• Drop in/drop out cooperative play over Battle.net.
• There will be a single realm/region for North America.
• The game can support about eight players in multiplayer, but currently plays better with around five. The maximum has not yet been decided upon.
• Battle.net will receive new upgrades, some of which will be seen in StarCraft II.
• Blizzard is looking at Battle.net features that will increase player accountability in order to cut down on annoying jerks.
• Blizzard is looking at integrating web community features, such as a WoW Armory-like website that would allow players to show off their characters outside of the game.

• Five total character classes.
• Players will be able to choose a male or female variant of each class.
• Confirmed classes:

  Witch Doctor

  • Hails from the Teganze, an area of the Torajan jungles.
  • A self-sacrificing people that believe in an alternate reality called the Unformed Land, which the Witch Doctors are able to tap into for their powers.
  • Similar to Necromancer in function, but not necessarily intended as a replacement.
  • Confirmed abilities:
    • Firebomb: grenade-like AoE (Area of Effect) fire spell.
    • Horrify: AoE fear spell, causes most creatures to run away)
    • Locust Swarm: summons a swarm of insects that literally devour clusters of enemies, leaving nothing but bones.
    • Mongrel: summons a demon dog from a skeleton. Casting locust swarm on a mongrel adds disease damage to its attacks. Intentionally destroying the mongrel damages nearby enemies.
    • Mass Confusion: temporarily turns a group of enemies against each other.
    • Soul Harvest: AoE spell that kills an enemy and converts it into mana.
    • Wall of Zombies: firewall-like spell that summons a line of zombies which stand and swing at nearby enemies.

Barbarian

• The Mount Arreat area, home of the barbarians, was devastated in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. The barbarian people have subsequently fallen into decline.
• Some barbarians have been turned into inhuman beasts.
• Confirmed abilities:
  • Cleave: hits multiple enemies in one swing.
  • Ground Stomp: a thundering AoE stun.
  • Leap: precision jump that destroys enemies on landing.
  • Seismic Slam: the Barbarian slams the ground, creating a directed shockwave that can hit multiple enemies in a line.
  • Whirlwind: a reckless spinning attack that takes out any enemy in the Barbarian's path.

• Other classes are still not fully decided upon by Blizzard, but obvious choices for launch or expansion are some kind of Archer and Sorceror.

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