Diablo Immortalis set to release its eighth class in the coming week, the Tempest. Classes are kept relatively consistent across each game in the Diablo series, so the introduction of a brand-new one is always noteworthy.
The previously released Blood Knight is a unique class to Immortal, and now the Tempest will be joining it. The Tempest are masters of the northern elements, utilising wind and water to protect the people of Sanctuary.
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Game Rantrecently attended a media event, where Diablo Immortal’s senior narrative designer Ryan Quinn spoke about the challenges of making a “lighter-toned” Diablo class that wasn’t associated with holiness, like Paladin, Monk and Crusader.
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“One of the fun narrative challenges on our side was, ‘Can we make a light-tone class that isn’t holy, and still have it feel special and iconic?’” Quinn begins. “The first thing that we really landed on is ‘the northern elements’, basically water and wind.”
Narratively, the Tempests hail from The Cold Isles, a region north of Ivgorod, in the empire of Pelghain. They are a proud people, brought low by internal conflict and the harsh elements of their homeland.
“We wanted to do passive summoning as a core ability and the Zephyrs [summons] grew out of that,” Quinn explains. “The idea was it being a hybrid that danced back and forth and was fluid in combat throughout that. Then there’s the backstory, the notion of where the Tempest comes from and what their social standing is.”
The Tempests that appear in Sanctuary are permanent exiles, those who chose not to “drink in the mist” and become embroiled in a never-ending battle against the elements. Those who leave are never to return, to deter others from choosing this path.
The Tempest releases on May 23, you can readBlizzard’s official blogpost to find out how to access the new class.
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