Diablo 4 players slam Spiritborn\u2019s similarity to older classes BlizzardDiablo 4\u2019s Spiritborn class reveal has frustrated the player base thanks to some apparent similarities to existing classes in the franchise. Diablo 4\u2019s Vessel of Hatred expansion will be the first paid DLC for the title and our first proper look came with the Spiritborn class reveal. Players had been waiting with great anticipation for a look at the new class and we got more than we bargained for after its entire Skill Tree leaked. Unfortunately, a combination of the new Spiritborn footage and the reveal of its inner workings has dampened the excitement for some Diablo 4 denizens. The primary issue is a perceived similarity between the new class and some older ones from Diablo 4 and earlier titles. Reddit user Waaailmer made a post on the Diablo 4 Subreddit that jokingly referred to the Spiritborn as the \u201ccooler\u201d Druid. While some players have pointed out common themes between the Spiritborn and the Druid, many more came forth with complaints about other potential inspirations. \u201cThey did say this class is new and hasn\u2019t been in any other Diablo game. They didn\u2019t say it has never been in Diablo 4 already though,\u201d one player joked. \u201cThe way they described the class mechanic and legendary effects is also\u2026 just like Druid,\u201d another responded. \u201cIt\u2019s like they said buffing Druid is too hard, let\u2019s just add a skinny Druid instead.\u201d Others also took issue with how the Spiritborn\u2019s gameplay appeared to emulate some of Diablo 3\u2019s classes. \u201cLooks like a green Monk, plays like a green Monk, so, it\u2019s just a Monk, but it\u2019s green,\u201d one user commented. \u201cIt\u2019s like if the Monk and Witch Doctor had a baby.\u201d Some players felt as if Blizzard had misled them with pre-release comments regarding the Spiritborn class. \u201cThe amount of \u2018Oh it\u2019s brand new, it\u2019s all new, it\u2019s not the Monk, it\u2019s not the Druid\u2019 got really annoying when it fact it\u2019s 1000% a mix of Druid and Monk with some Witch Dr,\u201d a player lamented. \u201cThere is nothing new about the class.\u201d The Spiritborn\u2019s agile playstyle and spiritual connections to animals could certainly be read as referential to existing classes like the Druid or Monk. Certain Skills revealed in the emerging leaks do seem to point to a distinct playstyle, however.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Diablo 4 players slam Spiritborn\u2019s similarity to older classes BlizzardDiablo 4\u2019s Spiritborn class reveal has frustrated the player base thanks to some apparent similarities to existing classes in the franchise. Diablo 4\u2019s Vessel of Hatred expansion will be the first paid DLC for the title and our first proper look came with the Spiritborn class […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}