Wizard Class Revealed For Diablo III

No big surprise there. It was pretty obvious they'd have a wizard class in D3. The sorceress class in D2 was the most fun of all 7 classes, especially in single-player mode.
But many thanks for confirming it

I'm sure the amazons will be back too.

No release date yet. Blizzard didn't announce anything here at the show. But this build of Diablo III is super-polished, bug free and runs perfect. And as Travis deftly stated, Diablo III looks more ready now than Hellgate: London when it launched. So take that for what it's worth.

BTW, I'm not a big Diablo guy, but I'm loving Diablo III.

I think it looks great too.

Will it work decently on my Q6600/8800GTX?

If you didnt notice, blizzard make games optimized for maximum compatibility with wide range of system. I bet 8800GTX will be overkill, and single core pc will be suffiecient

The Wizard class is indeed awesome (looks aside), especially with the Disintigration Attack and Time Warp abilities. But the fan favorite on the show floor and in the press room seemed to be the Witch Doctor, which has some colorful abilities. The Fire Bombs and Locust Swarms are sweet, and the Frog Spell is just great. Loved the Witch Doctor.

Well, in D2, I was a HUGE fan of the Necromancer. The witch doctor seems to be the closest to what you got as a necromancer. I just hope we can summon a huge army once again...with the Witch Doctor, or others.

Also, this might sound like a far shot but I'm willing to bet there will be a Druid character. The only reference I have is from a video I saw which showed some artwork for D3...and there is was, a sketch of a Druid Class. Hhhmmmmm...

It wouldn't surprise me, druids and barbs are just cousins that took to defending Arreat is different ways. I hope it makes a comeback. (they have said that future expansions could see a return of previous classes also)

Wizard looks bad ass.

Blizzard is such a tease.

I can't tell if Aevm is serious and is obssessed with Diablo 3 or if he/she is making a not-so-subtle jab ta Blizzard for splitting StarCraft II into three different games.

In any event, we spoke with Jay Wilson, D3's lead designer, at Blizzcon and he said they considered upping the number of playable classes for the first game beyond five, but they decided to save some of those potential new classes for future expansion packs. The interview with Wilson will be online in the future...

I didn't know about the Starcraft splitting when I posted that. I just read about it recently. I was serious. I spent about $120 on D2 and its expansion, and got between 2000 and 3000 hours of entertainment. Not a bad deal at all. Compare that with Hellgate, $70 and all I really got was the comic book (I bought the expensive Collector's Edition, you know...)

@SnareSpectre:
Here's something you may want to consider. Diablo 2 has free downloadable mods. You install one of those and you get a totally different game. For example the one I use now is called "Valhalla". It has a cave full of Diablos, a stash that can be shared between characters (or used to duplicate stuff if you don't mind cheating a bit), new recipes, huge inventory, etc. You can keep adding attributes to certain items until they become ridiculously powerful - just collect enough stones or horns or whatever. Another mod I enjoyed a lot was "Ancestral Recall".

Edit: of course, it's totally worth playing the game as it is with all 7 classes before messing around with mods. OK, paladin in single-player game is not really worth it IMO, but try it anyway.