D4's got its own August Celestials

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Diablo 4 did its showcase of their new class a few hours ago. The Spiritborn! Looks cool. Like a kind of jungle martial artist who invokes the power of four animal guardian spirits. I love it. But boy, the similarities sure jumped at me!
They’ve got a cat friend (jaguar instead of tiger)
They’ve got a strong friend (gorilla instead of ox)
They’ve for a bird friend (eagle instead of crane)
They’ve got a long friend (centipede instead of cloud serpent)

The September Celestials? :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

This is not a criticism at all by the way. It looks super fun, and d4 is really damn good since the season 4 changes. The parallels just made me chuckle.

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Now look up Udyr from League of Legends. :stuck_out_tongue:
I am sure that was big inspiration for them too. This is what I wish Pack Leader was like, where you’d empower yourself with an Animal aspect.

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Well, D4 bad.

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It’s pretty much D3 monk. Going to play it because it seems like a more active druid, trade in my vine creeper for a centipede, my doggies for kittums, and leave werebear to return to monke.

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Don’t matter. I’m still boycotting D4 until they add a Paladin or Crusader. They can add all the new classes they want…but I’m not giving them any more money until they fix their class lineup

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I watched the video and part way through I was like “oh okay, so monk.”

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I’d be willing to bet the paladin will be next. The feedback has been loud. I don’t think the starting lineup was wrong exactly. The five they went with were good, distinct choices. It just should have been a choice of six.

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Pala- :sleeping:
Crusa- :yawning_face:

Witch Doctor? :star_struck:

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Wish I could afford the expansion. But I’ll wait until it goes on sale someday. I never even leveled past 18 in base D4, so I’m not in a hurry. LOL

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I paid more for the base game than the base game + expansion bundle costs right now off the xbox store. Kind of salty about that honestly.

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Holy smiter: :sleeping:
Jar of spider: :grin:

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holy classes are so boring… always the same in every single game.

The new D4 class actually feels unique somehow

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It’s basically a monk, just jungle themed. Not interesting enough to get me to come back and doesn’t sell me a Diablo class fantasy.

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Do a lot of people annoyingly mispronounce the name, like for the August Celestials?

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I haven’t looked at the expansion details as of yet. I’ve just recently finished my season 4 necro run and will probably take a little break from it.

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Is it?

The game was so incredibly bad at launch that I swore it off. But, maybe I’ll have to give it another chance.

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I am sure this is going to blow your mind, but 4 celestial beasts represent the 4 cardinal directions is older then Blizzard itself. Heck, the first time I learned of the concept was from the anime Fushigi Yugi.

:man_facepalming: as a side note, this is the first time I realized the August Celestials temples are place in such a way that they represent the four cardinal directions.

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They do? What do people call them? If you can spell it phonetically I mean.

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Some people pronounce “August” like the month, instead of like the adjective.

The stress should be on the second syllable. au-GUST

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huh, TIL

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