As of right now, it seems that there are no new weapon types form D2 to D3. I really hope we get some new types of weapons especially with characters only being able to wield specific types. I was hopeful for the Monk but disappointed when the got the claws from the Assassin in D2. Why can't we get any new types of weapons?

I don't think throwing in new weapon types is necessary to keep weapons interesting, or that because we haven't added a bunch of new ones means that we're somehow failing.

We're dealing with very classic weapons and types. Adding more for the sake of having more doesn't mean it's going to be better. And really, adding more at this point probably means that we're going to start coming up with some really weird stuff.

Concentrated coolness.