounds more fun than some of the other things they've shown for other classes.
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#31 Genesis9100
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I don't think its anything special... Just a darker Amazon type deal with a darker magic... Wasn't that impressed.

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#32 deactivated-59d151f079814
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It seems like it took the two best aspects of the amazon and assassin molding them together.. Amazon's bow moves and the assassins trap moves.. While they placed the martial arts into one class overall.. To me this seems like a very well rounded character group that covers everything.. The only thing I miss is the shape shifting druid which could depend off this like poison.. And a pet class like the summoning necro/druid.
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#33 Ravenchrome
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I don't think its anything special... Just a darker Amazon type deal with a darker magic... Wasn't that impressed.

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#34 AnundReaper
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I can't put my finger on it, but something seems really off with the demon hunter. She (at least so far dh is a she) almost does not fit in Sanctuary. She uses her crossbows very much like dual pistols, which in a way makes her more a mage than a ranged class. And in the gameplay videos her skills seems off too. For instance, I can see how a bolt has a delayed explosive mechanism thingy, but how can another scorch the earth? Or how can she throw, not one or three, but almost thirty knives in a circle? Split a bolt into hundreds of splinters, etc.

With the other classes skills can be explained, like the barbarian is so freaking strong that he can make the ground shake with a stomp; the witch doctor tosses some kind of extremely explosive potion and germs at (goat) people; the monk does everything really fast; and the wizard is just awesome at magic. They all somewhat agree with the previous games and lore and have reasonable skills.

But what kind of magic do the demon hunters possess? Based on the cinematic trailer she clearly can fire two crossbows without reloading or have some kind of cool reloading device attached to her crossbows, then it must be magic, right? Is she a gunslinger ninja, or a wizard with toys in her hands? Or are the crossbows magical?

I admit though that her throw-grenade-and-cartwheel-outta-there style is cool, unique among the other classes, and those skills do make sense.

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#35 the_ChEeSe_mAn2
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I just want the game to come out already, damn it :P
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#37 gamer620
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I don't like it In fact as far as it goes they didn't add anything new with this class. Hell the only interesting class they added was the Monk and that's it. To me this is the assassin all over again but can do ranged this time and i was here thinking they were going to add the paladin. Who ever came up with this idea of demon hunter should be saked.sataricon
Wait... ranged is a pretty big difference when comparing it to the assassin... The assassin was a pure melee character that was based around combo reliant skill sets. The demon hunter is a ranged class with a focus on AOE (from the looks of it) so how is that a remake of the assassin?
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It impressed me a whole lot! :)

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#39 Ondoval
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The demon hunter is a ranged class with a focus on AOE (from the looks of it) so how is that a remake of the assassin?gamer620

Also uses traps and bombs.

I'm not very happy with the final roster; seems that we have there 3, maybe 4 "crystal jaw" warriors; aside from the Barbarian -and maybe to some extent the Monk- looks like all the other characters can die in a hit or two. Also, there's no auras to enhance your team mates, and seems that shield will be pretty much useless this time, at least until they ship an expansion with new characters, maybe in 2015 or so.

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#40 malikmmm
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paladin was my favorite cant believe its not there :cry:
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#41 robinmoi
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Amazon ??
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#42 darkfox101
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I got to play this class at blizzcon. Was the most fun out of all of them imo. This of course was at low level and not alot of abilities.