Future for Rogues

[Kadron]

I never played a Rogue on live or payed much attention to any gear or weapons they got, so what kind of goodies or abilities do I get to look forward to with Velious? My alt-itus is pretty strong but I have been sticking with my Rogue for a while now and should make it to Velious lol.

[Vicatin]

Velious is an awesome time for melee toons. Rogues will continue to dominate sustained dps.

[SyanideGas]

Rogue + Velious >>>

[Ephirith]

Roll a monk like everyone else imo. A little less dps than a rogue but you can:

1. Tank a lot of content
2. Pull
3. Duo effectively with shamans
4. You're a xXxninja masturxXx

[Kadron]

My Rogue is already 54 and I hate pulling. That was the whole reason I went Rogue instead of a Monk. I'm just curious to see what kind of weapons or gear that I will be seeing in Velious. Any awesome Rogue only weapons coming my way? Anything better then the epic so I can use the Ragebringer as an awesome range item?

[Ghosting]

I do not recall any rogue weapon being better then the epic till Planes of Power came out. For a rogue look at the Eye patch of Plunder and drool.

[Elements]

Someone posted on this a few days ago. Rogues top end weapon damage does not go up but the delay comes down. So your top double back stabs will remain the same but you will hit faster. Check out the rogue specific velious quest armor set on alla if you are interested. Think the weapons that were posted were 16/19 for monk, 15/19 for rogue, and 14/19 for wars.

[MaksimMazor]

Two high end rogue 15/19 daggers. Massive Heartwood Thorn from Tunare and Mrylokar's Dagger of Vengeance from Vulak. There are also backstab mods so damage does go up eventually.

[Uberthings]

Massive Heartwood Thorn
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO TRADE
Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY
Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 20
DMG: 15 Dmg Bonus: 23 AC: 10
Backstab DMG: 15
Skill Mod: Backstab +10% (28 Max)
DEX: +15 STA: +15 AGI: +15 HP: +75 ENDUR: +25
SV FIRE: +10 SV DISEASE: +10 SV POISON: +10
Required level of 55.
Effect: Combust (Combat, Casting Time: Instant)
WT: 0.5 Size: SMALL
Class: ROG
Race: ALL

Mrylokar's Dagger of Vengeance
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO TRADE
Slot: RANGE PRIMARY SECONDARY
Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 19
DMG: 15 Dmg Bonus: 23 AC: 15
Backstab DMG: 15
Skill Mod: Backstab +12% (34 Max)
STR: +15 DEX: +10 STA: +5 AGI: +10 HP: +100
SV FIRE: +10 SV DISEASE: +10 SV COLD: +10 SV MAGIC: +10 SV POISON: +10
Required level of 55.
Effect: Feast of Blood (Combat, Casting Time: Instant)
WT: 1.0 Size: TINY
Class: ROG
Race: ALL

Salindrite Dagger
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM PLACEABLE
Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY
Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 18
DMG: 13 Dmg Bonus: 23
Backstab DMG: 13
STR: +10 STA: +10 HP: +50 ENDUR: +25
SV FIRE: +5 SV DISEASE: +5 SV COLD: +5 SV MAGIC: +5 SV POISON: +5
Effect: Thunder Strike (Combat, Casting Time: Instant) at Level 49
WT: 1.5 Size: SMALL
Class: RNG BRD ROG
Race: ALL except ERU HIE TRL OGR IKS

[Kadron]

Those are pretty nice...