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.
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