Fourth (now Fifth) D3 class revealed.

Up on our sister site (diii.net) it appears the korean blizzard site might've leaked the fourth class a little early. Nothing has been confirmed or commented on by blizzard but either way I'm guessing its supposed to be revealed at blizzcon this weekend.



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Sites saying its a monk|||Really? I don't want to break the spoiler... but I can't really imagine the gameplay in a Diablo-like setting.|||I don't think you're thinking of the same kind of monk.



Yeah so I just spoiled it, whatever, they're announcing it in 30 minutes or so at the Blizzcon opening ceremonies anyway, get over it.|||Monk in my mind does 2 things well... heal, and martial arts.

So I could see it having the martial arts similar to the assassin... but healing is kinda odd in a game where you don't normally group up. I mean, it'll be wasted in single-player.|||It wouldn't necessarily be wasted in single player. What about self healing?|||Yeah, martial arts. Like a monk from DnD.. or the Diablo 1 Hellfire expansion.|||With potions being rarer and you depending on health orb drops i don't see healing being wasted. But even then I can see them going for a more martial arts with staves and the like. Be good to hear from the official announcement first though. I can see it fitting well.

Edit: forgot all about the hellfire monk shawn.|||Self healing is not wasted... it's just boring.

GW made being a healer fun, but that's team-based. Healing is not as fun in other games, especially if it's self-healing.|||#BlizzCon - #Diablo 3's 4th playable class: the monk announced! Learn more:www.blizzcon.com

-diablo twitter account



(edit: good luck getting any Blizzard pages to open right now. They're probably being slammed by 10 million people.)|||Hopefully this is what they meant by increased focus on co-op play.



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It would be nice if this 'monk' class was centered around party buffs, enemy debuffs, debuff removal, mediocre red-barring, and mediocre damage. The old hack n' slash gameplay is boring at this point so some added tactical features would be nice.