By Angie Quidim

The developers at Blizzcon held a panel describing the evolution of the character classes of class system of Diablo III and what goals they were looking to accomplish.  They wanted the wizard to have the nuking capabilities but allow the customization of skills. End result?

The wizard is the risktaker, the rebellious one in magic school who believes his/her teachers are holding him/her back.  The four spells the developers demonstrated at the paner were magic missle, electrocute, slow time, and disentegrate.  These spells are all base drops that one can learn but can be customized over time by rune drops and the assignment of skill points.

Here is a sample of some of the spell effects

The wizard class will have a male or female gender and starts out with basic spells.  More will be revealed in the weeks to come.