So there’s no reason a class couldn’t appear in Resurrected and Immortal and not still appear in Diablo 4, and there’s a significant storytelling aspect of this game - the return of Lilith, the mother of Sanctuary as well as the direct mother of Linarian/Rathma, the inspiration for the Priests of Rathma that all Diablo Necromancers come from.
But that doesn’t mean much - clearly the Druid will be in Resurrected as well, and the Barbarian’s in both Immortal and Resurrected, as well as having appeared in Diablo 3 - at this point the Barbarian is the class that’s appeared in the most Diablo games, with appearances in D2, D3, and Diablo Immortal as well as Diablo 4. Now, the Necromancer and Crusader both appear in Diablo Immortal, and the Paladin will be making their return in Diablo 2: Resurrected. Two possibilities come to mind for me: the summoning-minion approach of the Necromancer or Witch Doctor, and the divinely powered fury of the Paladin or Crusader. With the Rogue basically filling the roles that both Amazons and Assassins filled in Diablo 2 and the Monk and Demon Hunter roles from Diablo 3, what’s next? What have other Diablo games provided that this game doesn’t yet? What does the game need? What role isn’t being filled? The Barbarian and Druid provide tankiness, the Sorcerer/Sorceress has moves to escape and evade damage and keep their distance, and the Rogue is able to switch between the ranged and melee approaches and evade damage with a variety of tricks. Right now, we have a pure melee in the Barbarian, a shapeshifter ranged/melee hybrid in the Druid, a pure ranged magic class with the Sorceress, and a hybrid melee/ranged with the Rogue. What does Diablo 4 need from its next class? So it’s entirely possible that there’s already a road map for future content and expansions for the game, and we might indeed see more than five classes before it’s all said and done.īut if we assume that we’re getting five at launch, that still leaves us with the question: Which one is next? What will that fifth class for Diablo 4 be, and when will we find out about it?Ĭlearly I do not actually know. We’ve been told that the Greater and Lesser Evils - menaces like Ba’al, Mephisto, and Diablo himself - will not be showing themselves immediately when the game comes out, leaving center stage for Lilith and her plans for Sanctuary. Now, it’s true that currently on the official site there’s only one silhouette left around that campfire, indicating that we’ll probably only see five classes at launch.īut Diablo 4 aims to be a much larger, more sophisticated game with more open-world elements than its predecessors. But since hearing Game Director Luis Barriga and Art Director John Mueller say repeatedly during that video that “There’s always room at the campfire” when discussing the game - and that iconic point of light in the darkness that serves as the character class-selection pane for the game - I’ve been wondering. Before I saw the Diablo 4: What’s Next?video during BlizzConline, I was of the opinion - based on what was said at BlizzCon 2019 - that we would be getting five playable classes for Diablo 4 in total.
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