Who got a quick peek at the pics of the male Wiz?

I hope this topic is okay to post and talk about. If it isn't, I apologize. I figured it was okay, though, as I'm not actually posting any pics.

I know some of you got a quick (kind of) sneak peek at the male Wiz from the briefly posted Blizzcon screens. Bashiok asked all the websites to kindly take them down, which most of them have done. Anyway, what'd you think? It wasn't too clear, as he was kind of transparent on the class select screen, but I think you could get the general idea. He looked a lot like the concept art posted in the official site. Are you guys pleased with his design? From what I could tell, I think he looked pretty cool. Asian features, long hair pulled back, and baggy clothes. If anything negative, I would just say that he looked a little short (about the same height as the female Wiz), but I can live with that.

I'm looking forward to Blizz posting some clear pics of him in action!|||I think that the male Wzd looking the same height as the female could just be from him being closer to the front. The top of their heads line up, but the male is further down than the female, so he's probably a few inches taller than her.

But anyway, I think he looks good so far, even transparent. Very sexy and lithe.|||Yeah, it looks like he's a step in front of her, so he's slightly in the foreground.

I wonder how different his clothing will be from the female Wiz. So far we've seen her red robes (I'm guessing that's her default clothing, with no armor equipped), blue robes (which look like they may be a light, low-level armor), and her purple and white robes (possibly a more advanced, high-level armor) from the Wiz trailer. Maybe he'll have a completely different color scheme, as the male and female Barbs don't look very similar IMO. I'm hoping both the male and female Wiz get some full cloaks and cool helms for advanced armor. When I think powerful, established magic user, I think big cloaks with high collars.|||I'm not really sure about the big cloak thing, since I figure the Wizard to be more of a quick and agile character. A big cloak seems like it would get in the way. Maybe a shorter one (mid-back), but with a high collar (Dr. Strange style!) would work? I like the combination of armor and cloth that female Wizard is showing in her design so far. It works.

As far as helms go, I'm thinking circlets or tiaras that get crazy elaborate with higher tiers, or maybe even "halos" of magical energy?

And I know some people will think "Keep WoW out of D3!!!" but I really like the idea of the orbiting crystals that are some of the WoW caster helms.|||Actually i remember seeing an in-game vid with the male wizard blasting things using magic missiles .. aside from the selection screen pic.

I wonder why would they want to remove that selection screen pic if the official D3 site already has a vid with the male wizard in-game !!!?

http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/characters/wizard.xml

Check the magic missile and slowtime vids to see the male wizard in action. (i'm sure he is the male wiz not the female cause his animation is different and i saved the vids on my comp and zoomed in for a closer look)|||Wow! I totally didn't notice that in those videos the first time I saw them! I definitely see what you mean. The change in stance might be from the change in weaponry, but the way the character seems to run is slighty different as well in the last two videos.

Oh, and the hair is definitely different. Muahahaha! I bet a lot of people haven't realized that we've already had a first look at the male Wzd. Great find!|||Quote:








Actually i remember seeing an in-game vid with the male wizard blasting things using magic missiles .. aside from the selection screen pic.

I wonder why would they want to remove that selection screen pic if the official D3 site already has a vid with the male wizard in-game !!!?

http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/characters/wizard.xml

Check the magic missile and slowtime vids to see the male wizard in action. (i'm sure he is the male wiz not the female cause his animation is different and i saved the vids on my comp and zoomed in for a closer look)




Which videos are you talking about? I've only seen the Wiz trailer and 2 gameplay vids from Gametrailers.com. Where can I find the magic missile and slowtime vids?|||You can check them out at the link he provided. The last two out of the 5 mini videos.|||Quote:








You can check them out at the link he provided. The last two out of the 5 mini videos.




Ah, now I understand. I can't watch those because I can't get them to load for some reason. The screen is all black and the sidebars are blank. I didn't even realize there was supposed to be something there, thought Blizz was going to add something later. Maybe they're on YouTube?

edit: I saw the Wiz skills vid on YouTube, and I think you're right! That clearly looks like the male Wiz!|||Here are some screenshots I just took. They're really small since the videos are pretty tiny. The first one on the left is the female wizard. And the other two are what I guess is the male. You can see his hair is shorter and styled different.