The missing job in video games

[Zallest]

I never see playable bards in games, or atleast minstrels that play such awesome music that they can kill you with it and lead friends into a heroic killing frenzy

 

[mhitman]

guild wars

true, another class i rarely see in bard for some reason. Maybe im just not playin the right games.

 

[pha kin su pah]

guild wars

raise the dead, suck blood, or cast curses, while being powered up by people dying.

never see something equivalent to a Build Wars mesmer anywhere.

 

[Pimppeter2]

erased

 

[Fraught]

I don't think it's a job, and the warlock from World of Warcraft is almost that, just demons instead of skeletons and such.

And also Diablo had it, so Diablo III surely (I hope) will.

 

[cosaides]

Necromancers are a full-on class in Everquest II. So are bards (though they are split up between the dirge and troubadour subclasses).

 

[Graustein]

I don't think it's a job, and the warlock from World of Warcraft is almost that, just demons instead of skeletons and such.

And also Diablo had it, so Diablo III surely (I hope) will.

Diablo III has been confirmed to not contain any characters from Diablo II, with the exception of the Barbarian.
EDIT: Classes, not characters. Deckard Cain makes a return.

 

[Fraught]

I don't think it's a job, and the warlock from World of Warcraft is almost that, just demons instead of skeletons and such.

And also Diablo had it, so Diablo III surely (I hope) will.

Diablo III has been confirmed to not contain any characters from Diablo II, with the exception of the Barbarian.

DAMNIT!

 

[Graustein]

I don't think it's a job, and the warlock from World of Warcraft is almost that, just demons instead of skeletons and such.

And also Diablo had it, so Diablo III surely (I hope) will.

Diablo III has been confirmed to not contain any characters from Diablo II, with the exception of the Barbarian.

DAMNIT!

On the other hand, the Witch Doctor has a Wall of Zombies spell.
You look me straight in the eye and tell me that's not awesome.

...Sorry for derailing the thread.

 

[Yonni-Kun]

Maybe it's because necromancers are often portrayed as evil characters in games? And since you, in for example many MMO, are supposed a "hero", it wouldn't make much sense letting you play a class that's thought to be "evil".

Just a thought.

 

[Shroomsterdarogue]

start playing WoW again and Get WoTLK DKs Unholy u can actually control Ghouls like u would for a warlock or hunter

 

[Tyran107]

In City of Villains you can kinda be a necromancer if you make a mastermind and have him/her go into the undead tree of minions.

 

[Dechef]

I don't think it's a job, and the warlock from World of Warcraft is almost that, just demons instead of skeletons and such.

And also Diablo had it, so Diablo III surely (I hope) will.

Don't forget the Death Knight from WoW.

 

[xitel]

You can do this in Diablo and in Guild Wars. Oh, how I love minion masters.

 

[SnowCold]

Do you know of any games where you can use a Necromancer or what?s your opinion on this

D&D

 

[geldonyetich]

EverQuest had Necromancers and Shadow Knights, so at the time WoW was developed there probably was no real pressing need to introduce this tired old class. Instead, they repurposed the idea of pet classes into the Hunters and Warlocks, going in a different direction.

In terms of an RPG that gives you a horde to command, a few have tried going that far. There's the Masterminds in City of Villains and the Necromancers in Age of Conan, for example. Perhaps the game that did the idea of rampaging through the countryside with a horde under your control was Overlord, but that was not an online game.