At Blizzcon today, they announced the fifth class for Diablo 3: the Demon Hunter. She’s basically a cross between the Amazon and the Assassin from D2. So while her main weapon is the crossbow (she can even dual wield ‘pistol crossbows’!), she also uses traps and shadow magic to kick demon ass. I haven’t seen any gameplay videos showing the Demon Hunter in action yet, but the demo videos of her skills look awesome.
In other D3 news, the mysterious Talisman has been revealed to be a dedicated inventory for charms. Charms were something that first appeared in the D2 expansion pack. They could be quite helpful, but you had to keep them in your inventory if you wanted to receive their benefits. Consequently, it wasn’t uncommon for players to lose a ton of inventory space because of all the charms they had collected. I’m glad to see that D3 will solve that problem by giving charms their own special receptacle.
I’m still keeping my fingers crossed for an announcement about the beta test, though I know I’ll probably be disappointed.
Codex Lochianus 