Teamliquid is not a good sample of the general community that will play Diablo 3, I for myself think the average player have a tendency to play things that are common, close to other games or just look badass like the Barbarian and tend to neglect strange classes like Witch Doctor.
What do you THINK will be the most popular (most played) class ?
Poll: What do you think will be the most played class ?
Wizard (305)
51%
Barbarian (178)
30%
Demon Hunter (64)
11%
Witch Doctor (27)
5%
Monk (25)
4%
599 total votes
Your vote: What do you think will be the most played class ?
I'll probably stay on the character creation screen for half an hour... most likely Monk or Barbarian though.
WD are just everything I hate in games (essentially the D2 necro and druid) like these and the DH looks ridiculous with his dual crossbows and I refuse to play one.
On September 11 2011 07:31 Jerubaal wrote: I'm glad that noone will play the witchdoctor so that I can be a special snowflake.
If there is something im pretty sure of is the WD will be the least favorite, weird dark pet classes have never been popular for the majority of players.
On September 11 2011 07:30 Endymion wrote: witchdoctor looks retarded, his skills look the most boring.
Which is funny considering Blizzard hyped him as being a better version of the D2 necromancer (which was, unless I'm mistaken, the favorite amongst most players). They really dropped the ball here in my opinion.
DH and Monk both look really weak to me from what I've seen of the beta. I've played barb to death in D2 so that leaves wizard and WD for me. Wizard probably has the most killing potential, but I like the WD utility of the pets and walls.
OP should add the question if you would pick male or female char. For me the male chars are looking kinda lame so far, except the Barbarian. Male Demonhunter is just disgusting and looks like some emo kid from the next block with some leg spastics. At the moment I would pick a female Witch Doctor. Even with the lame running animations.
I really liked the Necro from D2, voice actor, fun quotes, armor made of bones, an army of darkness at my command. The Witch Doctor might have similar skills, but it doesn´t have the same style at all, and it doesn´t even sound good when speaking, from what I´ve seen in streams. Disappointing. Not a surprise though, it looked weird from the moment it was announced.