Can we get a separated Necromancer Class for POE2 ?

First of all , lets' say I'm really happy you guys are adding new class archetypes to the game like the Monk , Druid, etc... I think one of the thing Diablo does better than POE is having strong class archetypes with distinct personalities and playstyles, and this is a great step in making classes more than just than a set of Ascendency perks and a starting point on a grid.

But this reminded me of how much I always wanted a dedicated Necromancer class in the game... With dialogue, animations and everything reflective of a Necro's Personality and identity.

When the game first came it , before ascendencies, you could pick your class based on personal preferrence. I would often make Shadow class Necros because they fit more with the fantay of playing a necro, and their dialogue and personality fit better imho with the role and feel of playing a necromancer. Guess I want to play edgelords !

Over time the game evolved by adding way more Summon nodes on the witch side of the passive skill tree, and by giving witches Ascendencies specific to Necromancy, essentially making Necromancy a Side Branch of Witchcraft.

All in all, to me it seems like a good opportunity to go back to the drawing board and introduce a new character class that fully embraces the minion / summon / death and decay aspect of the game. I feel like Necromancy deserves it's own class, and that separating both branches would also help flesh up tons of new interesting branches.

Again not asking to remove the necromancy stuff from the Witche's side, just give us an in-between class that shares part of the tree with the witch and has it's own set of Ascendency Classes with stuff like Pure Summon / Bone / Poison / etc... Witches can keep their existing minion Ascemdencies, just like many classes can for example make a working RF or Flicker strike build...


Was I Dreaming ? - Harry Mason
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