Gearing up for release

[Magicbag]

I've been proceeding with intentional ignorance regarding D3 until an official release date was up. Now that one exists, I'd like to start planning a build. My play style for D2 was pretty reckless. I was a firewall magicfind sorc from day1, even when this was considered crazy.

I loved to be part of a team, but because of the lack of guild support, I found that I spent a lot of time soloing. I logged into 5 machines at once to up the difficulty and rewards.

With D3, this approach seems impractical and unnecessary. Now that the skills seem more solidified, I'm interested in community feedback on best class/build based on a survivalist approach. Ideally, I'd like to attempt a build that is capable of soloing on high difficulties through skill and patience. From a cursory review the witch doctor seems like it might be best suited to this role. Efficient, high DPS dots, with tanky and/or explosive pets seem like interesting skills for the build.

I'm just flexing my research muscles and trying to narrow down my initial investigation scope. I know almost nothing about the game at this point. Please be gentle