Diablo III: Mana May be Replaced with Class-specific Resources

How important do you think mana is to the Diablo universe? According to a recent post to Blizzard's official Diablo III Twitter feed, the developer/publisher is toying with the idea of nixing the traditional mana gameplay resource and instead, replacing it with class-specific resources.

We're looking to give each class in Diablo III a unique resource system, instead of everyone using mana. Thoughts?

about 18 hours ago from CoTweet

Whether or not public interest levels will be used to gauge the potential change remains to be seen, but it does indicate that a game-changing development of this magnitude might mean that the game is not all that close to being finalized.

Bryn says: This is going to rattle diehard Diablo fans' comfort zones. I firmly believe that no one knows better than Blizzard in this regard, but do you think the removal of mana could put players off wanting to play?

Perhaps a change is as good as a rest? Time will ultimately tell...

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