Close-quarters? Where?

Was looking closely at the gameplay 2/2 footage. Doesn't appear to be another hero doing the melee work.

Also noticed a slow? ability, handy for CC'ing or providing support during multiplayer. The explosive ranged shots are cool - I'm hoping they have splash damage from it too.

Don't know if it's been posted here yet, but heres the 19min gameplay vid :)

http://au.gamespot.com/events/blizzc...ot;watchlink;2

bola doesn't have splash(but most likely will with a rune attached), entangling shot doesn't damage other enemies but does slow them down (i think the chain graphic needs a bit of a tweak) and molten arrow obviously affects a fair few enemies.

As they said in the crafting panel, nobody is going to be using skills without runes in them, so the skills not having an minor AoE isn't a problem because most likely a rune could implement it.

Also there wasn't a melee skill with the Demon Hunter shown yet (aside from normal attack).

Demon hunter has grown on me....

Although I can imagine as the game progresses and you reach those difficult mobs could be annoying just running dodging for ages and spamming ranged...

Especially speed enhanced, Magic immune... Duno if I'm keen for that kind of character. If they would have kept it as half demon type character which you could possibly spec to go nuts in certain situation and transform into a melee beast for a little while... For example have a skill that when you drop below 30% HP you morph some crazy demon claws and can hack at enemy's...

I keep leaning back towards plain ol Barbarian....

yeah the new classes seem to hybrid

witch doctor and demon hunter, mainly

monk seems fine and fairly new
wizard seems MOSTLY like a sorc
and barbarian is barbarian...

To be honest, I didn't look at it as close as I should have (trying to a balance of not knowing to make it exciting and knowing so I'm "up to date"). If it is a normal attack, then obviously melee is going to be it's biggest weakness. That brings ranged classes to total of 3, melee 2. I wonder what the last melee class will be? (hope it's melee)

That idea reminds me of the Metamorphosis ability in WoW (Warlock - Demonology?). I think it would be appropriate for a DEMON hunter to actually turn into one (like you've been cursed by one and taken on it's ability). Most likely an upper tier skill to unlock, but still cool nonetheless.

And yes, the demonhunter is growing on me too, mostly due to the versatility I think.

There are no other classes. Well, no doubt there'll be another class (or two, or three) added in the inevitable expansion(s), but that's it for the vanilla release.

Mind you, unlike the Demon Hunter the Sorcerer does have melee abilities.

Or like the Druid in D2, being able to change form

The lovely guys at D3 database have compiled a complete list of skills detailed in the Blizzcon build for us all.

http://d3db.com/pc

Great link, thanks for that. And kudos to the peeps at d3db! :thumbup:

WD skills sound awesomely fun. I have no idea what class I'm gonna play, they all sound sweeet! Will probably level all the characters to level 6 and then decide or something :D

Blizzard has pretty much cemented my purchase of Diablo 3 regardless of what they do now... I've just been itching for an epic classic RPG for soo long!

Also, I'm surprised that there aren't as many people interested in Diablo 3. From the success of Diablo 2 I thought at least half the OCAU gaming community would be creaming their pants :lol:

Weee, I cant wait. Looking awesome Blizz. If only I could find my D2 keys ><

There will be plenty OCAU'ers jumping on board once the game is closer to release. It is still several months away. I'm following all the info closely but don't feel the need to be posting here just yet (damn I just did)

Similar situation with me.... until I can play it... or almost play it, I just don't care.

I imagine actual release date will be within three to six months of the commencement of the beta. The gameplay videos do seem quite complete but all only feature the same few areas so its hard to guage how much of the game is done. Lets not play the when we think it will come out game because with blizzard it will come out when they are ready not when we want it :P