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It's possible that we might see this class in the game, but it wouldn't have "dervish" for a name, since as Jay Wilson pointed, out that's too obscure a class name. They want short, clear names with a connotation players are familiar with. The skills and back story can be very creative and interesting, but the name should not be so odd as to confuse players.
==What'''s a Dervish?== [[Jay Wilson]]''' said: [httpImage://wwwDervish1.gameinformerjpg|frame|thumb|Whirling Dervishes.com/News/Story/200809/N08.0903.1800.35279.htm?Page=3]]::It's not clear from the name (which was Jay Wilson'One of the names that people on s whole point) what a Dervish character would have been like, since the team liked was “[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dervish dervishactual definition of the term]is a sort of ascetic holy man of the Muslim faith, who lives under extreme vows of poverty.” They thought, “Aw, there’s never been a The term "whirling dervish " has some familiarity in a gamecommon conversation,” and I said, “What could perhaps be connected in the hell is game to a dervish?!” I mean, I know what it isWhirlwind-like Barbarian attack. However the literal meaning has nothing to do with violence of combat, but it’s to a little obscure. So we said it’s fine sort of spinning body movement to take induce a class and twist the visual expectation or the functionality expectation, but naming wise you should probably give people something that they can really chew ondazed, because that might be the first thing they ever see. And if they’re going to be interested in the class, it’s better not be something that they’ve never heard oftrance like state.''
Obviously, Blizzard's (considered and rejected) use of the term for a character class wouldn't have had much connection to the dictionary definition of the term.
You can read more about this, and '''confirmed classes''' among the [[other classes]] of [[Diablo III]]. You can also find more [[media coverage]] in the wiki as well as a [[Diablo III Basics]] page, with a fact sheet of all known info about Diablo III.
