Bashiok on Synergies; Respecs! :)

Responding to a question on the forums about synergies being dead and gone, Bashiok emphatically confirmed that they are, and cited a number of reasons why, including respecs.

Good to hear about respecs from the horse's mouth; an endless tinkerer, I was a severe respec addict in my WoW days, and love trying obscure builds and strategies of all sorts. The existence of respecs also logically confirms that the problems of Hell difficulty in D2---e.g., running into monsters immune to your specialties---won't be an issue in D3, if a system like that is included at all. Tons of physical immunes on your Belial run? Just pop a respec and kill away :)