Is there a way we could get that feel out of a class? Okay, well, we quickly had a solution for that. And then what followed right on that was, hey, what if we could command the pets? We constantly got requests about getting a class where you could command the pets. If we really jump on that, we could take it in a different direction. That was one of the things in that game jam example that stood out to us. If you think back to the original Necromancer, he had a different resource mechanic with corpses on the ground.
Love: That’s a concern right out the gate, but we can also see a lot of promise in terms of taking it in a different direction, pretty clearly. GamesBeat: Are there any worries about the character being too similar to the Witch Doctor? It was a strong enough vision that we were like, oh, yeah, that resonated with me. Not that we weren’t already excited about the notion of doing Necromancer as a team, but there’s something about getting it in the game and getting it over that hump, seeing the promise of it, that just lit it on fire. Somebody had the dream of, hey, maybe we can do the Necromancer, and in a couple of days threw together - by kit-bashing parts, throwing some things together, they came up with something and it got everybody excited. If you can get somewhere in a couple days and it bubbles up, then maybe that’s something we should be doing. There wasn’t even, hey - the way it came about, we occasionally do what we call game jams, setting aside a few days to let people on the team just chase a dream. GamesBeat: Was there much of an internal contest over who that new character would be? Just as we did for each of the other classes, you’ll have that as well for the Necromancer. We’re adding in the cinematic aspect as well. As you progress through the game, you’ll be able to follow the storyline for Reaper. When you fire up a brand new Necromancer, you can start off story mode and we’ve written that story in for you. John Lagrave: We’re integrating the Necromancer into the storyline for Diablo III. Will there be any more story content coming out for Diablo III? GamesBeat: The Necromancer is downloadable content, instead of coming as part of an expansion.
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