Diablo III Preview
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Regenerating your characters, incidentally, is a bit different from previous games. Instead of clogging the inventory with heaps of vitality potions, characters may collect healing orbs that will recover health instantly. As Blizzard explains, this facet was designed to emphasize positional gameplay. It basically encourages players to stick together during cooperative play. Yes, Diablo III is going to feature a multiplayer mode and co-op is evidently a big part of the overall experience. The exact number of players that will be able to play simultaneously hasn't been finalizes yet. Blizzard did hint it might be lower than 8 players, which is the theoretical maximum.
Apart from the Barbarian, the Witch Doctor is the only character class the developers were prepared to discuss. Unlike the Barbarian, the Witch Doctor is more subtle in combat and lets other creatures do all the dirty work for him. Besides summoning diverse monsters, the Witch Doctor exterminates enemies with debilitating special abilities such as the deadly Locust Swarm, which when released devours its prey swiftly and then spreads onto the next victim. So, instead of brute force, he prefers utilizing tactics in battle. To increase damage, the Witch Doctor is able cast Locust Swarm on his minions so they can further spread the disease on enemies. Once done with his pets, he can destroy them, thereby causing massive damage to foes nearby. His other skills include Soul Harvest, Mass Confusion, Horrify and so on. Again, each of these are used to gain tactical advantage over enemies.
