Let's look at the tradition in Diablo games. Here are the names of all the classes in the original Diablo and its official-but-later-became-unofficial expansion:

Warrior. ONE word.

Rogue. ONE word.

Sorcerer. ONE word.

Monk. ONE word.

And the names of all the classes in Diablo 2 and the Lord of Destruction expansion:

Amazon. ONE word.

Barbarian. ONE word.

Necromancer. ONE word.

Paladin. ONE word.

Sorceress. ONE word.

Assassin. ONE word.

Druid. ONE word.

Then, during the development of Diablo 3, the classes were announced as followed:

The first was a returning class, the Barbarian.

Then, the unthinkable happened...

Witch Doctor.

WITCH. DOCTOR.

TWO words. TWO FREAKING WORDS. That was so NOT Diablo. It was an established TRADITION to use ONE word for class names in Diablo. ONE word. The Diablo 3 team totally disrespected the Diablo tradition. That just made me so angry.

Then we got the Wizard. The Monk.

Then it happened again.

Demon Hunter.

There was it again! DEMON. HUNTER. TWO words. Again!

That was when I decided: "Okay, that's it, I'm done with Diablo. I will NEVER play another Diablo again."

True story.

Of course, the whole always-online for single-player thing was also a deal breaker. But I am still really upset at the Witch Doctor and Demon Hunter. 'till this day, I still refuse to play Diablo 3. Seriously, they totally disrespected tradition.

Is there anyone here who felt the same way?

So.. One word for class name is OK but two words grounds for going postal? Riiight...

The always-online, while controversial solution, is still there for a reason. To kill cheating. Since same characters can be used both single- and multiplayer, allowing any form of cheating is not allowed and thus character data is stored at servers. Also loot and enemy AI is generated solely at server. I've never had issues with this feature, even when I still had the slow and unstable internet connection.

There's a thread for Diablo 3: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1405735-unofficial-diablo-3-discussion-pt-6/page-2

But me, no... I never noticed or cared about that. It makes no difference to the game in any way.