Originally Posted by
Verain
Yea, a lot. So, did you play WCIII? Because the heroes only had a couple abilities. They all used mana, and had spells. So a Demon Hunter walks up to his enemy and punches them. A rogue would stealth, and a warrior would charge. A Demon Hunter, like everyone else, walks on forward. So if you look at the list of classes, the rogue is the closest- he attacks in melee ceaselessly, and he has evasion. He even has a weapon in each hand! A weapon we all expected to be in WoW, and it's not (well, it did appear briefly as a set of legendaries, but that barely counts- you would expect warglaive to be a weapon type in this universe). What class is closer than the rogue? Note the demon hunter isn't well armored, unlike a warrior, and also note that the warrior pretty much shares NOTHING except being a melee.
It's obviously not the paladin- he's the paladin. It's not the hunter, or the mage, and clearly not the priest. Certainly nothing in common with the druid or shaman, nature casters both, a kit that conflicts with the demon hunter's kit. The warlock had NOTHING in common until they gave him the ultimate- but he still doesn't play like a demon hunter, he's clearly a caster.
So if you are looking to play a Demon Hunter, your favorite WCIII hero, you are probably picking rogue. It's really the closest. You might choose demo lock instead, but outside of meta it's nothing alike- if anything you are closer to the scourge heroes. Since BC, you've even had the RP pieces, and plenty of rogues run around with the blindfold transmog as night elf males- it's absolutely clear what they think they are, and I know they've got glaives in their bags waiting for the day when you can xmog legendaries.
Yup. Rogue is the closest. You can say it isn't very close, but no one is saying ANYTHING is close enough for DH fans. Your choice is rogue or go home, pretty much.