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A player ask about equal mobility for Diablo 3 Classes, because it was an issue in Diablo 2, where some classes was faster.
Have the developers given any thought to equalizing the mobility for classes this time around? In d2 it was a big issue; sorceresses had teleport, and therefore for things like MF/Rushes/farming/quests/etc, a sorc was vital. Anyone else trying to do the same thing would take 5x as long. This led to terrible things, like when a ladder reset, 90% of new characters are sorcs, etc. Is there any intentional balance around letting characters explore a little more fairly now?
We’ve seen that Wizards will get teleport this time around, but also there was the perhaps improved leap attack on the barbarian, which is one mobility skill, and another in the form of his “Charge” dash that was used a lot in the gameplay video. These both seem to hint that classes will get more options for getting around. But the witch doctor looked slow and cumbersome. Unless he can mount any of those wolves (not in *that* way), hes going to be one slow fatty.
Bashiok answers in a bluepost about Diablo 3 Classes: Equal Mobility:
We definitely want to avoid as best as possible a single class being far and away better than all others at something (such as mobility) and thus used exclusively for specific tasks.
As long as there is choice and variety in the game there’s going to be one solution that gains a general consensus as being the best at “X”. The hope and the intent is to make the difference between the best and second best, third best, etc. as close to imperceptible as possible so that you can use what ever class/character you want, what ever build you want, and not feel that you’re far and away below the abilities of something else. That’s balance in choice.
We’re taking a close look at what those specific mobility issues were in Diablo II and could be in Diablo III, and yes we’re certainly trying to be a bit smarter about planning for it. You specifically mention the witch doctor. With the way he plays and feels a big warp or jump around skill just doesn’t really seem right for him, but he may have a trick or two up his sleeve…
