View Full Version : you guys GOT of think of better names for classes
I mean no offense by this, but some of the ideas for the name are too...
either childish, mediocre, or too generic
"cleric"
"battle mage"
"dark knight"
"thief"
too common
I'm not saying I could make a better name, in fact I'm one of the worst people to make names, but I would still put a good amount of time in name making.
Here is a class I would make
-Helion, a mischievous person
Abilities: uses deceitful abilities, allowing him to pass through the enemy unnoticed, great at avoiding damages, specializes in quick close range attacks. Basically he is a newer generation of the original D2 assassin.
I know it may not be the best of names, but it does show more originality than "cleric" or "thief"
The problem is picking a name that fits into the lore. Kind of hard when you don't even know the lore lol. And I'm sure stuff like Dark Knight and Battle Mage were more of class ideas than the final name.
To be honest, Blizzard wasn't breaking new ground either with their class names.
Warrior
Rogue
Sorcerer
Necromancer
Sorceress
Barbarian
Paladin
Assassin
Druid
Honestly, the only name that could qualify as original for an RPG setting is Amazon. And possibly the Witch Doctor..
The problem is picking a name that fits into the lore. Kind of hard when you don't even know the lore lol. And I'm sure stuff like Dark Knight and Battle Mage were more of class ideas than the final name.
i see, but still at least eliminate some of the overused ones lol
To be honest, Blizzard wasn't breaking new ground either with their class names.
Warrior
Rogue
Sorcerer
Necromancer
Sorceress
Barbarian
Paladin
Assassin
Druid
Honestly, the only name that could qualify as original for an RPG setting is Amazon. And possibly the Witch Doctor..
well the first d2 was made in the 90s, and games back then weren't as complex as the ones today, so having warrior, rogue, sorcerer for a name you can't really blame them lol
i haven't seen necromancer, paladin, druid used as name very much (some i never seen used at all) in the 90s so i thought it was a unique and good name
You have a real grasp of the english language....
Like the last poster mentioned the previous names aren't so unique either. Though one thing I would point out is that they all have some kind of background that relates to some place in the world or some kind of sanctuary setting. Thus you don't see "Knight" because that really could be anything from anywhere. "Cleric" and "Thief" as well.
Units from warcraft - Archmage, Blade Master, Shadow Hunter, Beserker, Spell Breaker, Warden it's all going to be something like that.
i see, but still at least eliminate some of the overused ones lol
well the first d2 was made in the 90s, and games back then weren't as complex as the ones today, so having warrior, rogue, sorcerer for a name you can't really blame them lol
i haven't seen necromancer, paladin, druid used as name very much (some i never seen used at all) in the 90s so i thought it was a unique and good name
Paladin, druid, and necromancer are hallmark Dungeons and Dragons classes.
well the first d2 was made in the 90s
I laughed at that, I know it is just a mistake but it is funny saying the first Diablo 2 (rather then saying D1 or even just D)
with regards to the thing about classes, it would be nice to have some more unique law related classes. For example using things like Knights of Zakaroom (or something to that effect) to describe a paladin, Rathma Cultist for a nec. This would add a bit of flavour to the characters played (although the names could get a bit long.
ill logic
10-07-2008, 08:08
Batman. Nuff said
Trifles, I say. Merely trifles.
Batman. Nuff said
There should definitely be a "Batman" class.
He would be good at both ranged and melee attacks. He could specialize in boomarangs for ranged attacks and martial arts for close quarters combat.
And he can summon batmobiles to drive over people.
ThulRasha
10-07-2008, 16:26
There should be a "Dark Knight" class. Receives extra bonusses when fighting against clown like oponents.
@ the OP
What's wrong with the name "Witch Doctor"? Since none of the other character classes have been announced and one of the two are an entirely nw name, I'd say Blizz are going in the right direction with this new name.
Apocalypse
11-07-2008, 00:32
there ya go, just name all classes after famous comic book characters. then we can sit here and talk about which comic char is most like old d2 classes.
Reddimus
11-07-2008, 02:44
Ascendant - Paladin/Sorcerer hybrid?
One of the level 30 spells turns you into an archangel for a short time :P
Horadrim - mage character :thumbup:
ill logic
13-07-2008, 15:23
there ya go, just name all classes after famous comic book characters. then we can sit here and talk about which comic char is most like old d2 classes.
Sounds kick ***. Then we could have a Diablo vs. Mortal Kombat game.
New class: Man of Iron, worker of metals. The Man of Iron wears a complete mechanical steam powered armor :P
All joking aside I think a "Smith" class would be really cool. It would be a warrior/blacksmith type of character with some "advanced" medieval technology like small catapults or firearms (somebody defined this type of class earlier as a 'Engineer', cool concept but I didn't like the name).
Well, 'Barbarian' and 'Witch Doctor' are nice and relatively original names. As for the other classes, good names would be "Horadrim" "Iron Wolf" or things like that.
How bout Rouge?
Rogue.
Not Rouge.
well the first d2 was made in the 90s, and games back then weren't as complex as the ones today, so having warrior, rogue, sorcerer for a name you can't really blame them lol
i haven't seen necromancer, paladin, druid used as name very much (some i never seen used at all) in the 90s so i thought it was a unique and good name
well i completly disagree here.... Druid was used in all of blizzards games in the 90's and with most diablo fans demanding that diablo not copy WoW and such, its kind of 'Copying' and not original for the game.. yes original for Blizzard though :)
the game with the best anbd most original names is Final fantasy 11 :D even though its a completly different game it shows that originality works well..
