Blizzard says Diablo 4's new Spiritborn class can't be defined "by a classic tabletop RPG archetype," and that means there was "a layer of additional pressure" to its development
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Blizzard says it felt a greater sense of pressure when developing the newDiablo 4 Spiritbornclass because it doesn’t fit into the conventional tabletop RPG model like the action RPG’s existing classes.
Diablo 4’s current available classes include Barbarian, Sorceress, Druid, Necromancer, and Rogue, and despite being unique visually and mechanically, they aren’t at all specific to the Diablo franchise. Spiritborn, however, is a Diablo invention – jungle predators that can summon Spirit Guardians that take the shape of jaguars, gorillas, eagles, and giant centipedes to aid you in combat.
Players will be able to make a Spiritborn build whenDiablo 4’s Vessel of Hatredlaunches on October 8. Ahead of that, we caught up with game director Brent Gibson atGamescom 2024, who says Blizzard is relieved the new class is finally in a playable …