Cyrander
27-07-2008, 21:28
I don't think we'll be seeing any amazingly unique names for new classes, just based off of what Blizzard has given us already. Besides, a lot of the character class names are just what the general public refer to them as. Necromancers don't call themselves that, and neither do Barbarians or Assassins. And I doubt "Witch Doctor" is the title they use among their own people, either.
Saber
Archer
Lancer
Berserker
Rider
Assassin
Caster
Good enough list.
CrimsonBishop
30-07-2008, 03:58
I don't mind the names in D1 or 2. I think blizzard is going for names that are descriptive of the what the class is, instead of names that would seem ambiguous. The name witch doctor is really good, it is creative but it could still fit in with the class names in D2.
Saber
Archer
Lancer
Berserker
Rider
Assassin
Caster
Good enough list.
Aside from being straight out of Fate/Stay Night, I like those names. Although "Rider" wouldn't really work.
Crossover games can be quite fun. Also, since D3 is in 3D, it would be pretty easy to make a Rider class. They already have all those mount animations from WoW / Warcraft series. Just put a new skin on it with some abilities and viola, a Rider class!
All i want in D3 is a Zon or a Cleric
that's what user input is for... to personalize, the generic class system... but who cares, why bother label the damn thing in the first place..
And Archer will **** everyone up lol.
And Archer will **** everyone up lol.
A skill like Unlimited Blade Works would take D3 from the coolest ARPG to the coolest Game of the Year after the first line in your character's chant:
I am the bone of my sword...
Throw in some arrow action and you've got yourself the game of the Decade.
lunarleif
07-07-2009, 07:39
Thank you!
Chicken Catcher
Extra damage vs. chickens, and has some bard-like abilities. (If you didn't get this one... you didn't miss anything important.)
OR
Redneck
Uses shotguns, but can't team with any other character types then his own.
Or something. I'm not a game designer for a reason.
Risingred
11-07-2009, 21:09
Blizzard could have used the name Thaumaturgist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaumaturgist) instead of wizard, but that's just a bit complicated.
Wizard is easily recognizable, as is Witch Doctor and Barbarian. Not much confusion at the character select screen. Just a thought.
commonhumans
12-07-2009, 04:07
the issue here is not so much what a class is going to be call... the issue is what is the class going to BE. it makes no differnce if the class is called helion thief or scoundrel. the character mechanics would be the same... that the important part. just think of a thief as being the common working title.
Kokolums
12-07-2009, 09:17
Well how about "Barnacle Sniffer".
Kokolums
12-07-2009, 09:21
Sandist - uses sand-based attacks. Can create sand structures. Powerful vs fire. Weak vs water.
LonelyAnon
12-07-2009, 12:12
Wait- Are you picking on Blizzard or the contributors here, if the latter I think you'll find the majority of fan classes taken further ie. DiabloWiki all have fairly original naming and aren't all run of the mill characters.
How bout Spirit Master? Focusing on the unbodied? With a soul accumulation spell for each killed? With certain amounts of souls req for transformations! 100 souls equals Reaper Form-
Turning into a towering,scythe wielding figure striding the field!
All damage and speed is increased. all attacks cause additional damage to side targets
Spectral Sentry-
Becoming bound to the mortal plain!a spirit drifts in front of the caster!
more levels increases amount of spirits eventually forming a circle!
kind of like the wall of zombies spell but a drifting circle instead!
Unleash Hell-
All the slain on the screen have their spirits raised at once imbuing the caster with a massive blast of energy! damage increased per slain enemy!
[/INDENT]Anyway my 1st post ever...I'm not very good at typing or sentence structuring! I may think of more,but I'm pretty lazy haha
Vitamins
21-07-2009, 03:41
I mean no offense by this, but some of the ideas for the name are too...
either childish, mediocre, or too generic
"cleric"
"battle mage"
"dark knight"
"thief"
too common
Not that I disagree with you, but let's look at the class names Blizzard came up with for D3 thus far, and then compare them to the ones you listed. Barbarian, Wizard, and Witchdoctor.
Hmm.
paperkut
21-07-2009, 17:08
Not that I disagree with you, but let's look at the class names Blizzard came up with for D3 thus far, and then compare them to the ones you listed. Barbarian, Wizard, and Witchdoctor.
Hmm.
Agreed. About as generic as they come.
I don't see what the problem is with generic/common naming. They tell you what kind of character you're choosing. And a generic name does not equal generic skills. So it's not like we're getting short-changed in any way just because we don't have 5 classes that sound uber sweet rolling off the tongue.
I think it's worth noting that, even though the classes have common names, they are not the names the characters themselves choose. They are simply a way to understand way kind of class you're dealing with from the start. Necromancers are the Priests of Rathma, Paladins are the Holy Knights of Zakarum, and Barbarians are the Children of Bul-Kathos. The simple names are the ones they are known by the rest of the world. If the name of a class was something true but complex, like the "Shadow Hand of Nol-Verneus" or something like that, I would have no idea what kind of class I'd be dealing with.
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